I'll be replying to all the pm's this weekend. I'm gonna divide up the names and ask some to send letters, some to send packages then maybe in a few weeks we can reverse and the leter senders send packages and the package senders send letters. One of the guys whos address my son sent doesn't even get letters from his family. How can you do that to your kid? These guys aren't asking for anything but I just feel sorry that they get nothing come mail call every week. Things they use are athletes foot spray, jock itch powder, socks, baby wipes, magazines, small individual packages of candy, beef jerky, protien bars, ice tea and lemonade mix, deoderant, eye drops, newspapers, vacum sealed packages of tuna, indivual packages of mayonaise, mustard, ketchup, gum...........
These guys my son is with (14 in all) aren't on a base, they stay in town all the time in one of the two police stations. My son says the temps cool down at night to around 100 - 105 degrees. They are in full fatigues all day and night. They never know when the electric is gonna be one or when the water is gonna be running. He went to take a shower the other day ( first in 10 days) and just when he lathered himself up, the water stopped flowing. He had to finish his shower with baby wipes. And he says, not one of them complain. I really appriciate all who have offered to help and like I said, I'll PM you all this weekend and see if we can work a schedule out.
Thanks to the greatest bunch of folks ever!
Nick