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Rachel L. Engler
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Rachel L. Engler
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Sailor's Title: Critical Care Trauma RN Forward Surg Team
APO/FPO: APO AE (Note 1*)
Added here: 16 June 2008
End date: 29 Oct 2008 (Note 3*)
Contact for approx number of Males: 11, Females: 5 (Note 5*)
Unit is from: Other (Note 6*)
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13 Nov 2008:
To Whom This May Concern,
I wanted to pull our site off the website soon, granted if items come here they will be put to great use by the incoming FST crew I just cannot promise that someone will keep up the "thank you's" after I leave here! We are turning over in late December, supposedly, unless we get stuck here a little longer!
We have truly appreciated the unending and unlimited support we have received here at our Firebase. We have been able to share items with the children, the patients, our coalition and US forces, etc.
Very Respectfully,
LTJG Rachel Engler "Life is not tried, it is merely survived, if you're standing outside the fire…"
05 Aug 2008
Do not need at the moment...
-Please don't send anymore crayons/colored pencils for now, we have LOTS thanks to the donations sent!
-Have plenty of sunscreen, chapstick and disposable razors -Need loofahs and bodywash (I know that sounds crazy, but it is for the guys when they come back from their missions here...you have never seen men so dirty and they are able to scrub clean using those items the easiest, after a few showers of course!
-Could use more beanie baby type toys to give the children who come in, they love those.
-Coming toward winter time we do need more winter type clothing, gloves/scarves/etc, need for [local national] children, adults and adolescents both male and female please
-For troops here, to-go drink mixes are useful for the amount of bottled water needed to stay hydrated. Foot spray (many of the guys prefer the foot spray instead of the powder); deodorent for men needed as well (as stated in my original there is no Px here or post office, so our location is difficult to supply from outside sources)
-Could use coffee creamers, the little things can make a morning.
-Movies (DVDtype used on laptops) are always appreciated. We use them to keep from going insane, and the guys love to have something to sit and stare at after their missions :)
-Soups (like the cupasoup/soupinhands) will be great for wintertime and when the food here can't get any worse.
We share items that we recieve with the local nationals, our Medevac crew/Helo-guys/PJs (Parajumpers) as well as with our Special Forces counterparts, so know that all items are going to great use! Sometimes those items can make someone's day :) especially for my guys that aren't married/no family to send care packages. Our FST wants to take care of our own and the other folks on our compound here.
16 Jun 2008
Living in concrete rooms w/cement ceilings floors, no windows(similar to prison cell) The elec goes out often, 1 phone shared w/the special forces guys, limited internet, have adapted plugs for 220. Have laundry machines but provide our own detergent, no Px here on our fire base. One dining fac w/microwave, no other cooking ability. Have 1 coffee maker in our FST. I'm representing my Forward Surgical Team. We are half Air Force(9) and half Navy (7). We are from all different parts of the US and different parent commands. Females have PLENTY of feminine supplies, but other girly items would be appreciated if available. We are VERY remote, and supply and packages take a long time to get to here due to being with CJSOTF-A. We only have what we brought with us and had so much combat gear we did not have much room for personal comforts.
Fun scrub caps would be nice, instead of wasting disposable ones. Clothing wise, our women are on the smaller side, xsmall to medium, men are from med-large. We have enough uniform supplies; any workout clothes and gel boot inserts would be appreciated since we could only pack so much, and if we're not working that's what we do! Movies, games, there is no MWR. We do humanitarian missions in town or on our compound, need: Clothing, shoes, toys for children especially! We cut off clothing of local nationals when they come in trauma(often) so we need child/adult clothing/shoes when and if they leave here. We have a mix of ranks but fairly narrow, from E-4 to O-4. Some are married with children, some single, some dating.
I do understand others may need you more than us too!
I'm a 24yo LTJG in the Navy. I'm an ICU nurse from National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, MD, and been working with OIF/OEF injured for the past 3 years. My boyfriend is a US Marine and was badly injured in Iraq in Oct 2006. I can't thank God and you all enough for making it easier for us to be away from home. Jer29:11
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Note 7.): Updated APO/FPO/DPO mailing restrictions> courtesy of Oconus.com (gone now)
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