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Howdy folks
I wrote my brother yesterday to see if the boxes of goodies and Khukuries had arrived. Here is his reply, received today:
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Good timing and great fun for all!!! The troops are busy divvying up the loot as I type. The squeals of delight from the to'baccy chewers
is quite disgusting. I don't think any of them have seen such a large packet. I don't think the rest of the items will last more than 15 minutes before they disappear. Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!!!
The two kukris are beautiful, well balanced and incredible steel. I have found one snake eater who will give one of them a good home. I will save the second until I find an appropriate owner / user.
Things are heating up and moving faster. I am enforcing a sleep plan and trying to give folks a couple of hours off, as they are working harder and longer than necessary right now and we will burn out before the first bullet launches down range. My officers and senior NCO's are under the impression that 19 hour days should be the norm and not the unusual. That may work for short exercises, but not for a year long contingency.
Tell all you folks, thanks from the soldiers deployed in Kuwait.
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Then, about an hour later, this arrived:
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Holy mackerel, the second box just came in the afternoon mail. Great books and packing job. I know you told me you were sending 5 kukris, but I missed the scale of those puppies. I will be very careful to whom I give those. I will take good care of the Gerber, and try not to cut myself, before I get it back to you.
Please tell those wonderful ladies & gentlemen who contributed to these wonderful boxes, that everything is much appreciated, and shared throughout the camp. Our office is responsible for all base support, housing and supply. As such, every single unit shows up here through out the day. And your books (minus the ones I need to read) are being put on the shelves by the front door, to be shared across the 16,000 troops in camp.
If you have a bunch more books being collected, the Red Cross will ship them for you at their expense, if you contact them in advance.
We started wearing our NBC gear and it is like walking around in a rubber suit. The Wet one towels are very much appreciated. Of course, we always kill more of ourselves than the enemy, so having the hand sanitizer is critical to keeping us well.
Thanks a million
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So there you go folks, it took a little over two weeks to arrive. The idea of sending books via the Red Cross is a good one, as the boxes were quite heavy and expensive to mail. Having said that, anyone who wants to start another boxful to send off please email me and we'll get it put together.
regards
Stephen
I wrote my brother yesterday to see if the boxes of goodies and Khukuries had arrived. Here is his reply, received today:
-------------------------
Good timing and great fun for all!!! The troops are busy divvying up the loot as I type. The squeals of delight from the to'baccy chewers
is quite disgusting. I don't think any of them have seen such a large packet. I don't think the rest of the items will last more than 15 minutes before they disappear. Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!!! The two kukris are beautiful, well balanced and incredible steel. I have found one snake eater who will give one of them a good home. I will save the second until I find an appropriate owner / user.
Things are heating up and moving faster. I am enforcing a sleep plan and trying to give folks a couple of hours off, as they are working harder and longer than necessary right now and we will burn out before the first bullet launches down range. My officers and senior NCO's are under the impression that 19 hour days should be the norm and not the unusual. That may work for short exercises, but not for a year long contingency.
Tell all you folks, thanks from the soldiers deployed in Kuwait.
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Then, about an hour later, this arrived:
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Holy mackerel, the second box just came in the afternoon mail. Great books and packing job. I know you told me you were sending 5 kukris, but I missed the scale of those puppies. I will be very careful to whom I give those. I will take good care of the Gerber, and try not to cut myself, before I get it back to you.
Please tell those wonderful ladies & gentlemen who contributed to these wonderful boxes, that everything is much appreciated, and shared throughout the camp. Our office is responsible for all base support, housing and supply. As such, every single unit shows up here through out the day. And your books (minus the ones I need to read) are being put on the shelves by the front door, to be shared across the 16,000 troops in camp.
If you have a bunch more books being collected, the Red Cross will ship them for you at their expense, if you contact them in advance.
We started wearing our NBC gear and it is like walking around in a rubber suit. The Wet one towels are very much appreciated. Of course, we always kill more of ourselves than the enemy, so having the hand sanitizer is critical to keeping us well.
Thanks a million
)----------------------------
So there you go folks, it took a little over two weeks to arrive. The idea of sending books via the Red Cross is a good one, as the boxes were quite heavy and expensive to mail. Having said that, anyone who wants to start another boxful to send off please email me and we'll get it put together.
regards
Stephen
