The Raven Team gathers for a photo on Thanksgiving as they serve a deployment to Africa. From left to right, SrA Sonny Vaa Jr. (McChord AFB), SSgt Roberto Izarrasa (Travis AFB), SSgt Julian Taylor (Travis AFB), and SrA Chad Charmichael (McGuire AFB) in Mombasa, Kenya. 

On Thanksgiving day, the team delivered turkeys to different countries in the Horn of Africa.  The team is currently on a 6 month deployment to the continent in support of AFRICOM. 

SrA Sonny Vaa Jr. hails from the village of Masausi and is the son of Sonny F. Vaa and Maria B. Vaa.  “I would like to wish my family, friends, and the whole island of American Samoa a Happy Thanksgiving,” he told Samoa News via email last week.