CAMP SMITH, Peekskill -- Sgt. Joseph Calleja, 727th Military Police (Law and Order) Detachment presents his 2 year old son Joseph Jr. and his wife Yahaira, with a "Soldier" Build-A-Bear during a departure ceremony, Nov 27. The bears were donated to the unit and each Soldier was able to record a personalized message to their loved ones. “This was a wonderful gift, my son will know that if he misses daddy, all he has to do is hug his bear and he will hear me say I love you,” said Calleja. The Queens New York family traveled to Peekskill to join hundreds of family members as they sa
CAMP SMITH, Peekskill -- Sgt. Joseph Calleja, 727th Military Police (Law and Order) Detachment presents his 2 year old son Joseph Jr. and his wife Yahaira, with a "Soldier" Build-A-Bear during a departure ceremony, Nov 27. The bears were donated to the unit and each Soldier was able to record a personalized message to their loved ones. “This was a wonderful gift, my son will know that if he misses daddy, all he has to do is hug his bear and he will hear me say I love you,” said Calleja. The Queens New York family traveled to Peekskill to join hundreds of family members as they said farewell to 45 members of the unit. The Soldiers departed for overseas deployment training and police certification at Ft. Bliss, Texas and will provide safety and security for operations bases in northern Afghanistan later this year. The unit is expected to depart for Afghanistan in late December, returning back to New York in the fall of 2012.
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