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PO2 John L. Murray
- U. S. Navy -
Iraq
PO2 John L. Murray
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(This address has been requested 0 times.) (NOTE **)
Sailor's Title: Special Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsman
APO/FPO: FPO AP (Note 1*)
Added here: 30 June 2005
End date: 03 Jul 2005 (Note 3*)
Contact for approx number of Males: 12, Females: 0 (Note 5*)
Unit is from: Other (Note 6*)
Removed at the contact's request. See his comments below. --Support Team

07 Oct 2005:
Latest Update from Iraq...We were delayed for what seems to be an unknown amount of time. I guess the air that we had was given up to higher priority operations. (Being flexible) We hear that we are going to arrive some time around the 20th but it's all rumor. All of my guys and I have completed our last combat patrols and missions. We have packed all of our gear and I have mailed a lot of stuff back to Okinawa. All that's left is to wait for air, eat ice cream, and work out!!! I guess I really shouldn't be complaining.I also want to Thank All Of You for helping me get through this deployment. I feel very lucky that I never had to deal with any negative drama from the home front. Speaking and hearing from some of the guys I realized very quickly of the positive support network that has been around me. I was always receiving e-mail, letters, and packages. This was a very demanding deployment on many levels for all parts. I know you have worried a lot and I really appreciate your time and prayers. I will be in touch soon.
John


02 Aug 2005
I wanted to let all of you know that the Battalion is going through a lot of very unexpected changes. We are being pulled out of where we usually work to move to an area that basically has nothing. What I mean by this is: No running water, showers, bathrooms, computers, e-mail, mail, or dining facilities. I might be able to make a few random phone calls, which will be few and far between. We are doing this within the next 2 weeks. These will be the conditions for us until the end of September. I ask that you don't send any more mail or packages to me due to the fact that I will not be able
to get them until I reach Okinawa. I want to thank all of you for your e-mail and packages. Thank You for supporting me while I've been over here as well as the US Military during OIF III. The packages and e-mail have increased my morale in so many ways and, at some points given me the opportunity to get away from this place and think of great memories that we have made. We are still due to be in Okinawa in mid Oct. I can't wait to hit the ocean, drink a Guinness, SCUBA dive, skydive, ride my Harley, ride my Harley, and ride my Harley some more!!!

Thanks again for everything!!!

Love John


30 Jun 2005
To All Great Americans,
I would to take this opportinity to help improve the Sailors and Marines morale in my Unit 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion. We are approaching the halfway part of this deployment and the stess of being over here is starting to chip away at morale. The high temperatures of July are days away. New York gets hot in the summer, which is where I'm from but it doesn't compare to the heat over here in Iraq. I am one of two Corpsman in my platoon and I want to do whatever I can to improve the morale. We are stationed at Camp Fallujah, Iraq. Our living conditions are great, we live in trailors. We have a laundry service here, gyms, and great dining facilities. What some of us don't have is mail or packages from home. That's where your generosity comes in. There is nothing like getting back from a mission and having a package waiting for you. We have been gone from the camp around 20 days a month so we don't really get to enjoy all of the facilities available to us on Camp Fallujah. Mail is the key to morale plain and simple. We have the ability to boil water while we are away from the camp so any food product that only needs water would be great!! Trail mix, powdered drink mixes, tuna fish, are good ideas. My unit has a web page, The Forward Shadow if you want to find out more about 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion and our mission. I want to thank you very much for your support, generosity, and partiotism.

Sincerly,
HM2 John L. Murray
3rd Reconnaissance Battalion
Alpha Co. Leading Petty Officer

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(NOTE *): Effective 1 May 2006 this web site added a major layer of security to our contacts' information. This change is necessary to protect our troops and ensure that Any Soldier will continue to operate.
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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 5.): The lines, "Contact with approx number of Soldiers:" and "Approx how may Female Soldiers:" have NOTHING to do with unit strength. They are approximately how many other Troops the Contacts believe they can get packages to. This helps you understand that you should not send 100 packages to someone who only deals with 10 Troops.
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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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