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Old 01-23-2002, 12:24 PM
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Glad you made safe, keep eyes open and your head down.
Old 01-23-2002, 12:25 PM
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HEY, HOW DID YOU GET ONLINE? WILL YOU HAVE REGULAR INTERNET ACCESS? (oh, sorry for shouting, it just seems so far away). Pics remind me of a lunar landscape, but I dont suppose pics do it justice. Be safe! :) MJ
Old 01-23-2002, 12:29 PM
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Rick,
May God bless you and keep you safe.
We're all thinking of you and keeping you in our prayers.

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Old 01-23-2002, 12:41 PM
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Rick, I have a box of 100 or so car magazines that I might be willing to send over there. I'd like to help you out. :yesnod:


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Old 01-23-2002, 01:25 PM
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Rick, some coworkers and I are gathering stuff for you and will get a package out in the next couple days.
-terry
Old 01-23-2002, 03:55 PM
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Hey Man.. you forgot to leave me the keys to your car!! :jester
Good luck, and return to your family safely. My thoughts and prayers are with you, all the service men and women serving our country. We are proud of you, and thankfull too. :cheers:
PS. Hope you have some good beer over there. I've heard the local stuff will make ya blind! :U
Old 01-23-2002, 04:13 PM
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Good Luck.

Thank you.
and
KICK SOME ***!

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Old 01-23-2002, 04:20 PM
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Thank You!!!!!!!! Take care, and get home soon! :flag :sad:
Old 01-23-2002, 04:42 PM
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Good luck and keep your spirits up.

How long before we start seeing HUM-V Forum on the net?

Remember "We must not only do that which we enjoy, we must learn to enjoy that which we must do."

F.I.D.O.

TJ :flag
Old 01-23-2002, 05:38 PM
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Good luck chief!!! Or should I say Master! :flag

Be careful over there.
Old 01-23-2002, 05:41 PM
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Congrats Rick,
Wish I was there beside you. Two of my friends are there with you.
"Rakkasan"
Scott
Old 01-23-2002, 06:05 PM
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Take Care :flag
Old 01-23-2002, 06:50 PM
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Tell us about the babes? Do they have bigguns?

Be safe.
Old 01-23-2002, 07:27 PM
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Sensei, you never cease to amaze me. :rolleyes: :D :lol:

Be safe, the prayers of my family are with you. :flag
Old 01-23-2002, 07:32 PM
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Rick, be safe! For the life of me I never thought that I would see the day when I would see a Corvette Forum post from Afghanistan. Take care....

Paul
Old 01-23-2002, 07:34 PM
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Rick, I'll be glad to send some stuff, are there any rules or limitations? Can you recieve sealed food (like Candy)? Are there any regular magazines that we aren't allowed to send? The reason I ask is because I know that during desert storm a lot of stuff like that was prohibited.

I would be honored to send care packages for you and your comrads :flag Please feel free to write to me as well at
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Arlington, TX 76015
Old 01-23-2002, 07:53 PM
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I'll start off by saying "Thank You" and repeating it ad infinitum. I can't wait to join the army once I'm out of high school. By the way, how did you end up w/the name of "Rakkasan"? I thought the 187th disbanded a while ago? Is this just homage to some of the greatest airborne soldiers, or was the PIR re-upped? :flag

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Old 01-23-2002, 07:58 PM
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Be safe, kick some azz, and THANK YOU!!!
Old 01-23-2002, 09:11 PM
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.....I know you are busy, but please share with us all you can about your experiences in Afganistan. It would be so nice to hear things from a first party, rather than from the media and our own government.
I hope that all of you return healthy and safe, -and soon. We are looking after your Vette for you!


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Old 01-23-2002, 09:11 PM
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Thrills, same question!! Actually, i already have plans for putting a Zip catalog COVER around something else!! :)

This mailing address:

CW5 Rick Church
Task Force Rakkasan Airfield Commander
APO AE 09355

Will this tell the US postal service to send a package to Afghanistan?? or will that take it to a domestic military base first? My wife thought there was difficulty sending mail to military overseas after our domestic mail (anthrax) problems. I am thinking of using a signed, "prepared and packed by me" return address label if that might help reassure the senders... Anyway, some magazines coming.

(Superfast, realistically I would not send anything you want back!! :) )


MJ


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