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Bill Faith
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Joined: 27 Oct 2004
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Location: Lawrenceville, IL, USA
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 Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2004 9:42 am Post subject: A way to let the troops know you care -- Please help |
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Remember what it was like being 10,000 miles from home and wondering whether anyone cared? I've been home over 32 years but I still do. Please help with this. It won't take long and it will matter.
From http://combatarms.mu.nu/archives/057594.php Please go there and help.
| Quote: | Letters To The Troops For The Holidays (Help From All Bloggers Part 2)
Many of you may remember my Letters To The Troops campaign.
I had the opportunity to ensure that the letters I received were personally hand carried to the troops in Iraq.
In the end more than 30 bloggers participated and more than 320 letters were received.
I know we can do better.
A close personal friend of mine is on his way to Iraq. He is replacing another person who was injured in a mortar attack recently.
This friend and I go way back. We attended Basic Military Training (Boot Camp) together at Lackland AFB, TX. We then went on to attend the Security Police Academy together. We went further still and attended Air Base Defense School Level 1 together as well. We have been deployed to various locations at the same time and have occasionally run into one another at various Air Force Training venues. While time and distance have come between us we still manage to stay in contact.
Now he is being called up to once again head off to the conflict in Iraq. He is tentatively scheduled to depart on 24 December. That's right he will leave for the litter box the night before Christmas. His departure on Christmas eve will be only 4.5 weeks after the birth of his fourth child.
He is a frequent reader of my site so this effort will not be a surprise like it was during the first campaign. He saw what we accomplished before and has challenged me to do it again. He is eager to be able to deliver hundreds of letters of support to the troops on the ground!
He is willing to hand carry any letters that I can generate and print to Tallil, Iraq and he will make every effort to forward them on from there.
So here is what we need to do. Bloggers, I urge each and every one of you to write your own letter to the troops overseas. Make it a general open letter to any Soldier, Sailor, Airman or Marine. Keep in mind that the people reading this letters will be both male and female of all ages, ethnic origins and religions. Once your letter is posted, please trackback to this post so that I may find and print your letter. Please direct your readers to this effort as well. Non-bloggers, please leave your open letter of support in the comment section of this post. While it is possible for you to email me your letters, I'd like to see them in the comments so that troops overseas can access and read them online.
Our deadline for this endeavor will be the 17th of December. That will give me the time necessary to print all of the letters and have them ready to go. I will also be printing a sheet with the URL's of all bloggers who participate.
Please forward the link to this post to as many people as you can, both Bloggers and non-bloggers.
Let's make this huge.
SlagleRock Out! |
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Viet Nam 1971-1972 |
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nccjones
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Joined: 05 Sep 2004
Posts: 62
Location: Virginia Beach
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| Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2004 9:57 am Post subject: |
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One thing I'd like to add...there are sailors, soldiers and airman stationed all over the world who would love to get a letter. When I was deployed on a ship over Christmas in the Pacific we got letters from school aged children. This was 10 years ago and I still keep in touch with the person I started writing with.
Iraq is the worst place to be stationed at this time, but there are other Armed Forces doing their duty in places not considered hazardous or dangerous, but are still away from family at this time in the name of peace.
Thanks for your support! |
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Bill Faith
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Joined: 27 Oct 2004
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Location: Lawrenceville, IL, USA
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| Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2004 10:10 am Post subject: |
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| nccjones wrote: | One thing I'd like to add...there are sailors, soldiers and airman stationed all over the world who would love to get a letter. When I was deployed on a ship over Christmas in the Pacific we got letters from school aged children. This was 10 years ago and I still keep in touch with the person I started writing with.
Iraq is the worst place to be stationed at this time, but there are other Armed Forces doing their duty in places not considered hazardous or dangerous, but are still away from family at this time in the name of peace.
Thanks for your support! |
Point well made. SlagleRock's buddy happens to be headed for Iraq but loneliness isn't restricted to combat zones.
If any of you have friends and family stationed elsewhere, please make sure to tell them to watch the comments and trackbacks on SlagleRock's post -- They're for all of our warriors everywhere, not just those he can send printed copies to.
Maybe this would be a good place to post suggestions on how to get the word out to our people in places other than Iraq that we care about them, too ... ?
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