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25 Dec 2011:
Merry Christmas everyone. We had a mail call 2 days before Christmas and we received a few packages and a bunch of Christmas cards from you guys. THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH!! It was great to get some love from "home" and it really raised our spirits. Thank you for all of the Christmas decorations and Christmas lights they really made a positive impact on the crew's morale. It was a little rough for some being away from home but you guys made it a lot better.
We have a few more months before we are back home. Everything you guys have sent has been greatly appreciated. All the books that you guys sent are awesome and we now have a fully stocked library. Keep the cliff bars, power bars, pop corn and drink mix coming. I never heard of Poppycock popcorn until a couple of weeks ago but that seems to be the favorite thing around here, so if you find any of that send it our way if you can.
Lastly the nice to have things would be DVD movies, XBOX 360 games (new or used)as we are still trying to build up our games/movie collection on the ship. For stuff that was been worn down for us include sun glasses, under armor type compression shirts (M-L)/shorts(S-L), or loose exercise
shirts (M-L)/shorts(S-L).
Thanks again to all of your support for this ship during this
deployment. I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and continue to enjoy your holiday season.
25 Nov 2011
Hi Everyone, we just past the ½ way point of the ship’s maiden deployment and I wanted to say thank you to all who have sent letters and care packages. Thank you so much for everything you guys are great!! Thank you for all of your Thanksgiving greetings; it’s so nice to hear from you guys; you guys are so generous. I ask if you guys can include your email address with the letters/care packages it would make it easier for the guys to get back with you and say thank you. Thank you to all the teachers and their students who have sent letters and packages, the letters from the kids are always fun to read.
You guys have been great with the snacks, keep them coming. The guys/gals really love the CLIFF Bars, Power Bars, and powdered Gatorade / Propel mix that were sent out it helps them power through their workouts and is an added bonus because we cannot get that stuff on the ship. And you can never go wrong with candy, jerky, popcorn and trail mix. We are still trying to build up the MWR library with Movies and Games so any DVD's (new or used) and games (board games, card games, XBOX 360 games) will be greatly appreciated. Lastly if you can send any phone cards (ATT works best) for our sailors to be able to call home during the holidays that would be very much appreciated.
The weather has cooled off (a little), however a lot of guys are running low on work out clothes. Any "Under Armor" type t-shirts, shorts, compression shorts/shirts would be great. Any sizes from M-XL for shirts and S-L for shorts. Also any sports water bottles will come in handy, a lot of the ones we had are cracking.
I hope that you all have a great Thanksgiving and enjoy the rest of your holiday season this year. Once again thank you all for all of the support you have given everyone on this ship and the others around the world.
17 Oct 2011
Sorry for the delay in updating my profile. Sorry if I don't put this in the proper "blog format" please feel free to rearrange and edit as you see fit.
We have received several packages with books for our library, and a few care packages with snacks and hygiene products. And we just wanted to say thank you for your support.
The ship just celebrated its 2nd "birthday" and is still trying to build up the MWR library with Movies and Games. Any DVD's (new or used) and games (board games, card games, XBOX 360 games) will be greatly appreciated.
With Halloween (and eventually Thanksgiving, Christmas and New
Year) coming up it would be great to get some holiday related items to decorate our mess decks and lounge areas. Maybe some wall decorations and/or Christmas lights (UL safety rated please).
As far as snacks go, keep them coming. The guys/gals really loved the CLIFF bars and powdered Gatorade / Propel mix that were sent out. And you can never go wrong with candy, jerky, popcorn and trail mix.
With the weather still hot a lot of guys are running low on work out clothes. Any "Under Armor" type t-shirts, shorts, compression shorts/shirts would be great. Any sizes from M-XL for shirts and S-L for shorts.
Once again thank you all for all of the support you have given
everyone on this ship and the others around the world.
24 Aug 2011
Hello I am a Principal Assistant in the Engineering Department of a US Navy Ship. I have several hard working people with a diverse background coming from all around the world and ages from 18-50. They work in the heart and soul of the ship where temps are always high and the noise is always loud. They are barley noticed by others unless something goes wrong. We are on the maiden deployment of a new ship and several of our guys/gals this is also their first deployment. Things we can use include: powdered drink mix (gatorade/koolaid/crystal light/etc.), on the go snacks (trail mix/cliff bars/nuts/pretzels/etc.), and of course any toiletry items (body wash, shampoo, tooth brushes/paste, soap). As far as nice to have things we have a few XBOX 360 consoles on board to help the Sailors relax on their "off" time and a small library for books. The ship is trying to build up its library, so any games or books that you can send (new or old) would be greatly appreciated. It's also hard to get batteries here. The most common size required is AA and AAA. Some nice to have gear are flashlights and sunglasses, as they always seem to find a way to break. Thank you for your time and we greatly appreciate your support.