DATE: March 2, 2018 10:41:57 PM CST

Fort Leonard Wood Soldiers step up to ‘Read Across America’

FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. (March 2, 2018) — Soldiers with Fort Leonard Wood’s 14th Military Police Brigade and Combat Training Company visited the Col. John B. Wyman Elementary School, located in Rolla, Missouri, March 2, to read with students for National Read Across America Day. Read Across America, which coincides with the birthday of Dr. Seuss, is an annual reading motivation and awareness program calling for every child in every community to celebrate reading.

U.S. Army photos by Andrea Smith/Released.

Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Netzley, Combat Training Company, and Jackson Bull, first
grader at Wyman Elementary School, learn about tree frogs together during National Read Across America Day, March 2.
1st Sgt. Polly Schmidt and Capt. Nathan Riehl, Combat Training Company, Fort Leonard Wood, read the book “Green Eggs and Ham” by Dr. Seuss March 2 during National Read Across America Day at Wyman Elementary School, Rolla, Missouri.
Staff Sgt. Anthony Santos, 14th Military Police Brigade, Fort Leonard Wood, reads “Green Eggs and Ham” by Dr. Seuss to a class of first graders at Wyman Elementary School, March 2, during National Read Across America Day.
Staff Sgt. Lance Cote, 14th Military Police Brigade, Fort Leonard Wood, reads “One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish” by Dr. Seuss, March 2, at Wyman Elementary School for Read Across America.
Sgt. 1st. Class Christopher Netzley, Combat Training Company, reads to Wyman Elementary School students March 2, during National Read Across America Day.
1st Sgt. Polly Schmidt and Capt. Nathan Riehl, Combat Training Company, Fort Leonard Wood, read the book “Green Eggs and Ham” by Dr. Seuss, to students at Wyman Elementary School, March 2 as part of the National Read Across America Day.