Send these soldiers in Iraq a Holiday Card

TexasLawyer

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Mon Dec-12-05 01:55 PM
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Send these soldiers in Iraq a Holiday Card

or, better yet, a care package. It's considered domestic mail to send things to military APOs and FPOs, so a card costs 37 cents and a flat rate box can be mailed for $7.70. I buy used books and DVDs and send them via media mail-- which is the cheapest postage of all.

Of course, keep your message upbeat-- this is supposed to help their morale, not depress them even more. Most of the soldiers really like drawing from kids, so if you can tuck one of those in your letter or package, then it will probably go up on a wall in Iraq somewhere.

These guys deserve all the support we can give them. It's hard enough to be sent off to fight a war where the objectives are clear. But these guys are being sent into harm's way-- and deployed over and over again-- in this sham of a war. I really feel for them, especially at the holidays.

Some of these kids join the military right out of high school and come from broken homes. That may be one of the reasons why this particular group of soldiers gets little support from home.

If you want to send more cards, there are plenty more addresses at

www.anysoldier.com under the "Where to Send" tab.

Thanks for helping out!

TexasLawyer

SFC Sean M. Matthews
Attn: Any Soldier
Charlie Company, 2/137 INF
APO AE 09342-1400
(Use address exactly as shown.)

Expected to leave Iraq: 21 Nov 2006
Where in Iraq: Baghdad
Contact for approx number of Males: 34, Females: 0
Unit is from: Kansas

From the Soldier:

12 Dec 2005:

We are a Infantry Company from Kansas and parts of OK and MO, we were called up AUG 2005 and will be on tour till NOV 2006. We are the front line defense for the Baghdad area and most of these men spend most of the time working 12hour shifts without days off. My platoons don't really get any mail at all and its depressing to see other platoons always recieving about three times as much as mail as we do. I don't know the entire reason why we don't get any mail, but I figure that requesting cards, letters and care packages might boost morale in my platoons.

My men are tough soldiers and very dicipline, they never complain and the best moment this year was when a middle school wrote us, it was the first time I saw my men write anything just to thank the kids for their time, so if anything, my men don't take anything for granted. About 90% of them are blue collar and everyday men that work on your car, house, and city services. I hope for any help. Thank You for your time.

Our living conditions is barracks, we use 220 electricity, we have microwaves and laundry services, I'm representing two platoons, we have no female soldiers.

Any food items are nice
Any items that clean dust or sand
Any hygiene items
Any power converters 220
Any sporting goods

Really nice items wishlist:
1.DVDs Movies
2.Comic Books
3.Books/Novels
4.Writing materials
5.Games for Gameboy Advance
6.Games for Gameboy DS
7.Games for PSP
8.Games for Playstation 2
9.Games for PC
10.Liquid body soap
11.Magazines
12.board games like ANY RISK GAME, MONOPOLY, CHESS, SCRABBLE, MILLE BORNE, AXIS AND ALLIES
13.CCGS like Magic the Gathering, Marvel VS and DC VS, etc
14.Phone cards (AT&T)
15.Any type of letter mail would be nice also.

Thank You Again,
SFC Sean M. Matthews