When he started eight years ago, Gordon Close sent out 15 to 20 guitars a year to troops. Last week he sent out 49.
Gordon Close plays one of his custom-made Harvest Guitars at his music store in Englewood, Colorado. He has sent 900 of them to our troops overseas and to injured veterans at home through his charity, Harvest Guitars for the Troops. (Courthouse News photo/Robert Kahn)
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (CN) What would you do with 1,000 guitars? Gordon Close, an 81-year-old jazz guitarist on the outskirts of Denver, is sending them to the troops overseas and to disabled veterans at home. He designed the guitars and had them built too.
Rajnath Singh The surge of Covid-19 cases during the last 2-3 weeks has resulted in once in a century crisis. Sensing the emergency situation, the whole Government machinery immediately swung into action by mobilizing all possible resources. Along with the efforts put together by the scientific community, health professionals, civil administration, the Armed Forces too have pitched in this battle against an invisible yet deadly enemy. Indian Army, Air Force, Navy, and other organisations of the Ministry of Defence like DG AFMS, DRDO, OFB, DPSU, NCC, Cantonments Boards, etc are engaged to help mitigate the sufferings of the people. Mobilisation of additional health professionals, setting up of new COVID facilities, deployment of IAF transport aircraft and IN Ships to provide logistic support to facilitate the supply of oxygen from friendly foreign countries and within the country and setting up of new oxygen plants are some of the ongoing efforts of the Ministry of Defence. Emergency
May 06, 2021, 16:37 IST
As per latest reports, select military hospitals will make 10 to 15 per cent of their designated Covid-19 beds available to the civilian population in cases of specific referrals from the local administration for treating COVID patients. The select facilities will be among the 50 Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS) hospitals that have been allowed to treat civilians, subject to availability of beds and other conditions.
Indian Army today announced to open all its Military Hospitals for the civilians for Covid treatment. The medical staff of the Army is being made available to various State Governments and the Indian Army is setting up temporary Hospitals in various parts of the country.
Top sources on Wednesday have confirmed to Financial Express that, “All the donor countries are being informed about the distribution of the aid they are sending.”