More than 600 servicemembers attend Women’s Equality Day run

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Written by U.S Army Pfc. Roy Mercon, Task Force Wolverine Public Affairs Monday, 30 August 2010 17:45

 

BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan – Two Soldiers and a Sailor show the commemorative T-shirt they each received at the completion of Bagram Airfield’s Women’s Equality Day five-kilometer run Aug. 26. First established in 1971, the date commemorates the passage of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which gave U.S. women full voting rights in 1920. More than 600 servicemembers ran or walked in the event here. (Photo by U.S. Army Pfc. Roy Mercon, Task Force Wolverine Public Affairs)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan – More than 600 people ran or walked in Bagram Airfield’s Women’s Equality Day five-kilometer run Aug. 26. First established in 1971, the date commemorates the passage of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which gave U.S. women full voting rights in 1920. (Photo by U.S. Army Pfc. Roy Mercon, Task Force Wolverine Public Affairs)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan – A member of the Republic of Korean Army wears the commemorative T-shirt he earned at the completetion of Bagram Airfield’s Women’s Equality Day five-kilometer run Aug. 26. First established in 1971, the date commemorates the passage of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which gave U.S. women full voting rights in 1920. More than 600 servicemembers ran or walked in the event. (Photo by U.S. Army Pfc. Roy Mercon, Task Force Wolverine Public Affairs)

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