[300winmag]

I sent an email today to the CSM of one of our "adopted" units, the Bayou Bandits from Louisiana, offering our prayers. They're headed back home from Iraq to face devastation back home. I offered them our prayers, and donations to their own relief funds for their own people, if they set one up. Here's his reply:

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Rick,

Thanks for keeping us in your prayers me and my men stand ready to do whatever it takes to get our great city of New Orleans functoning again. The fight here has been long and with high costs but now we have another mission and that is to rebuild. The Hobbit hole folks are our brothers and we will never forget all the great things that you do for my soldiers. Each day a knife would arrive and the telling signs were the large smiles on there faces and I knew that they had just recieved a super knife from the Hobbit hole. There have been some dark days here in Baghdad but the Hobbit hole always seem to bring a ray light and happiness to the Bandits. The Bandits proudly carry there knives with such honor from the streets of Baghdad to Sadr city and to all points in between. I will advise on were to send donations too once we are back on the ground but again thanks for all that you do.

CSM E [redacted]

BANDITS!

[g'nad]

gotta love them bandits...

[RMDupree]

What a wonderful letter! I'm humbled by it.

PayPal on its way. :-D

[HairOfTheDog]

Thanks winmag!

Good morning everyone!