Evidently, someone spread our website around at MacDill AFB, because we suddenly got a huge batch of requests from there a couple weeks ago. Luckily, things have quieted down again since then.
Here is a sampling of the responses...
You know, as a part of my job I need to know what is going on in the world. Often that involves watching the news. I must be honest, it is quite disheartening sometimes. We (military members) get to see an awful lot of our fellow Americans who just don't care, or worse, use our fallen Brothers as some kind of reinforcement to their cause.
I can't speak for all of us, but I know that most of us do what we do because we LOVE our country, and right or wrong she is Ours. We love being Americans and we love anyone who calls themselves American.
Sometimes there is so much negativity towards us and what we do, that it makes us wonder if what we do really matters. I thank you not for the knife. I thank you for being an American that cares about us just as we care about you, our countryman, our brother. So on behalf of those I know in the Profession-of-Arms, Thank You!
God bless America, God bless Our war fighters, and God bless people like you and your friends.
I was browsing the internet looking for a new knife, as the knife I deployed with is on its last leg, when I came across your website. Let me first say that, as a soldier, it does my soul good to see Americans supporting people that they, in most cases, don’t even know. But then again, that is one of the reasons that I am over here, because that is one of the things that being an American means. I am proud of what we are doing over here and also proud of the support that we get from back home.
It’s odd to ask this, because I don’t like asking for help from other people, but if you could, could you please send me a knife. I debated for awhile to ask this, but my main reason for doing it is my son. I have a 1 year old son that I have missed major parts of his life so far. I have kept up a collection of letters and items that have been sent to us from people back home, so that when he is old enough I can tell him about what I went through and of the great people back home who made the hard nights easier with their support. If you cannot send me a knife, it is not that big a deal. What you have done, and what you are continuing to do, has been enough of an example of the great people that we have supporting us.
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