Dispatches from the Horn of Africa
Jeffrey A. Lowell, MD, of the School of Medicine is also a commander in the U.S. Navy. He currently is deployed to Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti, Africa. He’s checked in to tell us about his experience there — and about the gratitude of service members who recently received care packages from some generous Washington University employees.
Eight tons of support and counting:
Some 10 boxes, weighing over 100 pounds and
carrying everything from breakfast bars, coffee, air fresheners, hand
sanitizers, trail mix and home-baked goods, are on
their way to U.S. troops in Afghanistan, thanks to Washington
University’s Military Care Package group. With the November mailing, the group reached another milestone. Since 2004, WUSTL staff, students, faculty and
administrators have donated, packaged and shipped more than eight tons of supplies to troops serving in Iraq and
Afghanistan.