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LT Ryan McCabe
- U. S. Navy -
Afghanistan
LT Ryan McCabe
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(This address has been requested 17 times.) (NOTE **)
Sailor's Title: Communications Officer
APO/FPO: APO AE (Note 1*)
Added here: 07 September 2010
End date: 08 Dec 2010 (Note 3*)
Contact for approx number of Males: 60, Females: 5 (Note 5*)
Unit is from: Composite Unit (Note 6*)

Note: LT Ryan McCabe was dropped from this list on 07 Jan 2011 due to 60 days of no contact.

08 Nov 2010:

Since my last update it has become quite chilly in Afghanistan. We have seen a good amount of turnover in our staff due to a number of people on 6 month orders heading back home. Not us 365 guys though; we're here for the long haul. At least I am finally at the point where the new guys getting here won't be leaving before I do!

Thank you so much to everyone that has sent packages to our unit! We have been able to use everything that has been sent, and of course the snack food doesn't last too long. You would think they aren't feeding us out here! We have accumulated a good amount of coffee, creamer, and sweetener, so we don't need much more of those. The most valued packages are full of snack food, both healthy and junk food. It is preferable to send smaller bags so one person doesn't run off with an entire box of Cheez-Its, only to later wake up in a coma with orange crumbs all over their uniform ;)

So, without further ado; our request list:
-Protein Bars
-Candy (Chocolate, M&Ms, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, Snickers...you know, the "good stuff") -Trail Mix -Nuts (Emerald Cocoa Roast Almonds are amazing and would really be
appreciated)
-jerky, or other indeterminate meat products -Dried Fruit -Snack Crackers -Cookies -Any other delicious snack foods.

As far as toiletries go, we have a good amount for the time being. If we need more, I will post another update. We could use some Kleenex, either a normal size box or the smaller packs that can be distributed.

Thanks again to all of those out there who are supporting the deployed Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, and Marines of the U.S. Armed Services.

GO NAVY!

-LT Ryan McCabe

05 Oct 2010

Wow. When I put my name on this site I had no idea how much support we would receive. I never expected to receive so many packages from so many generous people. Thank you so much to everyone who has sent care packages. I can't even begin to describe how much it means to us.

With all the packages we have received, our request list needs some modification. Our unit now has plenty of coffee, creamer, sweetener, toiletries, and cigars (thank you to the anonymous donor of the "5 Vegas" cigars!). Turns out we are a hungry group, and the office would love more snacks! The request was made for healthy snacks, so we would greatly appreciate:
-Candy
-Trail Mix
-Nuts
-Beef Jerky
-Dried Fruit
-Protein Bars (Clif Builder Bars are pretty popular) -Girl scout cookies (or any type of cookies) -Gold Fish/Cheez-It/Pretzels/Toast-Chee crackers....you know, the kind that come in packs of 6...
-"Healthy" snack items

In addition to snacks, we have been taking mid afternoon cigar breaks.
Since we don't have time for full cigars, Black and Milds have been the smoke of choice.

Our unit is also supporting a local all girls school. Since the Afghan education system doesn't resemble what we are used to in the states, we have been accepting donations and delivering them to the school. The school handles girls from grades 1-12 and anything that would help students learn would be great. Pens, pencils, binders, note pads, spiral notebooks, calculators, loose leaf paper, highlighters, markers, etc....

Finally, we have many soldiers out here who are looking to pursue an education, either while deployed or when they return, but don't have the study materials available. I have a wish list on Amazon of examples of study material that would be a huge help. It is mostly standard SAT study guides such as Kaplan, Princeton Review, The Official SAT Study Guide. The wish list can be found at http://amzn.com/w/25AVAM4G1RGFU and the items can be sent directly here!

Thanks again for the support!!!

-Ryan

07 Sep 2010
I represent CTAG-A (Combined Training Advisory Group - Army) and we are primarily responsible for training of the Afghan National Army. Our unit is a combined unit from the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corp from over 10 NATO countries. We all live in plywood "B-Huts" that house 6 to 8 people. Our camp is small and provides adequate food, internet, and laundry service, but not much else. One of our members has been kind enough to open his room to the camp to use as our "PX" since we do not have an official PX at our location.

As far as our facilities go, we have 220 volt power with plenty of transformers to step down to 110 volt. We have refrigerators, microwaves, and coffee makers in our office that we share with the ANA, but mostly rely on the dining facility on our camp for food.

Like most units, we are always in need of coffee (Dunkin Donuts is our favorite), sweeteners, creamers...and of course tea for our British friends! We have a few coffee makers that were purchased locally and aren't up to the task of brewing pot after pot of coffee every day. Snacks are also great too, and we love Goldfish, but anything will do. The surprize is the best part of receiving care packages, and everything goes to good use!

To keep the "PX" stocked on our camp, we can always use bars of soap, body wash, shampoo, conditioner, deodorant, soap dishes, toothpaste, tooth brush, pain relievers, eye drops, moisturizer, etc.

One of our favorite social events is grabbing a camping chair and climbing on top of a stack of shipping containers to smoke cigars as the sun goes down. We smoke cigars 2 to 3 times a week and it has proven to be a great stress reliever. We generally smoke 5 Vegas, Rocky Patel, but it's not about the cigar as much as the company. We recently received two boxes of cigars from cigarboys.com and they were a great way to bring the unit together.

Thanks for reading, and please know that anything sent will be appreciated and used by our unit.

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The ONLY changes are that the addresses of our contacts are now hidden and the number of addresses you can get are limited. You may obtain addresses simply by clicking on the link provided and correctly filling out the form, the address will then be emailed to you immediately.

(NOTE **): The number shown is how many times a form was submitted requesting this address. This does NOT necessarily mean that this contact will be helped by that many folks. Rule of thumb is that anything 5 requests or less may in fact be no support at all. No way to tell exactly unless the contact lets you know in his/her update how much support they are getting.

(Note 1.): Note that postage to APO AE and FPO AE (E = Europe) is only to NY where the connection to the APO/FPO (APO = Army Post Office)(FPO = Fleet Post Office) is, or to San Francisco for APO AP and FPO AP (P = Pacific), so you don't pay postage all the way to Iraq/Afghanistan. You might consider picking contacts closer to your mailing area to help cut the cost of mailing. If you live on the East Coast, pick "AE", West Coast, pick "AP", Midwest, well...uh, Thank You for your Support! ;)

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.

(Note 3.): The "Expect to not mail past" date is only an approximate and is one of the least reliable things on this web site. It is because of this that you must check often before you send anything to this unit. There are a few reasons this date is not reliable, to include: it IS the Military, we ARE dealing with the APO/FPO/DPO. The only thing that does not change in the military is that things will change. PLEASE NOTE that a Contact is dropped off our active list 30 days PRIOR to their date leaving to help avoid mail bouncing.

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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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