15 Mar 2006:
It has been a wonderful blessing to have been a part of this effort. I will definately let our relief know how great it has been, and tell them to sign up. I really appreciate all the support from the homefront. It really does make a difference in the morale of the troops.
Thank you
DK3 Laura freeman
09 Feb 2006
I want to say once again for the wonderful thoughts, prayers, mail and packages. Happy Valentine’s Day. It is warming up a little bit, but the wind and rain have started. You will never know how much we all appreciate all that you guys do for us in support of our mission. It is so nice to know that we are appreciated for all the sacrifices we make on a daily basis, being away from our families is a big sacrifice. I had a great month, I was advanced to DK3. It was a nice little ceremony. It meant a lot to get it here, around all of my shipmates. Thank you once again.
DK3 Laura K Freeman
04 Jan 2006
The picture you see is of me and my brother, and Army E-5, when I was allowed to go see him at another base before he went to Iraq.
First I want to say Happy New Year. Thank you for all the wonderful mail during the holidays; it helped us brighten our day. We tried to make our Christmas as much like home as we possibly could, and with all of your help it worked. We received ornaments for the trees that were sent to us from loving people back home. We received candy and goodies, enough to make us have to PT a ton. And I want to thank you all. You will never know how it feels to go to mail call and hear your name and know that someone cared enough to send you something.
It is cold and rainy here now. I would have never guessed that it really got this cold. We can always use warm things. One of the things that are in high demand that we can’t get here is thermal long johns (mostly size large is needed). They are perfect to go under our uniforms or wear to bed at night. Flannel sheets (twin) would be a wonderful thing, but they do not sell them here. Slippers or slipper socks (toe socks) would also be great.
The kinds of goodies that are loved here are: dinner mints (we fight over a box of them, people get hurt), Peanut M&M’s, brownies, soft batch cookies, chewy granola bars, snickers, kit kat, & cashews.
We are all so grateful for anything that makes us feel a little bit more like home. I will take some of the things that we get and make a package to send to my brother and his unit. So know that nothing that you send is going to waste. Thank you once again.
DKSN Laura K Freeman
22 Nov 2005
As I sit here a few days before Thanksgiving and think about what I am thankful for I can't help but think about all the men and women who come to this site and send their thoughts and prayers, letters and packages to all of us who are fighting in Operation Iraqi Freedom. I am so thankful, not just for the items that are given out of love but just just to know that someone out there appreciates what we are doing and how much we have given up to be here today. I am a mother of 3 small children and I think of all the mothers and fathers, brothers and sisters, sons and daughters that are here during the holidays missing there families as much as I miss mine. I want you to know how much we appreciate all of you and what a difference it really does make to brighten up a sailor who may not get much mail to hear his/ her name during mail call. The holidays are the worst time for some sailors, who like me have never been away from there children for a extended period of time. Just know that a little card, note or package can mean a lot! We don't have a place to buy whatever we want, we buy the basic needs, and even that's not great.
With christmas coming up I would like to decorate the barracks and try to have a Chirstmas with my "family" here in Kuwait. It is getting really cold here ( I couldn't believe it either) and we could use sweatpants, sweatshirts & long sleeve shirts. Magazines are nice to have to keep us in tune with what's going on in the states. Handheld games would be great so the people who work nights have something to pass the time when they are not busy.
Thank you once again and Happy Thanksgiving.
11 Nov 2005
My name is DKSN Laura Freeman. I registered at anysailor.com last month. I have been receiving lots of mail and care packages since then. I appreciate all of them. I have been moved to another base to be near the other females in my unit. My new address is [shown above]. The girls in my unit appreciate all the packages, because here on this base we don’t have a real store. We have a mini mart that sells the basic needs. Nothing like Walmart. It is so great to know that there are people who appreciate the sacrifices that we make every day. It makes it all worth while. Things that are nice to have here are: decorations for the holidays, we want to celebrate even though it isn’t with our families. I am part of the Christmas party committee and we are looking for anything that we can give to the troops for Christmas as an appreciation. We would love to decorate the barracks with lights and a tree maybe (if we can find one in the desert).
I want to thank you all for all the mail and packages, the thoughts and prayers. I love to get mail to share with the females. I try to write everyone back as soon as possible. Thank you again
DKSN Freeman
06 Oct 2005
I am representing the enlisted females that we have in our unit. I am from Alabama. We live in barracks, which means that we have no cooking abilities but we have electricity. I am requesting any entertainment items to get our minds off of the mission at hand. We work a lot and when we are off we need something to keep us busy, such as dvd's, books, cd's & games. We also could use every day items such as white and black socks and t-shirts(non-military style for when we have time off). Also it it always a treat to be able to have good smelling shampoo and lotions to break the norm of the every day military life. We thank you in advance and God Bless you for what you are doing.