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Operation Blessing International Relief and Development Corporation (OBI) is an Evangelical Christian organization headquartered in Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States. Founded in 1978, OBI operates in more than 90 countries, focusing on disaster relief , medical aid, clean water, hunger relief , community development, and orphan care programs.
Gordon Perry Robertson (born June 4, 1958) is an American lawyer and broadcaster who is the president of the Christian Broadcasting Network, president of Operation Blessing International, and chancellor of Regent University.
Its ministries include the humanitarian aid foundation Operation Blessing (OB), [1] the Asian counterpart of the US-based Operation Blessing International. Since 1994, OB humanitarian missions have expanded from the Philippines to operate in China, India, Indonesia, Thailand, and Taiwan.
Operation Blessing Executive Director Tammy Joslyn and her granddaughter Ella Pollock work together during the opening of the nonprofit's annual Great Christmas Giveaway Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023.
On December 12, 2013, The Guardian issued an apology to Operation Blessing over false claims in the article "Mission Congo: how Pat Robertson raised millions on the back of a non-existent aid project", and agreed to make a contribution to Operation Blessing to be used in its relief efforts for victims of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines. [71]
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In June, a small contingent of 72 troops, 48 American and 24 Afghan, were operating in and around Wanat, a mountain Quam [clarification needed] that was the center of the Waygal District government and about 5 miles (8.0 km) from the coalition military base Camp Blessing.
On 6 August 2011, a U.S. CH-47D Chinook military helicopter operating with the call sign Extortion 17 (pronounced "one-seven") was shot down while transporting a Quick Reaction Force attempting to reinforce a Joint Special Operations Command unit of the 75th Ranger Regiment in the Tangi Valley in Maidan Wardak province, southwest of Kabul, Afghanistan.