US COLONEL ALLARDICE BRIEFS THE MEDIA IN RAMSTEIN AFTER AIRDROP MISSION IN AFGHANISTAN, 2001-10-08 (photo)

U.S. Colonel Bob Allardice, overall humanitarian mission commander, briefs the media standing in front of one of the C-17 Globemaster III planes which just returned to the U.S. Ramstein Air Base in Germany October 8, 2001. The U.S. Defense Department said they dropped some 37,500 of the "Humanitarian Daily Ration" (HDR) packages last night over Afghanistan. The HDR contains Beans with Tomato Sauce, Beans and Tomato Vinaigrette, Biscuit, Fruit Pastry, Fruit Bar, Short Bread, Peanut Butter, Strawberry Jam, instructions, and utensils package including salt, pepper, napkin and a match. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler REUTERS JOH