A Message from an Overseas Service Member
Thank you for the packages delivered to my Soldiers here at FOB Echo. It is always great to get these packages. As you know they end up with Soldiers who are single and not receiving a lot from home. Once the boxes from different organizations is opened the trading begins, each comparing what they got. Each looking for what they need, be it the candy that ain't sold here or the tooth brush that our small PX seems to be out of.
Soldiers will slip the box under their bunk and pull it out before a mission to carry some items with them and then again upon their return when it is time to relax. It is nice to know we have the backing of so many people back home. It is getting quieter around here compared to our previous tours. We know we did our job then to make this a peaceful time. Still we are being safe, trouble comes at unexpected times, and we look forward to returning back home to friends and loved ones.
These packages will forever be a part of our good memories of our deployment here. Please send my thanks to all those who gave of themselves and made these packages possible.
