The Great Aloha Run — Afghanistan
U.S. Army photo
Capt. Wilbur Hsu, a 25th Infantry Division (Light) operations officer, flashes a double shaka for the camera as the sun rises at Bagram Airfield.
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About 2,000 Army and Marine Corps personnel from Hawai'i laced up their running shoes and braved sub-zero temperatures to participate in their version of the Great Aloha Run at four bases in Afghanistan on Sunday. Instead of paying the usual $25 entry fee, the troops collected donations for Afghan charities, including $1,200 raised by Task Force Thunder for an orphanage. The troops ran at Forward Operating Base Salerno and at Bagram, Kandahar and Shindand airfields.
Maj. Gen. Eric T. Olson exhorts runners at the finish line of the 6.2-mile run at Bagram Airfield.
