AMAZING E-MAIL FROM MARINE IN IRAQ

E-Mail ^ | 20 April 2006 | Marine officer in Iraq

[reagandemo]

Back last fall I posted the picture of the Marine playing bagpipes in Iraq. He is my closest friend's son. He made it back ok and I went to his wedding last weekend. My nephew just arrived in Iraq and is a Marine fighting for our freedom. From one PROUD Uncle.

[SuziQ]

Knives for Soldiers is another way to help. It is great for the guys who have to do foot patrol to have good equipment with which to work. Check out some of the e-mails from soldiers who have received them!

Winmag can always use more donations to make sure those guys get that equipment, and he makes sure the knives are in super condition before they are sent.

[Marine_Uncle]

And a big Semper Fi to you mom.

[Kaylee Frye]

Thanks, interesting stuff. And thank you for your service.

[Kaylee Frye]

Well, I guess that's what I was confused about. The email seemed to say that they spent all day in the house and didn't leave for any reason...?? But maybe I misread it...

[HairOfTheDog]

God Bless Our Marines, Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen

Indeed, and FOBBITs too :~D

[MozartLover]

Very interesting read, thank you.

My son heads back tomorrow after a way-too-short leave.

[Coop]

My prayers and heart-felt thanks go with your son.

[MozartLover]

Thank you. Appreciated.

[StarCMC]

Let me know if I can help in any way, romanesq. I work with Proud Patriots and we send care packages to troops several times a year. *HUGS!*

[marine86297]

Big Ole, Dang ole, dog gone Marine bump!

Semper Fidelis to all the Fobbits, Fob-Goblins and Meat-eaters. Inside or outside the wire.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[Recon Dad]

Based on what my son tells me any base is better than a MArine base.

[300winmag]

We also take care of fobbits, and those who feed them. They're still serving our country, but in less strenuous conditions. Here's an email I received recently:

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I am a shift leader now but the the knives we use well suck. The ones I used most are the 4in paring knife, 8in boning, 10in chefs, 12in serrated bread knife and kitchen shears and of course the infamous vegetable peeler.

I often try to sharpen the knives we use but our stones are not the greatest anymore and some of the knives don't take an edge easily. If you locate a set or separate knives they would be used by my crew, I think I would monitor there use to maintain the quality as long as possible.

As of right now we serve anywhere from 1400 to 1800 people a day. If I didn't say so earlier I work in the [redacted] Combat Aviation Brigrade DFAC. (Mess Hall) We are the only Military Mess Hall in operation in Afghanistan. All the others are run by the civilians of KBR or Kellog Brown and Root.

We have I think 40 personnel,cooks supervisors and supply, 8 of us are Army National Guard that have been activated to join the [redacted], out of [redacted]. But those of us in the N.G. come from units in Idaho, Wisconsin and Delaware. Our aviators went on to [redacted] while we cooks stayed here in [redacted] to help the [redacted] DFAC. We don't get much when your HQ and friends are 2 hours away by air. Oh well. That as they say is my story a small part anyways.

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After some online shopping, I came up with this as our token of thanks from a grateful Hobbit Hole:

Just another example of our "special request" capability. Other items have included GRS radios, first aid gear, flashlights, multitools, and other tactical gear.

[katykelly]

Thanks for the ping. We heard from our Marine this week.