Packing for Wounded Warrior Trips

Story & photos by  Ex Captain Steven Grogan   

 

On the evening of December 3, 2018, Lynbrook firefighters joined with other Nassau County firefighters who are part of Nassau County Firefighters Operation Wounded Warrior to help load the U-Haul trucks that would be used to bring Christmas gifts to our wounded service men and women and their families.  The firefighters were bringing Christmas to these wounded at the Wounded Warrior Battalions at Fort Bragg and Camp Lejeune in North Carolina and the National Military Hospital at Bethesda, MD, and the Wounded Warrior Battalion at Fort Belvoir in Virginia.  The North Carolina contingent left on December 5th from Steward Manor fire headquarters while the Bethesda and Fort Belvoir group, which included the Lynbrook firefighters, left on December 7th from Lynbrook fire headquarters.  In addition, a News12 camera crew came to the loading that evening and reported on the trips on the same nighttime shows.