A Soldiers Blog

Operation Shoe Fly brings smiles
Alabama helicopter pilot ferries troops, supplies in Afghanistan, as well as clothes for remote villages
Wednesday, October 27, 2004
TOM GORDON
News staff writer
An Alabama soldier is helping fly troops and supplies around Afghanistan, and even helped fly President Hamid Karzai to parts of the country during the recent national election campaign.

But Capt. Adam Reynolds is part of another operation that to him is a worthy addition to his military mission: bringing shoes, clothing and other necessities to Afghan villagers.

"It's real cool to see what we're doing for them and how they're reacting to it," said Reynolds, 28, a Pell City native and University of Alabama at Birmingham graduate. He spoke by phone from Bagram Air Base, north of the Afghan capital of Kabul.
Operation Shoe Fly brings smiles