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September 07, 2004
First e-mail from the sandbox
After a nail-biting week for me, I received my son's first e-mail home after arriving in the al Anbar province last week. I'm a very happy mom tonight.
hey mom I made it to [destination]. its not as bad as I thought it would be. Ive been doing patrols and it gets a little crazy out there but Im confident we'll accomplish the mission we have all ready been kicking ass all over town. We live in an air conditiond hooch and have actual beds and a t.v. and Dvd Player I need socks A.S.A.P. long white ones if possible also to use the phones here i need a phone card from sergoviaip.com, I tried to use my g mail account but I couldnt get in. Anyways gotta go tell brook I love her and miss her very much and have her e-mail me nobody has received mail yet so hopefully we'll get some soon. Love ya Shane
Socks mailed, phone card purchased and codes sent. It reminds me a bit of summer camp days, except that now, they are using real bullets instead of rubber-band guns and the "bad guys" really are bad. Kids grow up. Some kids grow up to become Marines and thank God for that.
Posted by Deb at September 7, 2004 09:56 PM
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Thank you for Shane and for the sacrifice your family is making on our behalf. He and you are in my thoughts.
Posted by: Kathleen A at September 9, 2004 02:45 PM
I warned you about the sock thing! he-he! We sent 26 pair of the "cool cushion" type of socks and Da Grunt spread them around. The Corps lightened up about the black socks and now the guys don't have to wear the white ones under their blacks so it's much more comfortable.
Take comfort in the amount of overlap time between those coming in and those going out Deb. This is a really good thing and the joint ops help tremendously with the new guys learning the ropes! We finally heard from Da Grunt this weekend after no word for over three weeks. They were doing cordon/search ops in Ludafiyah (published - no opsec violations!) with a Rgt of newbies and that is a big plus for the new guys. It bodes well for the guys coming in-country and will allow them to get a leg up before having to run everything on their own.
It's a good thing! :-)
The short timers are down to only a few weeks now! OORAH!! ;-)
Posted by: JarheadDad at September 12, 2004 06:28 AM