POPE AIR FORCE BASE, - Sgt. Alfredo Vazquez, Lima, Peru native and personnel sergeant for the 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, waits for the beginning of the 12th Annual Sgt. 1st Class Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop, Dec. 4, 2009. Operation Toy Drop is a yearly event where Soldiers donate toys for children in the Fort Bragg area in exchange for a raffle ticket in the hopes that their number is drawn in a lottery. The lottery places Soldiers on a manifest for an upcoming airborne jump overseen by jump masters from a

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POPE AIR FORCE BASE, - Sgt. Alfredo Vazquez, Lima, Peru native and personnel sergeant for the 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, waits for the beginning of the 12th Annual Sgt. 1st Class Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop, Dec. 4, 2009. Operation Toy Drop is a yearly event where Soldiers donate toys for children in the Fort Bragg area in exchange for a raffle ticket in the hopes that their number is drawn in a lottery. The lottery places Soldiers on a manifest for an upcoming airborne jump overseen by jump masters from a foreign army. ( Army photo by Spc. Benjamin Watson, 49th Public Affairs Detachment (Airborne)) Operation Toy Drop 2009 230640

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