Free Girl Scout cookies presented at AEDC Published May 13, 2014 By Raquel March AEDC/PA ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, TENN. -- Girl Scout Cookies are seen in multiple places; from your local girl scout to grocery stores in coffee creamer to ice cream. Now they are showing up in shipments to deployed troops. Local Girl Scout Troop 2994 recently visited the Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) STEM Center and presented different varieties of Girl Scout cookies to AEDC's Capt. Brett Ramnarine, who's been deployed several times. Ramnarine accepted the cookies for deployed troops and thanked the Girl Scouts. He also expressed the effect of receiving this type of generosity. "Deployed troops receiving Girl Scout Cookies shows that our dedication and sacrifice does not go unnoticed and that there are organizations out there that care about our morale, welfare and what we do," Ramnarine said. "In addition, we get a piece of home and the much needed sugar to get through the long and stressful days." Girl Scout Troop Leader Jennifer Nicholson made arrangements for the donation by making contact with AEDC personnel. "My girls decided to donate Girl Scout Cookies to the troops [who are] deployed because they wanted to show our appreciation for their sacrifice," she said. "I talked with three different employees at the base along with emails to ensure the cookies would be shipped to the deployed troops." The cookies will be mailed as part of a care package through the Airman Family and Readiness branch to Airmen currently deployed around the globe. While visiting the AEDC STEM Center, the troop built and launched straw rockets and viewed the Discovery Dome for a full planetarium experience.