The jolt goes right through you.
“Mail call!”
Your soldiers are already moving.
Here at Forward Operating Base Shield, on the edge of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq, we don’t get mail every day. When we get it, it’s a big deal. A really big deal.
It’s dark by this time in the evening. Your soldiers line up like [...]

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BRITISH soldiers in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Falkland Islands will receive Christmas gifts thanks to the generosity of local donators.
About 100 shoe boxes of gifts including books, magazines, toiletries and sweets have been collected by people in the Ely area.
They will be put together with donations made across the country and flown out this weekend.
Tracey [...]

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Streams of shoppers stopped outside a Rohnert Park store Sunday to sign greeting cards for soldiers or deposit care package donations, expressing their thanks to military men and women who will spend the holidays in Iraq and Afghanistan. “Is that all for the troops? Wow,” said a grateful Kay Lynn Terry, hugging a woman who [...]

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MAPLE SHADE - Every little bit from home helps - especially when you’re on the ground in Iraq.
That was the thinking behind an ongoing effort by two Mount Laurel residents, Lisa Wilkinson and her son Michael, to kick-start an adopt-a-troop program with the Maple Shade Rotary to benefit 35 soldiers in Iraq.
“The two of us [...]

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A fundraising ride planned by a group of Osceola motorcycle enthusiasts Sept. 9 will take on more meaning this year because a local man killed in Iraq is being honored.
The ride through Osceola County raises money for USO care packages sent to members of the armed forces stationed overseas.
This year organizers are honoring St. Cloud’s [...]

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FAMILIES of sailors in the Gulf will be able to send parcels for free. The Royal Mail said the free post will apply to armed forces serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Among those to benefit is the Portsmouth-based warship HMS Richmond, currently on patrol in the Arabian Gulf.
The announcement was today welcomed, but some say the [...]

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By ERIKA M. TORRES
THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
TUSTIN – Sixteen soldiers in the 2nd platoon, Unit 73711 received "In-N-Out Burger" paper hats and stickers after children at the non-denominational church Healing World International decided to do something to show appreciation for soldiers in Iraq.
Lauree Godwin, a church member, recently spoke to the children about a co-worker’s son [...]

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It took me a while to get to the roots of this - not sure if its just me or a slow server over at Black Five - anyway here it is - they have an email project going for the Regimental Combat Team 6 in Fallujah, Iraq…
here is a quote of what its all [...]

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By Air Force Master Sgt.  Melissa Phillips Special to American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, June 13, 2007 – Before I left for my current deployment, an
8-year-old asked me out of the blue, "Why do you have to go to Iraq?" It stopped me in my tracks.
I remember thinking, "How can I possibly answer such an [...]

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By Samantha L. QuigleyAmerican Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, May 14, 2007 – Servicemembers receiving care packages from A Soldier’s Wish List or one of its thousands of "adopters" know that good things really do come in small packages.
"Our goal is to fulfill the wishes of our troops to the best of our abilities," Julieann Najar, the [...]

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