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March 06

News From Afghanistan
I wanted to share this with everyone and hope you will take the time to forwar to everyone in your addess book
 
RE: Support Our Troops in Afganistan - Cruzin For a Cause‏
From: Offline Gregory, Daniel A USA CPT USA C Co 2-22 IN (daniel.a.gregory@afghan.swa.army.mil)
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Sent: Sun 2/28/10 3:17 AM
To: orv brown (lbinshelbyville@gmail.com)
Cc: roadridersfortroops@tnroadriders.org; cco222frg@yahoo.com
Larry,

Thanks for the support - it truly means a lot to us here forward. SGT
Resendez has filled me in on what you're doing and it sounds like a
great event. In answer to your questions I have 140 Soldiers assigned to
Charlie Company 2-22 IN and the only things that can't be shipped here
are alcohol and pornographic materials. Otherwise it's pretty much free
game. I'll provide a mailing address below, and I recommend you ship all
boxes to my Company Tactical Operation Center (TOC), and from there we
will distro out to the men. I will throw out this warning though - we
are in Afghanistan and it has happened before where the mail trucks have
been attacked, so aside from that your mail should get here with little
fuss (it'll also take anywhere from 10 - 15 days to reach us). As far as
needs, we have needs taken care of, it's the things that make life
better that are in short supply. To wit - sheets for single size beds,
DVDs (most are communal here), any kind of protein powder or creatine
(well over half the company are gym rats when afforded the opportunity),
beef jerky, sun flower seeds, magazines (covering the gambit from
computer games to body building), we do have a couple PS3's and X-box's
running around the company so games are always welcome too, board games
also welcome, and sundry items (soap, toothpaste, toothbrushes,
washcloths, towels, etc). It'll probably be good for everyone to know
that the majority of the Soldiers (officers and senior NCO's excluded)
live in three bay style buildings with about 45 Soldiers each. Unless it
something you wear next to your skin most of what we have becomes
communal. Books, DVDs, games and the like all get passed around quite
freely. I will let the Soldiers know about your organization and what
you're doing for us. Again, thanks - it's hugely appreciated.

I have also CC'd my Family Readiness Group Leader, Eva Johnson. Eva, if
you could please add the two other email address to our FRG distro list
for good news stories it'd be much appreciated.

As a special request, I'm told SGT Dustin Resendez's Mother had a
tee-shirt made up with his Basic Training photo and a motto saying
"These colors don't run," and we are dying to see a photo of it \ get
our hands on a copy. As a former Navy man yourself you can only imagine
the amount of fun we here in Charlie Company could have with that -
think of it as a morale booster.

Again, thanks for what you're doing, it means the world to a lot of
these Soldiers who are away from their families for the first time.

C Co TOC
KMG, C Co, 2-22 IN
Camp Alamo
APO, AE 09320

Cheers,
Dan Gregory
CPT, IN
Commander


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March 03

Cruzin' For a Cause
Been so busy working on this project, forgot to blog it or anything else as matter-of-fact. This Poker Run may be one of greatest spring poker runs this year based on the support and response we've received so far. You can ride in it, brand of bike not important, or just help out wit the personal items we are collecting.
 
If you would like to read more about this project to support our troops in Afghanistan, then please use this link to read more. www.tnroadriders.org.
 
We are collecting personal items for our soldiers use that are on the frontlnes in Afghnistan, there will be a list on the website and we'll have that list on this blog as well. Please supoort us in this effort, have question, please call us or email us. roadridersfortroops@tnroadriders.org.
 
Thanks and Godd Bless You,
 
Grumpy Old Man
Larry B.
TNroadriders


6:48 AM GMT  |  Read comments(0)

February 09

Talking about Our Troops in Afghanistan need help

 

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Our Troops in Afghanistan need help
Our Fighting Men and Women in Afghanistan Desperately Need Personal Items. 

 
It has come to our attention that our fighting men and women in  Afghanistan are in great need of personal items that very hard to get on the warfront. We as civilians take for grant it the personal care items we use everyday.
We don't realize the hardships our fighting men and women suffer when on the fighting fronts and remote camps they mann.
 
Hopefully over the next few weeks we'll be able to post the letters and comments from our soldiers on the frontline, remember these brave soldiers are fighting there to protect our rights and way of living so that invading terrorists and other won't take our rights away in this country.
 
We are asking for your help to make their lives more bearable while away from home fighting to protect us here at home from the forces that would destroy America.

UPDATES
Our initial report indicates we have approx 130 troops training Afghanistian's soldiers in Kabul, and our soldiers need pillows, blankets and sheets. This deployment (battlion) will probably grow to more than 500 men and women by the end of March.
 
Here's a link to an article written about our efforts in The Shelbyville T-G; http://www.t-g.com/story/1606258.html

The Tennessee Road Riders are sponsoring a Rally and Poker Run March 27th for the collection of personal items for the Americans Troops in Afghanistan. For more information go to the website below or email us. Also call and write your family and friends asking them to support our Troops in Afghanistan.

 

The Poker Run/Rally is 130 miles on the Cumberland Plateau and will start with breakfast from McDonald’s in Manchester at the Title Max across from McDonalds and then to Monteagle and then Tracy City on 41, north on 56 to Altamont, McMinnville, west on 70S to Woodbury and 64 to Shelbyville and then on 41A to the Dollar General Parking lot, Madison Street which is Highway 41A with a meal and entertainment.. For more information go to the website below or email us. Also call and write your family and friends asking them to support our Troops in Afghanistan.

 

Please support and participate in this Rally and Poker run to show you support for our troops.

 

Prizes for the best poker hand, traveled the farthest and the oldest bike on the poker run and prizes to be awarded.  $25.00 donation for rider & passenger plus two personal care products per rider/passenger and $20 for single rider plus two items. Kickstands up at 09:30 AM, last rider in at 3:30 PM. Meal & entertainment following drawings.
 
Financial support is coming in from all over Mid-Tennessee from businesses such Kincaid Service, Mid-State Financial and First Bank. Other businesses are donating merchandise for drawings and raffles as well.


2:25 PM GMT  |  Read comments(0)

January 30

winter Wonderland
Well, we really did have a major winter storm here in Mid-Tennessee. Here west of Shelbyville where we live we got about five inches on snowing followed by freezing rain which about a half inch of ice coating everything. some areas got seven iches. Of course side road like we live on are sold ice, so will take a few days for them to melt off as I doubt they will spread any sand or salt on the side roads.
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Our Troops in Afghanistan need help
Our Fighting Men and Women in Afghanistan Desperately Need Personal Items. 

 
It has come to our attention that our fighting men and women in  Afghanistan are in great need of personal items that very hard to get on the warfront. We as civilians take for grant it the personal care items we use everyday.
We don't realize the hardships our fighting men and women suffer when on the fighting fronts and remote camps they mann.
 
Hopefully over the next few weeks we'll be able to post the letters and comments from our soldiers on the frontline, remember these brave soldiers are fighting there to protect our rights and way of living so that invading terrorists and other won't take our rights away in this country.
 
We are asking for your help to make their lives more bearable while away from home fighting to protect us here at home from the forces that would destroy America.

UPDATES
Our initial report indicates we have approx 130 troops training Afghanistian's soldiers in Kabul, and our soldiers need pillows, blankets and sheets. This deployment (battlion) will probably grow to more than 500 men and women by the end of March.
 
Here's a link to an article written about our efforts in The Shelbyville T-G; http://www.t-g.com/story/1606258.html


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