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BM1 Dana Brown
- U. S. Navy -
United Arab Emirates
BM1 Dana Brown
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APO/FPO: FPO AE (Note 1*)
Added here: 06 March 2008
End date: 07 Jun 2008 (Note 3*)
Contact for approx number of Males: 8, Females: 4 (Note 5*)
Unit is from: California (Note 6*)

Note: BM1 Dana Brown was dropped from this list on 07 Jul 2008 due to 60 days of no contact.

08 May 2008:

Hi!! Sorry it has been so long. We lost internet connection here for about a week, just getting things up and running again.
We are getting very busy in our OPAREA. Not too much down time right now.

Thank you everyone that has sent cards, letters, care packages! You have all gone above and beyond. We have gotten nice homemade cards and letters from an Elementary School in TX - Thanks Girls!!

A classy lady from SC is soooo good to us, she really spends too much time on us - Thank You! Another classy lady from CO spends way too much time on us as well - Thank You!! I have been writing Thank You notes and passing along letters to the others in the unit, encouraging them to write as well. Our mail is somewhat unreliable here, I sent a letter to Mom and it took about 4 weeks to get to her. But, we also had a snafu with our rendezvous base, we hadn't received mail or packages for 4 weeks, and then, when we did get a mail call - it looked like Christmas!! There were boxes to the ceiling in our trailer! The line was out the door.

Our adopted kitty here had 4 kittens 2 weeks ago, they are so cute, but somewhat afraid of us. Momma kitty is very protective. And our adopted doggie is getting big, we think she is about 8 months old. She is very playful and very curious of the kittens, she is getting beat up right now by momma kitty.

We are all working long hours on the water still, it is getting busy right now. Trying to keep morale up, but with the heat rising, it is tough. If anyone is reading this right now and would be kind enough to send water balloons, that would be awesome!! At least that would perk spirits a bit.

I have sent an updated photo of me and my crew. I cannot take too many photos in our OPAREA, and it is kinda hard taking a photo while driving a boat!

Thanks again to everyone who has sent packages, it is greatly appreciated. A small list of items requested from the boat teams:

Chapstick, sun block with bug repellant, Starkist Tuna, Propel powder packets for bottled water, Trio bars, fruit gummies

We are good with personal hygiene items for now. Thanks again everyone, God Bless!!

BM1

14 Mar 2008

One photo of our unit is included, this is just before we deployed. The other two are of our boats on the water in the Gulf.

I just wanted to send a quick note to say THANK YOU. I was very surprised today at mail call that I had 11 packages and a letter. We passed out the care packages to our personnel this afternoon and I received a very nice letter from a lady in MN that wrote a very inspirational and uplifting letter.
We have been working long hours lately, and those packages couldn't have come at a better time. We all appreciate the time and care that went into it all. We will be writing thank you letters on watch this weekend.
I will write again very soon when I have more time, I just wanted to send a THANK YOU for the treats.

BM1 Dana Brown

06 Mar 2008
We are a small boat unit from California. We provide waterborne force protection to Navy and Allied ships to prevent another USS Cole incident. We are in an area that many people aren't aware of, providing waterborne protection to our Navy Ships at anchorage while refueling, either leaving the Gulf or entering it. Many days are spent at least 12 hours on the water in a small security boat, we are on shifts of 12 hrs on and 12 hrs off. We get relieved by other crews, but by the time we are swapped out and make our transit 'home', we have already been on the water at least 15 hrs.
We have no other military support, i.e. base, so we are separated into several areas around town, trying to blend in with the locals.
Letters are always welcome, some of us don't have a lot of family.
Sunscreen and chapstick is a good thing as well, we haven't been able to find any sunscreen in the local markets, and when you are on the water all day, you get a little baked out there.
I can't think of much else to add to this right now, thank you for all of your support, we are somewhat of a different unit than the others out here, not a whole lot of people know we are out here. When you think of the desert and Operation Enduring Freedom you immediately think of all the incredibly courageous men and women actually in the desert. We are in the desert, but we are also on the water providing protection for our forces afloat. And what alot of people don't realize is the waterborne threat that we have as well.
Well, thanks again for all of your support!

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New with us (December 2005) you might notice "APO AA" and "FPO AA". This is for units in the Caribbean/South America. Normally. However, due to the nature of some units they may be in Iraq but have an address showing "FPO AA". Mail addresses to "AA" goes out of Miami, Florida.

(Note 2.): Why are military addresses weird? There isn't a street address or city. What gives? Correct, just about everything about the military is weird to civilians. Military units are very mobile, they move around a lot, often they even become part of another unit. The APO (Army Post Office) and FPO (Fleet Post Office) assign APO and FPO numbers as needed, they are NOT static. An APO/FPO number may be for a large unit, or a location. An APO/FPO number for Baghdad today may be for Frankfurt tomorrow.

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( Note 6.): This is simply where the unit this contact is from. This is NOT a true picture of the folks in the unit as most all units are made up of folks from all over the United States.) A "Composite Unit" is one made up of other units and is usually temporary for a particular mission.

( Note 7.): Updated APO/FPO/DPO mailing restrictions> courtesy of Oconus.com (gone now) (Note: About Restriction "U2": "U2 - Limited to First Class Letters", Box "R" is for retired personnel that live overseas and are still authorized an APO/FPO box. Their address will be something like Box 3345R. Doubt you will see anything like that in Afghanistan or Iraq or ...)(Please Note: Sometime in August 2013, Oconus.com changed the code on their page and our form doesn't work with them anymore, so a link to their page is the best we can do, sorry.)

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