An email from Bagram follows:
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Thank you so much for all the Halloween Candy and for all your support, that’s amazing. I am constantly overwhelmed by the genorosity you all display. Thank you so much.
We received so much candy, that we decided we will take about half of it for a Halloween Party/Scary Movie night. The rest we are sending to soldiers or soldiers also deployed overseas. My little brother is here in
Afghanistan as well, so we sent a box to him. Another soldier’s father is in Iraq, so we sent him a little something. And finally, one soldier’s wife is also deployed to Iraq, while he’s deployed here, so she’s getting some candy and then us girls threw in a little extra girlie stuff we had aquired.
Things are going well here. The weather continues to get cooler. Yesterday was the first time since early this year that I’ve seen snow fall on the mountain tops, I was very excited. Also, this morning I saw my breath for the first time in awhile.
Take care and thank you so much for your support.
Thanks for sharing that with us! :-)
Update:
Our contact at Petzl America was out of town for a few weeks but we finally got the second batch of headlamps for NPTT units at Camp Liberty ordered. The first unit really liked theirs.
I’m having trouble contacting a new Stryker unit at FOB Stryker. His email box is bouncing back as over quota, and a letter I sent a couple weeks ago has not been answered. We’ll keep trying.
Mailed November 6, 2007, directly from Petzl America to HHC of NPTT at Baghdad (thanks to MEG33, SwatTeam and norton):
10 Tactikka Plus head lamps (4 L.E.D, flip up red lens, covered push button)
Mailed November 6, 2007, to HHC of NPTT at Baghdad (thanks to jtill):
1 box, insured $99.91 (value $105.41), postage $11.00
1 Tactikka Plus head lamp
5 DVD Movies:
Braveheart (Mel Gibson)
High Noon (Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly)
Open Range (Kevin Costner, Robert Duvall, Annette Benning)
Winchester 73 (Jimmy Stewart)
Witness (Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis)
1 bottle Delsym cough syrup
1 pkg 20 nasal decongestion 12 hour tablets
5 partial bags Halloween candy:
Hershey’s kisses with almonds ~45
Starburst 2 packs ~30
Whoppers large 1.75 oz packs 14
Indian corn candy
M&M’s with peanuts 13 funsize
Thanksgivng card
Lincoln and the Copperheads article
1 magazine: Sports Illustrated Bears v. Patriots
Sunday comic section