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Send an e-mail to a Marine?

 
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AMOS
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 5:09 pm    Post subject: Send an e-mail to a Marine? Reply with quote

Send a Marine an E-Mail

"US Marine Colonel Simcock, the commander of USMC Regimental Combat Team 6 in Iraq, is asking for 6,000 positive emails to his Marines.

That's one email for each Marine in his RCT command. COL Simcock is concerned about the effect of the negative barrage that those Marines are getting through the electronic media. I've attached an excerpt from an interview with him. So far, they've only mustered 2,000 emails. That's a crying shame compared to the amount of crap I get daily in email.

"This is a legitimate request. It's not one of the "little Johnny wants
to break the world's record in Christmas cards" situations. It takes
only 30 seconds of your time. Here's the address:

RCT-6lettersfromh@gcemnf-wiraq.usmc.mil

"If you're reading this email, then you can probably click on the
address, type a few words, and then hit "send" to be all done.
It doesn't have to be the Gettysburg Address.

Something as simple as "Hello, Marine. We thank you for what you're doing. You are in a noble task. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Best wishes &get home soon" is more than sufficient.


"For Those who fought for it,
Freedom has a Flavor,
The Protected will never know "
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DLI78
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 4:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Amos,

Thank you for posting this. I just sent my 2 cents worth. God bless 'em all.
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dcornutt
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 8:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks for posting the link. Just sent one too.
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kate
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 9:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here's their blog

http://fightin6thmarines.vox.com/

most recent post re emails
Quote:

How Could I have Forgotten….
(date) “yesterday”

...and of course the e-mails.
We are closing in now on 9,000 e-mails, and we're getting a huge amount daily. Probably have 10,000 by next week.


scrolling down, they have pics of stacks of the emails they have printed off Wink
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