Thanksgiving in Regional Command-South features special guests, holiday standards [Image 4 of 5]

AFGHANISTAN

11.22.2012

Photo by Sgt. Daniel Schroeder 

117th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment (Hawaii)

Staff Sgt. Jose Pantoja, a flight medic with Company C, 3rd Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, originally from Bridgeport, Texas, receives a phone call while at work from the President of the United States Barack Obama on Thanksgiving Day, November 22 at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. Obama called Pantoja to thank him for his service and express how difficult it must be for him to be separated from his family during the holidays. Pantoja was selected to receive the call as a result of his actions during a MEDEVAC mission where he saved nine U.S. Service Members who had received severe injuries from an IED blast. Photo by

• Date Taken: 11.22.2012
• Date Posted: 11.22.2012 13:10
• Photo ID: 788356
• VIRIN: 121122-A-UG106-009
• Resolution: 4288x2848
• Size: 2.27 MB
• Location: AF