Friends Helping Friends

This is from CentCom:

U.S. AIRLIFTS WINTER SUPPLIES TO TAJIKISTAN BORDER GUARDSDUSHANBE,

Tajikistan – The U.S. recently began a $3 million airlift of winter supplies and equipment to assist border guards in Tajikistan. Deliveries of food, winter clothing, medical supplies, tents and other needed supplies began arriving in Tajikistan on January 2 and will continue over the next several days. The first supplies flown in by U.S. Air Force C-130 aircraft from Afghanistan, consisted of 100,000 ready-to-eat meals for the border guards. The supplies are being delivered at the request of the Tajik government to assist border guard units during the winter months.U.S. Charge d’Affaires Thomas Armbruster and Head of Tajik Border Guard International Relations Department, Erkin Tojibaev, helped unload the first shipment at Dushanbe International Airport January 2. Charge Armbruster noted how Tajikistan recently supplied Pakistan with emergency food assistance following the devastating earthquake there and how the international community responded to assist the people of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. “This airlift is in the same spirit of friends helping friends in need,” said Armbruster.