Back in the 'Stan

Michael enjoyed 3 months back in the States. He is now back in Afghanistan. Not sure how long this mission will take, so no countdown. :-(
Good news is he is now a 1st Lt.
Wish him well everyone.

Home Again, Home Again...

Can we get a big "Yeehaw" - Michael is stateside! He was scheduled to arrive the week of April 18th but Mother Nature put a halt to that! Due to the volcano eruption in Iceland his departure was put on hold - but good news - he landed in sunny southern California on the evening of April 26th.
A big thank you to our community for all of your support for Michael and his Marines during their deployment.
Good news, we still have plenty of supplies to continue shipping out. Michael has given us names of Lt.s that were at the University of Florida with him and we will send care packages out to them and their Marines.

THANK YOU from the very bottom of our hearts for your generous support and prayers - keep them going for those still deployed.

Thanks from Iraq!

A big thank you to Cindy L. Baker, RN. Cindy used to work at Sebastian River Medical Center and decided she needed a little excitement in her life - so she got hired on at KBR and is now deployed in Iraq working as an RN on a FOB (Foward Operating Base.) Support Our Troops has sent Cindy some care packages and she is passing out the supplies to any who need them. The picture is of her and Captain Marcus of the U.S. Air Force. Capt. Marcus goes to far outposts and he will deliver the supplies recently sent to guys that seldom get packages.
The world is a much better place place because of people like Cindy!

Sassy Ladies Supper Club

Thank you to Gail Kinney and the women of the Sassy Ladies Supper Club for their generous donation of supplies and funds for shipping the care packages. We packaged the supplies this AM and created 16 boxes to ship off to Michael and his platoon!
Thanks Sassy Ladies!

Donut of Misery

According to our donut of misery Mike has less than 50% left to go. Yeehaw! We sent him a disposable camera with pre-paid postage and these are some pictures of the Marines opening some of the packages. According to Wayne, Support Our Troops has sent 81 packages to troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. Great support from everyone - muchas gracias. ;-) The Masonic Lodge of Sebastian has donated U.S. Flags that Michael will fly in Afghanistan. The Lodge also made a generous donation of funds for shipping costs.
Just found out from the Family Readiness Officer for CLB 1 ENG CO that the shipping of packages should stop at March 1. This gives the Marines a chance to recieve the last of the packages and prepare for departure.

Cpt. Tim Lawson

We would like to share a thank you note we received today. We are not looking for any thanks from our troops and we know that they are extremely busy but it is still nice to see that the supplies we are sending are useful.

Happy New Year!

Finally - got a call from Michael! He sounded good and said the packages are still arriving. They got all kinds of goodies for Christmas. Thank you to all. His next wish is for flags. We already had a donation of flags and will send them out this week. He said he would like to fly the flags in Afghanistan and then he will give each of his troops a flag to take home with them in remembrance of their time in Afghanistan. He said his platoon is a 'support' unit and they support several battallions so they move around a lot. He said this was good because they keep really busy and the time there is going by quickly. Before you know it he will be back in Vero! Hope everyone has a happy, healthy, prosperous 2010 ;-)