SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Airmen 1st Class Kathleen Sullivan and Lindsay Judkins, 379th Expeditionary Security Forces members, are surprised with Valentines from Texas elementary school students Feb. 13. Children from Merkel, Tye, and Trent sent more than 300 Valentines greetings Southwest Asia this year, thanking Airmen for their service and for keeping America free. Both are deployed from Schriever Air Force Base, Colo. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Domonique Simmons)

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Texas schools send Valentines to Southwest Asia Airmen

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- A 379th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron member reads a Valentine from Merkel Elementary School students during a surprise "Be My Valentine" event Feb. 13. Students from Merkel, Ty, and Trent schools mailed more than 300 Valentines cards to the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing in support and appreciation of deployed servicemembers. Cards were distributed to Airmen deployed to the base as well as to wounded warriors at the base medical clinic. "By serving, you're doing a big act of love," one card read. "So we want you to know we love you, too." (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Domonique Simmons)

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SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Capt. Meredith Ortiz hands out cards to members of the 379th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron here Feb. 13. Students from Merkel, Ty, and Trent schools mailed more than 300 Valentines to the base, thanking Airmen and coalition forces for their service and asking, "Will you be my Valentine?" Captain Ortiz is deployed from the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Domonique Simmons.)

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Texas elementary schools send Valentines to Southwest Asia Airmen

Published Feb. 13, 2008

Texas schools send Valentines to Southwest Asia Airmen

Texas schools send Valentines to Southwest Asia Airmen