AFOTEC members support deployed Airmen with care packages

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Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M. (AFNS) --  Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center members put together care packages for the organization's deployed members May 7 here.

"The AFOTEC Key Spouse program initiated the care package program to ensure deployed members are taken care of as we continue to support their efforts and help support their families," said Senior Master Sgt. Peter Padilla, the AFOTEC First Sergeant.

The AFOTEC Key Spouse program is led by Mrs. Vivie Sargeant, wife of Maj. Gen. Stephen T. Sargeant, the AFOTEC Commander. Mrs. Sargeant works with other AFOTEC key spouses and organization members to collect and assemble the quarterly care packages.

Packages are put together each quarter and contain a variety of items such as snacks, books, DVDs, personal hygiene items, and cards and notes signed by family and friends.

"We are happy to provide a little bit of home for our deployed Airmen," Mrs. Sargeant said. "Sending care packages to our AFOTEC deployed members is a small way of telling them we are thinking of them and that we appreciate their enduring sacrifices on behalf of our nation. We look forward to preparing and sending care packages quarterly."

"As we continue to focus on our AFOTEC mission, it is also very important to find time to remember our deployed team members," General Sargeant said. "Our support continues beyond the normal duty section and when our members deploy we continue that support to them and their families until they come home."