Sept. 15, 2004: Southern Piping Sponsors ‘Operation Comfort' For Troops
WILSON, N.C. - Southern Piping Co., a Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors-National Association (PHCC) member company headquartered here, has undertaken "Operation Comfort" to help the military troops in Iraq.
Southern Piping has adopted the 16th Military Police Brigade (Airborne) and is sending packages of miscellaneous items periodically. The 16th has been awarded more than 100 Purple Hearts and has had at least 10 killed since being deployed in January, notes Southern Piping. In addition to protecting convoys and performing law enforcement activities, the brigade is now involved in helping to restock and rebuild clinics and schools.