November 16, 2010 Operation Courage is Beautiful has been chosen to receive a $5000 ‘Drive for Charity’ Community Hero Grant from the South Bay Expressway (Toll Road 125) of Chula Vista, California! A friend of OCIB founder Cindy Chan, Genevieve DePerio Fong, nominated OCIB when she heard about the South Bay Expressway grant program. Last [...]
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SSG Karen M. gives herself
By admin on November 11th, 2010
“She is a mother of 3 adult children and a Nana to 4 beautiful grandchildren. She gives very freely of herself here on our FOB, mentors the younger soldiers that she refers to as her children. She gives her own care packages to the Mogolian soldiers who get nothing and the school children that are [...]
CS-6 Telma S., two girls and a job she loves
By admin on November 11th, 2010
“Telma, is an amazing person first of all she is a single parent of two little girls. That itself is a tough job. She juggles her career and her children. She is currently deploy leaving her girls with her mother. I know that was a very had decision she had to make. But, she did [...]
ENFN Bianca M. doing her best
By admin on November 11th, 2010
“SHE WORKS VERY HARD AT HER JOB AND TRAINS EVERYONE UNDER HER TO THE BEST OF HER ABILITY”
1LT Shelley G. deploying without unit members and right after her honeymoon.
By admin on November 11th, 2010
“She is a recently re-married woman who deployed right after her honeymoon. She also deployed while her Daughter is expecting her first child and Shelley’s first grandchild. As an older woman deploying it can be a bit challenging keeping up with the younger Soldiers. Shelley is also one of our units Detachment Commanders and is [...]
AD3 Adrian B. just earned her Enlisted Aviation Warfare specialist wings
By admin on November 11th, 2010
“She is a great Mechanic, she works on H-60 Helicopters. She is in a detachment with mostly all men, she is 1 of 2 females with the detachment. She manages all the publications for maintaining the aircraft. She makes sure that all publications are up to date so that the whole detachment can do proper [...]
LTJG Tamora H. “cares for her mother and child on her own”
By admin on November 11th, 2010
“She is a single Mom who cares for her Mother and child on her own. Leaving them was the hardest thing in her life she had to do, but she did it for her country and her family.”
YNSN Sharmesha J. pushing through obstacles with a smile
By admin on November 11th, 2010
“She is amazing because she refuses to give up.Sharmesha has has endured so meaning obstacles including near death experiences but she managed to push through them with a smile. I believe she is deserves a beautiful care package.”
EM2 Ofiela G. – mother of five ensuring electric plant is in best condition
By admin on November 11th, 2010
“Because as a mother of five she still makes time to ensure that the electric plant on the Stockdale is in the best condition possible. She always puts her all into everything.”
SPC Asyia S., being a female in army life
By admin on November 11th, 2010
“she likes to take care of herself as a female in the army and still manage to live the army life and she is proud of what shes doing so she deserves the best of being who she is a “Female”.