I know this is WAp, but my friends brother has been over seas for a very long time. He is in the middle of Kuwait or somewhere, where he says that all is good except it is like 130 degrees there and they keep trying to kill him with grenades and stuff. I promised that I would write him (he gets no mail, that my son would drawn him pictures, and any one else who is interested please contact me..I will give you his address that he receives mail at...My hope is that there is enough to pass out to the whole platoon..
Thanks
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What's your email?? Or email me the info, I'll definitely write as soon as I get the address!
~raven~
joconnor73 [at] msn.comrel="nofollow"
Wishes, this is funny! I just spent 6mo researching a military penpal through countless sites. Even posted for Colleen to email me re her soon-to-be-deployed brother but she never responded/got the post. I just got approved as a penpal, completed many questionnaires re my intentions, was finally assigned one and here you post. Arghhh! LOL
I would be HAPPY to send your brother mail but keep in mind "Any Soldier" mail to the rest of his group will be thrown away since the anthrax scare messed things up. Your brother would have to personally pass mail addressed to him to others in his group. THEY would then have to respond with THEIR particular name/address. The website was very specific. Not trying to be a downer. Just want mail to go to those that need it.
Email his address and a little about him to bunny123456 [at] excite.comrel="nofollow" "HOPPY" writing!!!
me too.. seddi_gurl@yahoo or seddigurl@aol
Will do as soon as I get home from work..my email is wishes34 [at] aol.comrel="nofollow"..
He is in his twenties..a fine fine looking chap..(peers after the sand settles)..thank you all very much. He is feeling very forgotten, but has such a positive attitude.
Love you all, man...His sister, that is my friend, also served but is home now..We may not agree with what is going on, or have own different viewpoints on this, but these soldiers are still, moms, dads, sons, daughters, friends, etc. of people...and a simple hello or cards would bring much joy..When I told my friend, that I was working on it..she started to cry..saying how much that would mean to her brother and to her too..
So, if you do "wish", it does come true..many thanks ...
Hello Wishes, I'd be happy to correspond with some of the soldiers out there. I'm in the military also, so I can kind of relate to what they're going through. Here's my email address=> Zoronna23 [at] aol.comrel="nofollow"
Bumping....thanks everyone....
for anyone who is interested, when sending mail to an APO box, it takes only domestic postage ($0.37 first ounce, $0.23 additional ounces) to mail a letter. for more information: http://clinton.senate.gov/~clinton/iraq_mail.html (this was the first page on my search for sending mail to an apo box. it's not a political statement - I'm too lazy to look beyond the first correct answer.)
Bunny - Sorry, I must have spaced off (typical of me) responding to your post regarding my baby brother. Kyle isn't leaving until early Oct and will then be spending 2 months at Fort Stewart, GA before heading to Kosovo. I won't have his address for a couple months yet. Since he's in the Army Nat'l Guard, he's still around home for a few more weeks. We're trying to get a few visits in before he goes. In fact, he's headed to Chicago this weekend to see us and I'll be spending a weekend in MN with him in mid-September! I will make sure to pass on an address when I have one! Thank you so much for the offer to write to him!
C~
I'd love to write him a letter or send him a nice card. Please send me his address.
clausenterprice [at] lycos.nlrel="nofollow"
I would love to write and email servicemen and women.
Today I was looking for such a link on the web, but couldn't find any.
email me at: k55448 [at] yahoo.comrel="nofollow"
Thanks.
Kathy_S
Hey all, my son just got back from Iraq. He was 3rd Inf stuck in Falljuh. Keep one thing in mind...the mail is truly snail mail. It will take a letter app. 5 weeks to come back to the USA, not from when you write BUT from when he mails it.
I am glad he is home safely Georgia..gonna mail a box of kid art from my son's daycare as well..letters and kid art..nothing beats those...
Thanks to all who write-it means so much to so many to be remembered..you have all touched me greatly and I am sure you will touch them..(it may take awhile to get there and back but it will get there!!)
For those of you interested you can adopt soldiers that are deployed. There are alot of youngh kids over there who sadly dont have family or spouses to support them. If you would liek the information on where to go let me know.
Nicknalexsmama [at] charter.netrel="nofollow"
Connie
Connie, that's how I just got my military penpal. Lots of good sites out there. It just broke my heart that these men and women are fighting for our country and don't get a single piece of mail from someone who cares.
Wishes & anyone else who would like to share - please send your friend's and family member's names and addresses to me. I would be very glad to write to them.
I understand about the Troops not getting letters from just anyone do to the threats, but as the wife of an Army Nat'l Guardsman and someone who works on a military installation, I do not understand why no one on our installation is maintaining a list of Troops that we work with and live next to, for us to write to. It's just very disappointing to see the way some Troops are treated when they are putting their lives on the line.
If anyone would like some links on info on ways to help the Troops and their families, pop me an email and I will send them to you.
My email address is: Blest2BAmerican [at] yhaoo.comrel="nofollow"
Ldh, I called my local base, churches, email sites offering to find penpals for soldiers. Nothing! Oh, they want my money but are not willing/able to match soldiers up with penpals.
During Desert Storm I worked at a hospital where we were tremendously shorthanded due to all our reservists getting activated. There was a hosp-wide effort to take care of our fellow employees. I coordinated letters of support, cards, care packages so everyone got mail several times a month.
This conflict I started last Jan/Feb with no results until this week. Articles in the paper and TV spots say mail is needed but no one can get names due to the anthrax scare. It was very frustrating!
Now I have a soldier penpal!!! I'm not allowed to send anything more than postcards until he/she replies. I had to submit to background checks and character references. I signed a form pledging not to give out his/her address for security reasons. Doesn't mean I can't include other peoples' letters in MY letter. LOL I pledged to commit to at least 1 letter/card per week with 1 care package a month. I'm asking all my friends to help. A lot of work? Yes, but I think it's worth it as my way of supporting a soldier who otherwise wouldn't get that support from home.
Excuse the long post! This is a topic near and dear to my heart. That's why I'd be honored to write Colleen's brother when he goes and wishes' friend. *hopping away waving a flag*
ahh bunny you must of went through adopt a platoon... i used to "work" for them but 100 calls a week with 3 year old twins got to be too much lol. it is such a fulfilling things though. I loved adopting soldiers.
thats toooooooooo funny , someone b4 said they would send me an addy , my entire neighborhood colored piks , and i never had any addresses so its all hidden so the kids dont know i never sent stuff,,
same name , aol , and msn , use wap in title
I thought you would like this
The Average Military Man
The average age of the military man is 19 years.
He is a short haired, tight-muscled kid who, under normal circumstances is considered by society as half man, half boy. Not
yet dry behind the ears, not old enough to buy a beer, but old enough to die for his country.
He never really cared much for work and he would rather wax his own car than wash his father's; but he has never collected unemployment either.
He's a recent High School graduate; he was probably an average student, pursued some form of sport activities, drives a ten
year old jalopy, and has a steady girlfriend that either broke up with him when he left, or swears to be waiting when he returns from half a world away.
He listens to rock and roll or hip-hop or rap or jazz or swing and 155mm Howitzers.
He is 10 or 15 pounds lighter now than when he was at home because he is working or fighting from before dawn to well after dusk.
He has trouble spelling, thus letter writing is a pain for him, but he can field strip a rifle in 30 seconds and reassemble it in less time in the dark.
He can recite to you the nomenclature of a machine gun or grenade launcher and use either one effectively if he must.
He digs foxholes and latrines and can apply first aid like a professional.
He can march until he is told to stop or stop until he is told to march.
He obeys orders instantly and without hesitation, but he is not without spirit or individual dignity. He is self-sufficient. He has two sets of fatigues: he washes one and wears the other. He keeps his canteens full and his feet dry.
He sometimes forgets to brush his teeth, but never to clean his rifle.
He can cook his own meals, mend his own clothes, and fix his own hurts. If you're thirsty, he'll share his water with you; if you are hungry, his food.
He'll even split his ammunition with you in the midst of battle when you run low.
He has learned to use his hands like weapons and weapons like they were his hands. He can save your life - or take it, because that is his job.
He will often do twice the work of a civilian, draw half the pay and still find ironic humor in it all. He has seen more suffering and death then he should have in his short lifetime.
He has stood atop mountains of dead bodies, and helped to create them.
He has wept in public and in private, for friends who have fallen in combat and is unashamed.
He feels every note of the National Anthem vibrate through his body while at rigid attention, while tempering the burning desire to 'square-away' those around him who haven't bothered to stand, remove their hat, or even stop talking. In an odd twist, day in and day out, far from home, he defends their right to be disrespectful.
Just as did his Father, Grandfather, and Great-grandfather, he is paying the price for our freedom.
Beardless or not, he is not a boy.
He is the American Fighting Man that has kept this country free for over 200 years.
He has asked nothing in return, except our friendship and understanding.
Remember him, always, for he has earned our respect and admiration with his blood.
For our Military
Prayer wheel for our military...please don't break it. Please send this
on after a short prayer.
Prayer Wheel
"Lord, hold our troops in your loving hands. Protect them as they
protect us.
Bless them and their families for the selfless acts they perform for
us in our time of need. Amen."
QQ, my email to you came back. I'd be happy to include those pictures in the care package to my soldier if you'd mail them to me. There are no kids in my neighborhood. I can't give out the name/addr per the confidentiality agreement I signed but I could point you to the website I found if you want to do it yourself.
No, it wasn't Adopt A Platoon although I did look there. I forget who asked. <wishing we had history and edit available before finalizing posts> LOL
Email me at bunny123456 [at] excite.comrel="nofollow" with WAP in subject if you'd like info or my address.
Ldh, that's beautiful... and so true!
Bunny, can you send me the email address of the organization that you got your penpal from? Thanks!
Blest2BAmerican [at] yahoo.comrel="nofollow"
Wishes: Will your friend's brother be willing to hand out mail to everyone. I will write, but it sounds like it will have to be addressed to him then handed out? My email is tsheff1 [at] hotmail.comrel="nofollow"
What's that...listen...its chuggin...its the lub train started back up from the rubble..
But, on a serious note...I thank you all very much from the bottom of my heart...it will mean sooo much to them..and means so much to my friend and I..you people are the bestest people around..we are lucky to have people like you in the world..okay-now I am getting weepy..darn it.
Ldh, that's funny. I emailed YOU re tips for helping the troops and families. If you reply I'll be more than happy to send you that site. For some reason my email isn't sending. *sigh*
*wondering if QQ read my post above* LOL
Bunny - you've got email