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LT Gordon T. Markham
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LT Gordon T. Markham
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Sailor's Title: Battalion Surgeon
APO/FPO: FPO AE (Note 1*)
Added here: 14 May 2011
End date: 08 Aug 2011 (Note 3*)
Contact for approx number of Males: 44, Females: 0 (Note 5*)
Unit is from: North Carolina (Note 6*)
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Note: LT Gordon T. Markham was dropped from this list on 07 Sep 2011 due to 60 days of no contact.
09 Jul 2011:
We are doing very well in Afghanistan and many, many thanks to all those who have been so generous as to send us care packages, letters and support. We have received numerous packages with much needed items that have been not only used, but used very quickly and spread to the corners of our area of operations. We have a few corpsmen yet who have not received a package from 'home' and these wonderful boxes that volunteers have sent have helped to fill that void that all service members feel regarding receiving something from family. As for our continued needs, we are utilizing a great amount of electrolyte powders like Gatorade G2, crystal lite, etc. We also have been 'eating up' all the excellent snacks sent like trail mixes, energy bars, beef jerky, raisins, dried fruit, combos, nut mixes, nutravally bars, tuna packages, crackers. Those are nice due to you can put them in your packs for those long patrols and vehicle trips. Coffee is always in high demand around here. We also have those that like hot tea and Raspberry is the flavor of choice. We have also recently discovered the joy of the freezer pops. We have frozen them and they make a great treat on HOT days when nothing else will do. We still love magazines and many of my patients read them while waiting to see me. Even in Afghanistan there is still always a wait at the doctor's office. Items like hand sanitizer are helpful, as is cards to write home on. Again I cannot thank all those enough who have taken time out of there busy schedule and hard earned money from their bank accounts to support us. We appreciate your thoughts, prayers and gifts more then you can ever know. All your gifts, pictures and letters of encouragement have helped make this deployment go by just a little bit faster
14 May 2011
We are living in a very hot arid environment that can reach temps to 140 degrees F daily. Items such as electrolyte mixes to add to canteens/water bottle, sports drinks, water mysters and fans would be useful items. Other common items such as baby wipes and hygiene products (toothpaste, shampoo, soap, dental floss, mouth wash, shave cream, deoderant, foot powder, etc) in addition to towels and wash cloths are also very useful and sought after. We live in tents and have standard US power outlets. We have a small fridge and microwave at our disposal. I represent the Battalion Aid Station with over 40 dedicated and hard charging corpsmen. All types of snacks are useful that can fit in our med packs. Boot and sports socks (eco socks to name one popular brand) and green nylon silky shorts are always useful, as is baby powder. Beef Jerky is always loved and eaten up fast as does the power trail mixes. Instant coffee and coffee filters and coffee has been requested on several occasions. Magazines of all sorts but such as men's health, hunting magazines, sports magazines, gun magazines, young men's magazines. Popular books are also enjoyed. Tootsie roll pops have been hot items recently. Razor cartridges such as gillet proglide and mach III are common out here. Jolly ranchers starburst, twislers, nerds are often given out to local youth population as is gum. Coolers for holding ice and cold drinks for patients and corpsmen alike. Also items like sun block, and sunburn like items are appropriate. Phone cards for calling loved ones at home. Footballs, basketball, soccer balls. Cigars and lighters have also come up frequently when asking for suggestions from my men. Ink pens are also at times hard to come by. Board and card games. We are a US Navy personal attached to a USMC battalion for medical. We are stationed in NC. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your time and generous consideration as we support the operations abroad.
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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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