Soldiers volunteer at Children’s Village in Burkina Faso

Sgt. 1st Class Deril Oliver and Kasey Olson, with the U.S. Army Africa Office of the Provost Marshal, volunteer their time to play soccer with children at the Bobo SOS Children’s Village in Burkina Faso, Sept. 8. Oliver and Olsen were in Bobo, and Ouagadougou, on a USARAF mission to share crime scene investigation and management skills with Burkinabe Gendarmerie Forces.



By Staff Sgt. Lance Pounds U.S. Army Africa Vicenza, Italy Feb 27, 2017
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