[AIC]

Thanks for asking. Where does a person send a care package, letters, calling cards, money?

[patriciaruth]

I have some closely guarded APO's for Bagram and for Kirkuk and Balad.

Monetary contributions can be sent to me to pay for care packages. Letters can be mailed to me for forwarding, or you can FReepmail me a letter and I'll print it out and send it. All care packages go by USPS priority, and there are restrictions on what can be sent.

[patriciaruth]

That whole post didn't print for some reason.

Items are sent to me to be included in a package, or to one of a few trusted FReepers closer to the Army overseas shipment staging area. I'm in California and the staging area is on the East Coast, so sometimes it makes more sense to save postage by using another of our group as the recipient, who will check the items, repack in a care package box, and mail.

You can send items to us anyway you want, but we have to send out by USPS.

[patriciaruth]

Email from BAGRAM!

Those of us who have had a chance to see October Sky really liked it. Also, Frequency was very good. Thanks so much again for sending all those. I haven't had a chance to see all of them yet, but I will! Sometimes it gets really slow here and there just isn't that much to do, and of course, no where to go. Our internet time is pretty limited and usually someone is waiting to hop on. Anyway, it seems like there are a couple of guys who like the Westerns and Action, the Commander likes horror flicks (whatever!), and the girls do like the chick flicks.

We decorated our office with all the flags and red, white and blue ribbons for the 4th tomorrow. It looks great and adds cheer. Thanks for sending that stuff!