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- Title
Operation SMASH!
- Authors
Lange, Mike
- Abstract
The article features Operation SMASH, a humanitarian aid to the rural areas of Paktika and Kunar provinces in southern Afghanistan. Hosted by a team of Navy Reservists, active duty personnel, civilians, and 8th graders, they have worked together to achieve the goal of helping children through sports, particularly on soccer as it was held in conjunction to the World Cup. Moreover, the initiative has been the third Afghanistan deployment by the Reserve squadron as far as Operation CARE.
- Subjects
AFGHANISTAN; UNITED States; HUMANITARIAN assistance; INTERNATIONAL relief; DEPLOYMENT (Military strategy); MILITARY missions; SPORTS participation; UNITED States. Navy
- Publication
Wings of Gold, 2011, Vol 36, Issue 1, p36
- ISSN
0274-7405
- Publication type
Article