19 Dec 2007:
Merry Christmas Friends,
The holiday spirit is definitely here. We have our section decorated properly with all the fixin's. Also tons of sweets from home. Candy's, breads, cookies, fudge...you name it and its been here. In light of all that, I only ask for your prayers for those here that my be having a difficult time with the separation from family and friends. Also for our
preparation to return home shortly. Its been a challenge to stay focused on our daily mission, instead of day dream of home, but we are still winning this war.
Over this past year, you all have been so great! I'm very proud to serve here and very thankful for all of your support! Those that are coming out to replace us will need every bit of the love that you have given us, so please continue to tell others. Thank you again for all of the gifts, snacks, cards, letters, pictures, and other things that you have shared with me. I hope you have a wonderful Christmas with your family.
Remember those that are not with their family for one reason or another. Share the blessings that you have with those that don't. This year, bring someone into your home for Christmas, that would otherwise spend it alone. This is what Christmas is all about and Americans do it the best!
God bless you all,
Cory
26 Oct 2007
Happy Holidays America!
The weather here is absolutely beautiful, even perfect at times. Soon the cold will be here and that means Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years. All should help the time fly by, especially in our last leg of this deployment!!
All is well in my office, but my roommate and good friend Nick is going back early due to medical issues, I ask that you would pray for him to be healed quickly. This is more important to us than packages, although they are nice and well received. Keep up the support and fighting for our country in the war of a divided government of politics. We must endure here, for our America, Iraq/Afghanistan, and our World.
God Bless America and those that love her,
cory
05 Sep 2007
Well if you have watched the news lately, you might have heard about our Commander in Chief stopping here. It was incredible. I actually had the honor to serve his staff and the Iraqi government officials. I was on the inside of the workings, since that is what I do here on this base. Many wonderful things took place here for America, Iraq, and the World. Air Force One was awesome. Keep us in prayer as well as our President and his staff.
God Bless America
Cory
22 Aug 2007
Hello Again,
I have just returned from leave in North Carolina and Oklahoma and my new favorite color is officially GREEN. I was welcomed with several packages from you guys as I walked into our office. I will honestly say that we are out of storage space here to support all the support. I’m serious folks, you have been so generous and kind to send all the packages and letters and we are so grateful. I’ve never eaten this much trail mix and beef jerky in my life and I’m still not sick of it. In saying all this, I would like to place a non-request of the goods, at least for a while. Your letters and pictures are always welcome. I hope to keep you updated with pictures and such soon.
Thanks again friends,
God Bless America,
Doc
HM3 CLIFTON, CORY M
06 Jul 2007
Hello All,
Thanks for all your continued support. Its really getting hot out here. I think it has reached 120 degrees last week. Life is good and not much to complain about, just missing home. The days have been long but productive. I hope all is well on the home front.
God Bless,
Cory
13 Jun 2007
06 May 2007
Hello again,
I have been very busy running all over. I have just returned from a 2 week training course that better equips me for working directly with the Iraqi Army and Security Forces. It is much hotter now than the last time I wrote, but will be getting much worse as the summer creeps in. I can't believe it is already May...what happened to April? I hope you are well and your spring has be promising and not ravaged by the late freezes I have heard about.
As far a request go, keep up the trail mix and jerky, please. Sweets are not a practical thing right now, but maybe just a little bit. One thing we do need is SOFFE or FotL(brands) Marine Corps green under t-shirts, mediums and larges. They can be best purchased from a marine corps base PX or Exchange. All though we have a large px here it is always out of shirts under XL sizes. If you are not able to get the definite color of green that we need, don't worry about it. This t-shirt is a part of our uniform so there is little room for different shades.
Your letters and landscape photos of where you are from are more than welcome. I will try to send a personal reply of gratitude to your every letter via email...
Keep praying and God bless,
Doc Clifton, Cory
HM3 AD/USN
07 Mar 2007
Hello America,
I'm a Doc in the Navy playing in the Marine Corps. I was interested in recieving the standard things like wet wipes, jerky, trail mix. On the healthy side of life, we've gotten packages from home full of sweets, but all that sugar is not good for the belly, especially as it gets hot. Snacks high in protein and fiber for energy.
Also, I'm thinking about things like those wet socks you can where around your neck to keep cool.
Vitamin C chewables to keep around the office are a good way to fix a sweet tooth and receive nutrition.
We use Wet wipes for everything. From wiping down surfaces to cleaning up messes. None greasy hand lotion for dry desert skin. All natural lip balm, petoleum dries out lips in the end.
If your from a scenic part of the states you could include some pictures too.
thanks
God Bless America
Doc