Photographers Narrative

Everyone likes to get mail while they are deployed, especially in the winter, when families back home get together to celebrate the holidays and share gifts with the ones they love.  It is sometimes difficult to be away during that time of the year, but at the same moment, deployed locations often see the largest volume of mail than any other time.  The 379th Expeditionary Communications Squadron post office relies on volunteers to help unload truckloads of mail and sort them for each unit on base. The trucks often arrive by 1 a.m., and many volunteers have already worked a long day and still help unload the trucks.  This struck me as a very special moment, knowing that fellow Airmen care enough to sacrifice their own time for the joy that another may find inside a care package of presents, cookies, or other holiday cheer.