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Update Report:

MI unit at KIRKUK:
REQUEST #1:

Patty do you think you could get some more of those head lamps like before, Say around 20. They work very, very well. Thank you for all that you do. V/R 1SG

RESULT:
My local optometrist just ordered 20 more TacTikka Plus headlamps from Petzl America for MI at Kirkuk, and they should go out in the next couple days.

REQUEST #2
Patty, The Alamo (Dennis Quaid), Conagher (Sam Elliott), and what ever else you would like to send to us. I would like to see if you could find The man from Snowy River 2. Please send more Popcorn. ... Thanks again for all you do for us.
T*****
[We already got them Alamo (John Wayne) and the first Man from Snowy River and The Quick and the Dead (Sam Elliott)]

ACTION: The local Boyscouts can't do any thing about the popcorn request at the moment (would need 100 or so bags) which fit into 4 flat rate priority USPS boxes ($7.70 each to mail, no need to insure). A new member of our group is looking into Playstation2 games for the Engineers at Baghdad and may be doing popcorn later. Is anyone else out there interested in getting some good microwave popcorn at discount and sending it to Kirkuk? Total cost approx $60, including mailing.

BATTERY AT KIRKUK

REQUEST #1 came from me. I asked for an address for Operation Crayon, as I had two donors that wanted to send a couple boxes of school supplies for poor Iraqi children.

RESPONSE:
Patty,
As a matter of fact, our chaplin is heading this up. If you send them to me I will get the boxes to him and the kids. This is a great program, its fun to see the kids faces when we get them stuff.

I got your two boxes of movies from your group this week, they are greatly appreciated. thanks for all you and your group have done.

B****

ACTION:
I saw some great bargains at WalMart and got single subject notebooks for 10 cents a piece and boxes of 24 crayons (the preferred size) for 25 cents a piece. I couldn't afford to send paper products due to the weight last year, but can now with the $7.70 flat rate priority boxes.

Family members are financing a couple boxes and if anyone is interested in sending any school supplies, ask me for details.

EMAIL from BAGRAM, our new contact, responding to our email that a bunch of toiletries were on the way.

DearPatricia***
**** told me how nice and wonderful you all were. I am so glad to meet you. ****

Most of our teams are out in the middle of no where. There is not a place that they can buy their stuff that they need and their mail takes along time sometimes a couple of months.
I am sure that the guys out there in those places would love to get anything that you could send.
I will send an e-mail to them and ask for specific things but one thing that I am sure that they would love would be candy. Those guys are crazy and you win a lot of points with the nationals if you have candy.
Anyway I hope to talk to you soon and thank you again for all of your support.

PS: Thanks so much for the fourth of July stuff the decorations were great I loved them. I have missed every fourth of July since I joined the army. That would be 4 in a row now. I really missed all the fireworks and hot dogs but my family the most. The decorations were the best I wouldn't have even known that it was the 4th without them.

Thanks again.
****

EMAILS from 2 units at KIRKUK and the one at BAGRAM are posted above.

Due to length, they are not in the ping.

you win a lot of points with the nationals if you have candy.

You win a lot of points with just about anyone if you have candy! ;o)

Patty, darling hubby will soon be settled in at Kabul, and I'll keep you posted as to what the needs are there. Thanks so much for all you wonderful FReepers are doing for our fine troops.

Patty-
I can send some popcorn. I think Price Club (or Costco or whatever it's called now) has mega-size boxes of microwave popocorn. So, I'll check that out. The guy at the post office gave me extra boxes when I took in my last shipment! Let me know what address for the popcorn.

I haven't heard anything from my last shipment - I think it's still a little early yet to hear anything, tho.