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HM1 Tyler M. Taylor
- U. S. Navy -
Afghanistan
HM1 Tyler M. Taylor
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Sailor's Title: Leading Petty Officer
APO/FPO: FPO AP (Note 1*)
Added here: 10 May 2011
End date: 01 Sep 2011 (Note 3*)
Contact for approx number of Males: 60, Females: 0 (Note 5*)
Unit is from: Hawaii (Note 6*)

18 Sep 2011:
Greetings!

The weather here in southern Afghanistan is finally starting to cool down a bit. It still gets up around 100 degrees during the day, but it is cooling off in the evenings. This is making things a lot nicer for the guys that don't have air conditioning or dependable eletricity. They can finally cool down in the evenings while they get some much needed rest. I continue to receive so many great care packages from supporters back home. I have been distributing them to all my Navy Corspmen that are out here with 1st Battalion 3rd Marines. When I receive packages, I put one of my guys' names on the box and send it out to him on the next available convoy. My guys are spread out at some pretty remote and primitive places around southern Afghanistan. Some of them don't get too much mail from back home so it is always nice to get a box with their name on it.

We are over half way done with our deployment, but we still have a couple of months left. Some things we could use are:

1) peanut butter
2) crackers (saltines, ritz, golfish, etc...)
3) mixed nuts
4) hot sauce (anything except tabasco or texas pete...those are both good, but we have plenty of them)
5) serving sized instant oatmeal packages
6) individually packaged drink mixes to mix with bottled water (sports drinks, iced tea, lemonade, etc...)
7) pretzels
8) chewing gum
9) candy (sour patch kids, swedish fish, etc...it is still so hot that chocolate melts before it arrives)
10) pasta sauce
11) noodles
12) ramen noodles
13) velveeta, cheese dip, bean dip
14) razors
15) shaving cream
16) baby wipes
17) plastic microwave-safe bowels
18) recent issues of magazines (outdoors, hiking, travel, motorcycles, cars, tatoos, maxim, etc...)

We really appreciate any and all gifts and letters; however, please note that if you pack strong smelling soaps, like Irish Spring, with food items, the smell penetrates the packaging on the food and makes it taste like soap. Irish Spring soap is awesome and smells great, but cheese crackers that taste like Irish Spring are not so great...ha ha ha...

Thank you again for all the support. Your thoughts and gifts really do make a difference in our morale. It is easy to feel forgotten about while we are out here, but you remind us that America has us in her heart and on her mind.

Respectfully,
HM1(FMF/SS) Tyler Taylor

30 Jul 2011

Greetings again!

We recently celebrated Independence Day on deployment. It definitely doesn't compare to the 4th of July back home, but you couldn't ask for better company! My Marines and Sailors out here are the ones ensuring my family back home continues to enjoy all the freedoms we are blessed to have in the United States.

We continue to receive some great care packages from thoughtful
individuals and organizations. Thank you. It really raises our spirits to know folks back home have us in their thoughts...the nice treats also help a lot too! We could still use more Ramen noodles, Pringles (or other chips in a can), Tapatio hot sauce, Cholula hot sauce, Sriracha Thai hot sauce, bean or cheese dip, Goldfish crackers, Cheese Nips,
Chex mix, and peanut butter. Canned meats, like Spam and tuna, are also great to have. Recent issues of magazines (outdoors activities, travel, cars, motorcycles, sports, Maxim, etc...) are always in high demand.

I divide up all the packages I receive and try to equally distribute everything to all of my Navy Corpsmen that are out here supporting the Marines of 1st Battalion 3rd Marines. They are spread out over a fairly wide area. Some of them have pretty primitive living conditions, and they eat a lot of MREs. They really appreciate snacks from back home.

13 Jun 2011
Greetings from sunny southern Afghanistan!

I have received numerous care packages from several different individuals. I would like to thank Keller Williams Realty in Texas, The Hugs Project of Elkhart in Indiana, Jack from Maryland, Griselda and the Senior Chief from Maryland, and Kadie from Texas. You have all been so generous, and I can’t tell you how much we appreciate it. I have been receiving the packages here at our main Forward Operating Base, and then I take them out to my guys if I can, or I put them on a truck convoy out to their remote locations. It is awesome to feel the support coming from home in all of your messages. We also love all the treats.

Some of my guys are in pretty remote locations that don’t have computers or phones. There is a PX truck that comes out every few weeks to the bigger Patrol Bases, but it doesn’t go to some of the more remote locations. Your gifts especially mean a lot to those guys. I am making sure to distribute the goods to all of my Sailors, starting with the lowest ranking guys at the most isolated spots. I will try to see if I can get a couple of pictures up here. I am not sure if I am supposed to mention other web-sites on here, but I recently made an organizational facebook page for my guys. If you search for “LAVA DOCS” or “1/3 Battalion Aid Station” on facebook, I just posted a bunch of pictures of the guys from the last time I went out and visited them.

Surprisingly, one of the biggest hits was Ramen noodles. We could use more Ramen noodles, Pringles (or other chips in a can), Tapatio hot sauce, Cholula hot sauce, Sriracha Thai hot sauce, bean or cheese dip, Goldfish crackers, Cheese Nips, Chex mix, and peanut butter. There have also been some requests for canned meat, like Spam. Someone sent some Mexican candies, and the guys really loved those. It is best not to send chocolate right now.   It is so hot here this time of year (it has been creeping up around 120 degrees), that chocolate doesn’t make it here without being melted into a big mushy mess.

Getting recent issues of magazines is still high on a lot of guys’ lists. They like magazines about sports, cars, outdoors, hiking, music, and travel. Specialty magazines like ones about surfing, skateboarding, bicycling, beer, wine, and cigars are fun to flip through during their down-time. Magazines like Maxim are also pretty popular.

Thank you again. Knowing that people like you care enough to take the time to send us a note or some comfort item from motivates us!

10 May 2011
Hello,

I am HM1(FMF/SS) Tyler Taylor, and I am representing the Hospital Corpsmen of 1st Battalion 3rd Marines based out of Marine Corps Base Kaneohe Bay on Oahu, Hawaii. We are currently deployed in Southern Afghanistan with the Marines of 1st Battalion 3rd Marines. My Corpsmen's job is to take care of our Marines' medical needs, and my job is to take care of my Corspmen.

Many of these Sailors are young, single guys that are at various isolated Combat Outposts and Patrol Bases around the area. Some of the positions are pretty austere, with no running water or air conditioning. The living conditions vary from expeditionary tents to local mud and cement buildings we have occupied. Currently we all have 110v electricity from our generators. Our main base has laundry service, and most of the smaller locations have a washer and dryer that the troops can use.

Quite a few of the locations have microwave ovens and coffee makers. The Marines try to prepare fresh food as often as possible, but some of my guys are still eating MREs.

When I questioned my guys about what types of things they want or need, the food items I got the most requests for were: beef jerky, ramen noodles, dried fruit, easy mac (macaroni and cheese), chips (like Pringles or other chips-in-a-can so they don't get crushed in the mail), rice, energy bars, nuts, chewing gum, and candy. Candies specifically mentioned were Sour Patch Kids, Sour Patch Watermellon, Swedish Fish, Twizzlers, and various candy bars. There were also requests for Starbucks coffee and individually packaged powdered drink mixes.

Other things the guys said they needed were: electric fans (110v ac), protein powder and weight lifting supplements, coyote-brown colored boot socks, olive drab green t-shirts (medium and large) and grilling utensils.

They also love recent issues of magazines.

Thank you!

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