Soldiers in Afganistan have no mail or packages for Christmas.

[elocs]

My godson is stationed at a forward outpost in the Korengal Valley in the mountains of Afghanistan near the border of Pakistan, one of the toughest places to be. I am in Chicago now at his mother's house and she just received this message from AnySoldier.com Where they are involved in sending packages and supporting the troops there:

Re:: Korengal Valley, Afghanistan - July 2008 edition
By LongIslandgirl in Who are the contacts?

so apparently the KOP got a resupply, but no mail-
this is a message from Anysoldier contact Patrick Newcomb:

So here's the deal. I just got back up here today and apparently they haven't got mail in over 2 weeks. There is at least 1 conex full of mail just for the Korengal Valley. Thats about 1,200 pounds of mail that has been sitting there for god knows how long. Christmas is tomorrow and nobody has presents, smokes, dip, anything. We are scrounging for stuff right now. I'm not asking you to do a lot here. Please make a simple call to your local congressman/woman and voice a complaint of concern about this. How would you feel if you were expecting to recieve stuff that you need for everyday life in the mail and you had to wait to get it for months on end. Please help us out. We have tried to get it up here and nothing is being done. Maybe if they hear about it from you guys something will happen. Happy Holidays ya'll.Patrick

I for one plan on making some calls...
Joanne

Our soldiers deserve support no matter where they may be and it has to be particularly tough to not get packages for Christmas. I hope DU members can help in this situation. I know PE Obama would be interested in seeing this situation remedied.

[MichiganVote]

1. Let me guess...Bush privatized the delivery....

[Ian David]

2. Is there a link? n/t

[leftchick]

3. that is terrible

:(

is he with this battalion? I just read it last month.

http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2008/01/afghanistan200801

[elocs]

7. I think my godson's unit may have replaced these guys last July. n/t

[hardtravelin]

4. Don't mess with Joe's mail

If you want to piss off Soldiers, this is the best way.

[spindrifter]

5. This is terrible, but so typical

in Afghanistan. Let me see--who is in charge of the mail run...

[babylonsister]

6. Rec'd for outrage. Disgusting. It's bad enough these folks have

to be there, but then to not make every effort to get them their mail and little necessities they look forward to is despicable. :grr:

[nadinbrzezinski]

8. This MIGHT have all to do with supply lines

there is more to this story than meets the eye, and usually mail takes a low priority when things like water, food, bullets and medical supplies are in short supply

And lord knows i hope every soldier stationed at that forward area is safe

[elocs]

9. Unfortunately, the Army does not make as much of a priority

of spending money to take care of the soldiers fighting this was as it does with the million$ spent on bombs and weaponry. Evidently whether soldiers get packages and things depends on where they are located. We talked with my godson yesterday on Yahoo messenger and he said he got all of his packages plus they also had a USO show there which brought some packages for the troops for Christmas.

When I talked with my godson I asked him what time it was there and he said 12:36 a.m.--just Christmas morning and he was about ready to have to go on patrol. This is a tough Christmas for his mom.