Photo essay: Operation Warm and Dry

Master Sgt. Sam Nelson sorts jackets and blankets at the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, Dec. 14, 2011, that will be given to Kyrgyz citizens as part of Operation Warm and Dry. Operation Warm and Dry is a humanitarian assistance project designed to provide jackets and blankets for children and elderly adults in the Kyrgyz Republic, where the winters are extreme. Nelson is deployed to the Theater Security Cooperation division as the NCO in charge of humanitarian assistance from Bellows Air Force Station, Hawaii. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Tammie Moore)

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Army Sgt. Kent Christiansen sorts jackets at the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, Dec. 14, 2011, that will be given to Kyrgyz citizens as part of Operation Warm and Dry. A group of Airmen and Soldiers processed more than 3,600 jackets and 500 blankets worth $102,000 that will soon be delivered to Kyrgyz citizens. Christiansen is deployed here as an Army liaison officer from Fort Drum, N.Y. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Senior Master Sgt. Mark Redden)

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Senior Airman Joab Ilos pulls a bundle of blankets for packaging at the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, Dec. 14, 2011. The blankets will be donated to Kyrgyz citizens through Operation Warm and Dry. More than 3,600 jackets and 500 blankets will be given to Kyrgyz citizens through the program. Ilos is deployed to the 376th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron as a security escort from Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Tammie Moore)

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Senior Airman Reana Charles sorts jackets by size at the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, Dec. 14, 2011. The jackets will be donated to Kyrgyz citizens through Operation Warm and Dry, an annual Transit Center humanitarian assistance program which provides blankets and coats to "at-risk" populations of Kyrgyzstan. Charles is deployed to the 376th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron as a storage and issue technician from Cannon Air Force Base, N.M. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Tammie Moore)

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Photo essay: Operation Warm and Dry

Airmen sort jackets and blankets to give to Kyrgyz citizens as part of Operation Warm and Dry at the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, Dec. 14, 2011. A group of Airmen and Soldiers processed more than 3,600 jackets and 500 blankets worth $102,000 that will be given to Kyrgyz citizens through Operation Warm and Dry. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Tammie Moore)

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Senior Master Sgt. Mark Redden checks the size of a jacket at the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, Dec. 14, 2011, that will be given to a Kyrgyz child as part of Operation Warm and Dry. Operation Warm and Dry is a Transit Center humanitarian assistance program which provides blankets and coats to "at-risk" populations of Kyrgyzstan. Redden is deployed as the 376th Air Expeditionary Wing Theater Security Corporation superintendent from Scott Air Force Base, Ill. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Tammie Moore)

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Army Sgt. Kent Christiansen places small and medium girl’s jackets in a storage unit at the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, Dec. 14, 2011. A group of Airmen and Soldiers spent the afternoon processing more than 3,600 jackets and 500 blankets worth $102,000 that will soon be delivered to Kyrgyz citizens as part of Operation Warm and Dry. Christiansen is deployed here as an Army liaison officer from Fort Drum, N.Y. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Tammie Moore)

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Master Sgt. Jane Venenciano and Senior Airman Natasha Flores sort jackets by size at the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, Dec. 14, 2011. The jackets will be donated to Kyrgyz citizens through Operation Warm and Dry. Venenciano is deployed to the 376th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron as the NCO in charge of the passenger terminal from Travis Air Force Base, Calif. Flores is deployed to the 376th Expeditionary Communications Squadron from Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Tammie Moore)

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A group of Airmen and Soldiers unload a delivery truck full of blankets and jackets at the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, Dec. 14, 2011, that will be given to Kyrgyz citizens as part of Operation Warm and Dry. The group sorted more than 3,600 jackets by size and gender and packaged 500 blankets. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Master Sgt. Mark Redden)

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Photo essay: Operation Warm and Dry

Published Dec. 16, 2011
By Tech. Sgt. Tammie Moore
376th Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs

TRANSIT CENTER AT MANAS, Kyrgyzstan -- Airmen and Soilders spent the afternoon sorting more than 3,600 jackets by size and gender and packaging more than 500 blankets Dec. 14. The jackets and blankets, worth $102,000, will be donated to Kyrgyz citizens through Operation Warm and Dry, an annual Transit Center humanitarian assistance program.