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October 02, 2003

How to Help

Editor's Note: We've had a number of questions about how to send care packages to our troops and have added some links to our link section about that. Sally Vaci sent her care packages through Operation Military Pride. Operation Gratitude is another organization where you can help send care packages, either by donating money (tax deductible), getting items for the wish list, or writing letters. This holiday season, they plan on sending 2000 care packages to our troops throughout the world.

In another vein, Chief Wiggles over in Iraq is doing a toy drive for Iraqi children.

12:10 PM

October 01, 2003

Welcome

Note From the Editor: Today we are officially launching this page. Please help spread the word. Also, if you have any letters from troops or are in the military - currently overseas or have returned - and have a story to tell, our e-mail is submissions@frontlinevoices.org. Rules applying to submissions are here.

01:54 PM

Building Strong Relations

Hello. I received your package today and it is great, I really do appreciate your support while I am over here in Iraq. Things here are going well and the weather is starting to heat up (120) but the wind storms are less frequent. We are still doing our Army mission, but the best thing we are doing is establishing relationships with the Iraqis. Continue reading "Building Strong Relations"
03:30 AM

September 30, 2003

Are We That Different?

I have had contact with Afghanis on more than one occasion and might be able to add something of my own.

It's hard for me to remember dates or even months but specific instances I tend to remember well. I know that the following happened during the summer months of last year because it involved an NCO that has since retired and I remember it being quite warm.
Continue reading "Are We That Different?"
09:55 PM

September 29, 2003

Rebuilding Efforts

Editor's Note: "This soldier agreed to let me tape as he told me some of the stuff he was involved with in Iraq. I asked no questions, just sat and listened as he talked about the things they had been doing to help get Iraq running. This is
exactly as he told me." ~Mary

In Karbala there was no infrastructure. The first thing we wanted to do was restore law and order. We established a police department. Continue reading "Rebuilding Efforts"
09:24 PM

Gratitude Letter From T.J.

Editor's Note: "We sent out about 25 care packages. These are the letters we got back. I have all the original envelopes and handwritten letters and have transcribed them faithfully..." ~Sally Vaci"

Letter dated April 22, 2003
Received May 3, 2003

Thank you for the care package and the letter. Ssgt. Parrish had sent it on to me. A number of us have been exchanging packages over the last few weeks. We are getting support from those back home to more of us service men and women out this way.Continue reading "Gratitude Letter From T.J."
08:46 PM

Gratitude Letter From Graham

Editor's Note: "We sent out about 25 care packages. These are the letters we got back. I have all the original envelopes and handwritten letters and have transcribed them faithfully..." ~Sally Vaci"

Letter dated April 10, 2003
Received April 26, 2003

From everyone here, THANK YOU very much for all of the presents, gifts & goods you all have sent. It's great and inspiring to know that there are people pulling behind us and people praying for us in these critical times. You all basically brought a piece of home here and it has everyone cheered up. May God bless you all!

Sincerely,

AIC Graham [name withheld]
321 ESFS/A-Flight

08:39 PM

Gratitude Letter From Judith

Editor's Note: "We sent out about 25 care packages. These are the letters we got back. I have all the original envelopes and handwritten letters and have transcribed them faithfully..." ~Sally Vaci"

Letter dated April 23, 2003
Received May 10, 2003

Hello from Dogwood, Iraq. I am 30 kilometers from the Baghdad Airport. We make supply delivery runs daily. Our route takes us along narrow roads until we reach the highway. We travel past many small farms of what looks to be very poor people. The homes are made of sand concrete. Most homes look thrown together. Only the well-to-do have bricks. There must be a high rate of crime as every home that can, seems to have bars on their windows and doors.
Continue reading "Gratitude Letter From Judith"
08:38 PM

Gratitude Letter From William

Editor's Note: "We sent out about 25 care packages. These are the letters we got back. I have all the original envelopes and handwritten letters and have transcribed them faithfully..." ~Sally Vaci"

Letter dated May, 2003
Received May 12, 2003

Dear Sir and Madam,

Received your package here in Saudi Arabia today and wanted to send you our sincerest thanks for your efforts. Your package was very well thought out and meant a great deal to us.
Continue reading "Gratitude Letter From William"
08:37 PM

Gratitude Letter From Lacey

Editor's Note: "We sent out about 25 care packages. These are the letters we got back. I have all the original envelopes and handwritten letters and have transcribed them faithfully..." ~Sally Vaci"

Letter dated April 13, 2003
Received June 5, 2003

Thank you so much for the care package that you sent me. My name is Lacey, I am 20 years old, stationed out of Ft. Lewis, WA. I am also from WA state ( I was lucky enough to get stationed 20 minutes from my family's home.) I am active duty for the last 2-1/2 years. I just got married July 2002, then in September 2002 I was deployed here to Kuwait. I am the oldest of 6 children ( I have 2 sisters ages 16 and 18, and 3 brothers ages 13, 11 and 10.)
Continue reading "Gratitude Letter From Lacey"
08:36 PM

Gratitude Letter From Chris

Editor's Note: "We sent out about 25 care packages. These are the letters we got back. I have all the original envelopes and handwritten letters and have transcribed them faithfully..." ~Sally Vaci"

Letter dated June 3, 2003
Received June 7, 2003

Thank you for all your support. My name is Chris, and I am an airman with the U.S. Navy. I am with the VAQ-131 LANCER squadron, and we are attached to the USS Constellation. We just arrived home from a 7-1/2 month deployment.
Continue reading "Gratitude Letter From Chris"
05:02 PM

September 28, 2003

Courage

Editor's Note: Letter from a soldier in Kuwait in response to his mother, who lives in California. She wrote her son asking how he would feel if she joined other relatives of service members in an anti-war demonstration in Hollywood.

Dear Mom:

It's really your decision to march if you want to or not. You are the one who has to decide if what we are doing out here is right or not. My opinion is not yours. I do, however, have things I would like for you and Grandma and everyone else at home to know.Continue reading "Courage"
11:50 AM

Our Real Motivator

Editor's Note: This is an open letter from U.S. Army Maj. Eric Rydbom in Iraq to the First Lutheran Church of Richmond Beach in Shoreline, Wash. Rydbom is Deputy Division Engineer of the 4th Infantry Division.

It has been a while since I have written to my friends at First Lutheran Church about what's really going on here in Iraq. The news you watch on TV is exaggerated, sensationalized and selective. Good news doesn't sell.

The stuff you don't hear about on CNN?Continue reading "Our Real Motivator"
11:47 AM

A Poem From Josh

"We got a letter from Josh today, if you could call it that, written 3/9. They are hearing about the anti-war protests and he was upset. That's all the letter talked about. He enclosed a poem he and his buddies wrote. He wants us to get it out, let people see how they feel. Any ideas?"Continue reading "A Poem From Josh"
11:27 AM

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This came across my desk and it seemed a worthy project. They hope to print letters, contacts, etc., from our troops engaged in the War on Terror so our citizens can stay up with what's being accomplished.

I don't know if it's appropriate, but if you think it is or isn't, I'm sure you'll either allow it to remain or not.

If it turns out to be highly appropriate then perhaps you might eventually add it to your links.

Incidentally, I have absolutely nothing to do with the site in any manner whatsoever. I just received an email announcing it.

I searched for its title on the search engine, so if it's a duplicate, then forgive.

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[xzins]

are you the one who's been posting info on what's happening with our troops?

[xzins]

could you ping your list and consider adding this to your support the troops links?

Thanks for what you do, RC.

Respectfully,

X

[Coop]

BTTT!

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Absolutely, xzins. I was looking for just such a way to add this new, terrific link to my homepage. Thank you!

A new websight giving the troops a voice!

 Thanks, Tonkin!

If you want on or off my Pro-Coalition ping list, please Freepmail me. Warning: it is a high volume ping list on good days. (Most days are good days).

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Bump!

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[blackie]

Good Stuff ~ Bump!

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Bump!

[TEXOKIE]

Thank you so much, xzins! Have notified my email list of the existence of the web site.

[Fledermaus]

It's a quagmire. It cost too much. Soldiers are dying daily. The Iraqis want us out. Waaaaa, waaaaaa, waaaaaa, waaaaaa, waaaaaaa...

I'm still trying out for a CNN gig.