[Cannoneer No. 4]

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[Valin]

http://www.nationalcenter.org/RochePage.html
Show the Soldiers You Appreciate their Sacrifices - Send a Care Package Today


Care Packages Needed for Soldiers Whose Deployment was Extended After Personal Possessions Had Been Shipped Home



Send care packages directly to the unit in Iraq via:
1LT Stephen Oliver
ATTN: Soldier Care/Support
Headquarters, 16th Engineer Battalion
Unit 92890
APO AE 09324-2890
(Postage is the same as for domestic U.S.)



IDEAS FOR CARE PACKAGES
Powdered Kool-Aid and Gatorade
Batteries
Magazines
Beef jerky
Baby wipes
Hand-held games
CDs and CD players
DVDs and DVD players
Paperbacks
Cookies or chips
Snacks of any kind (especially ones that don't melt)
Tobacco products


The soldiers appreciate all care packages of any size!
/subtle hint

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Thank you, Valin, Cannoneer No. 4 - our awesome bloggers, and our brave troops charged with both saving civilization, and, finding they have to report their own story, doing that, too! Hoo ah!
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The fighting we are engaged in against the uprising of Muqtada Al-Sadr is one that is extremely sensitive and risks catastrophe. Had we entered this previously, it would not have been possible for us to win. Over the months, we have been involved in preparations and much planning. Thus, today we are scoring amazing successes against this would-be tyrant.

I ask that the American people be brave. Don't fall for the spin by the weak and timid amongst you that are portraying this battle as a disaster. Such people are always looking for our failure to justify and rescue their constant pessimism. They are raising false flags of defeat in the press and media. It just isn't true.

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8 Winning in Iraq: The public puts Abu Ghraib in perspective. ~ (polls prove Americans are wiser than their press.) ~ Opinion Journal | 5/12/04