Posted on 01/07/2002 11:25:58 AM PST by Hillary's Lovely Legs
From: Brown-Patterson, Carolyn LTJG (CVW-1 N1)
Date: Monday, January 07, 2002 03:16:23 PM To: 'Hillary's Lovely Legs'
Subject: NOTE OF APPRECIATION
Dear Ms. (HLL)
Greetings from a staff member of Carrier Air Wing ONE deployed on board the USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71). First of all, let me state that I am honored to write and say "thank you" the donation of the heart filled stockings. They are truly beautiful and a blessing. We enjoyed the products inside but the personnel from my office was most blessed by the beauty of the stockings. You have to remember, we did not have much holiday decorations and then these beautiful stockings arrived. Men and women were fighting over them....they are absolutely beautiful. The products most useful is the hygiene items. These items go so quickly from the small ship's store. So you can imagine the smiles on our faces when we saw necessities!!!!
I am not a pilot and do not wear a flight suite but I will pass my lovely scarf onto my immediate supervisor, Captain Cathey, who is a F18 pilot. He will get some great use out of it. He will be most appreciative.
I did go to the FREE REPULIC webpage and searched for "THE GUILD" but nothing ever showed up on the computer and a message came back stating the search was unable to find "THE GUILD"..so I am not educated on your organization and would truly be interested in learning. As well, I have never been to the Michigan area and would love to hear more about both if your time permits.
Well, a little about myself. I am a Naval officer and have been in the Navy for 18 years. Out of the those 18 years, 13 years were spent as an enlisted woman and then I applied for a commissioned and here I am 6 years later still progressing. Prayer is Powerful. I am in charge of the administration department for the Air Wing Staff which is directly responsible for the eight aviation squadrons who fly the planes. So we are about 1200 people complement that come on board to invade the ship prior to the cruise. It is love and war...the ship needs us to do its mission and we need the ship to support our flying mission...we learn we complement each other. I love my job and am extremely proud of what we are doing right now. This is not like any regular deployment and we know we are loved back home and that makes it even more worth the while.
Alright, I will take up too much of your time. I just wanted to ensure I expressed to our appreciation for your support and let you know we did receive the beautiful stockings. Mine will remain handing until we return to Virginia.
God Continue to Bless You!
LT(jg)Deleted
Carrier Air Wing ONE
Administration Officer
Unit 60105
FPO AE 09504-4400
Email: Please Freepmail me if you would like to email this fabulous wonderful thankful sailor
Ship: (757) 443-7464
NAS Oceana: (757) 433-2311
WE DID IT!! They got our stuff. I am so happy I could just bust. Oh my gosh, I am just overjoyed!! You guys all did it!! Thanks so much. Now we know they really love our stuff. THANK YOU ALL!!! Don't forget that Valentine's Day is coming up, and we still have 80 pounds of salsa to send.
Oh what a beautiful letter. Makes your trips to Costco filling up the cart with toothpaste and deodorant worth all those funny looks you got.
I sent the Soldier that I told you about another package today.
There are some pink, red and white M&M's valentine style in the stores now. I sent him some.
It's good to see good works recognized. ;^)
You have done a great job in organizing this effort, in addition to all the hours you spent shopping, packing and filling out forms, etc., etc., etc.
Heart filled pride once again for the Guild!
Isn't this just the best letter. Now I will sleep easy knowing our stuff got there. I will write this sailor and see if I can just send the boxes straight to her instead of the Read Admiral. I bet distribution will go smoother if I don't send it to the top guy.
They will love your knit caps. It's cold out there on that ship.
I like this idea. I printed up stickers of our GUILD Logo and affixed them to all our boxes. I could print up stickers for the bombs. Maybe we can even send some Stuntman Association stickers. That would be a hoot.
My brain wheels are turning. We can send the stickers along with our disposable cameras with explicite instructions to take pictures of our bombs and send the cameras back to us. Would that be a hoot or what!
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