Soldier Thank You's
TASK FORCE MED
Craig Joint Theatre Hospital
BAGRAM AIR FIELD, APO AE 09354
7 November 2010
Soaring Eagle Blue Star Moms
1205 Main St.
Susanville, CA 96130-4422
Dear Soaring Eagle Blue Star Moms,
I am writing to thank you for your recent gift of snacks for our troops. Your gift helps to care for these wounded Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines and the hospital staff. It is always a blessing to know that the people back in the states are thinking of us. Thank you so much for caring for our troops and for our mission here as we seek to help bring stability to a nations that has known so much warfare.
Blessing,
Jessica Gramlick
Hospital Chapel Staff
Craig Joint Theatre Hospital
Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan
Soaring Eagle Blue Star Moms,
First and foremost, you are all rock stars. Thank you very much for supporting 1st Bn 3rd Special Forces Group during our rotation in Afghanistan. We received a couple packages from you, and were absolutely ecstatic. Thank you for the goodies, and the moral support. Keep up the good work, and we can't wait to see you when we come home. Thank you thank you thank you!
Sincerely,
SSG Heston, Justin M
SOT-A 3101
1/3 SFG(A)
My name is Michael Boyd. I am writing this letter expressing my extreme gratitude and appreciation for the care packages I have received. They are very uplifting and put a smile on my face that will definitely last me through the holidays. Thank you again; It is my pleasure to serve you and my country.
P.S. I would like to send a special thank you to Jacob, Kaylee, Brett, Carla, Alec, Kieran, Addisen, Zack and Family(Frank, Lisa, Brittani, Jamie, Tiphani, Maile(I apologize if i spelled your name wrong:-), Zane & Peyton), Sophia from Troop 373, Caitlyn from Troop 422, Jordyn from Troop 584 and Baylee from Troop 208..."The simplest joys are the best." Your cards are great, Thank you very much for sending them.
United States Army
Michael Boyd
WOW...from out of the blue I have just received two packages from the Soaring Eagles Blue Star Moms. It could not have come at a better time. I have been away from the FOB running missions non stop. I am dead tired with a headache and my feet are a ball of fire. I ask myself why am I here and not home with my wife and two girls. I finally get to my room and there are the packages that the Blue Star Mothers sent. It really made my day, or night in this case, and helped reaffirm why I am here. It is to secure the rights and freedoms of our great nation. It is to help keep my family and friends and organizations like yours safe from those that wish us ill. I just want to say thank you for all the great things you sent. I will be sure to share all the goodies with those in my unit and on the FOB. When I get home and come over to Janesville to visit my mother and sister, sometime in August, I will be sure to stop by and say thank you in person. Thanks again for the pick me up. Take care and Happy Holidays.
SGT. Scott Flynn
40th ID ADT
Afghanistan
Blue Star Moms,
I just wanted to pass on a note of thanks for what you have been doing for the sons and daughters of Susanville who are deployed overseas with the US military.
As a 1986 graduate of LHS and a member of the USAF since that time, I fondly search the internet for all things Susanville as my one link with my favorite small town. I ran across your website and was very proud that such a fantastic organization is alive and well in Susanville. As a squadron commander and someone who has been deployed a number of times I know how important it is to receive a package from home, and seeing the excitement and the smiles on the faces of my Airmen when they receive these packages is priceless.
Thank you again for all you are doing for Susanville's sons and daughters.
A proud Susanville Son,
DARRIN B. DRONOFF, Major, USAF
Commander
Major Dronoff
Major & Commander Darrin B. Dronoff (front & center)
Hi,
I just wanted to say thank you so much for the care packages. It is so nice to receive mail that isn't something I ordered for myself. Everything was great. I hope no one minds that I shared a little bit with the other people in my office. There are a couple people that don't receive much mail so it brightened up their day a little.
Hope all is well with you. Please tell the ladies thank you on behalf of my office and I.
Rose Gutierrez
Hello, My name is SSG Thornsberry
I recieved a care package from you and I just wanted to let you know how much I and others here appreciated the things you sent. Because of you and the people at the USO you have inspired me to donate time when I retire and continue to help with the Military. Thank you. Jodi
Hi, My name is Brandon Weeks, SPC US Army. I recently received a package from the Blue Star Mom Group. My mother is a member I believe. Shannon Hodgers is her name. I wanted to say thank you for the cookies and the coffee. Especially the paper. Its nice to see what is happening around the old stomping grounds. (I am in a Unit from Alaska. We are located in Fairbanks which is right in the middle of the state.) Its mid July here and really Hot. Our return is much looked forward to in Feb.
Thank you for the Support.
Brandon
A Co. 1-52 Aviation in Balad, Iraq
Soaring Eagle Blue Star Moms~
You ROCK!
I just received your care package & I have to say, you know how to make an Airman feel humbled, honored & extremely proud of her hometown! Everything you sent was awesome & absolutely perfect!
-The (Lassen County Times) newspapers: When I feel so far away from home, you brought a bit of home to me. Very cool!
-(Susanville) Starbucks coffee: What a luxury!! This will definitely be savored! Please pass the word to Starbucks that the autographed bags are greatly appreciated... The messages moved me!
-Avon (Soaring Eagle Fundraiser): Awesome! Awesome! Awesome!! Everyday it's sweltering, dusty & windy over here (it was 128 degrees the other day). At the end of the day I feel like I have layer upon layer of sweat & sand! Nice to have these Avon items as they will make me feel pampered & "human" again!
-(Girl Scout) Cookies: YUMMMMM! I shared w/ my comrades & these were inhaled! Many thanks to those young gals in (Brownie) Troop #422 & 213!!
-(Susanville CHP Office) Cards: Definitely helps to preoccupy the mind when in the desert!
-(Rotary) Socks: I'm probably giving you too much information, but in the desert our feet sweat a lot!! LOL! Nice to have some decent socks!
Ladies, you outdid yourselves!
I was having a "blue" day, but you sure turned it around & brightened it!
THANK YOU & GOD BLESS!!!
Lynda M. Z. Wilson
Major Wilson, United States Air Force is currently stationed in
Al Udeid, Qatar and is the daughter of Julie Zacher
Thank you so much 373 for all the hard work in giving me such a wonderful package. It makes me feel good someone cares enough to send me packages from my home town. I cant tell you enough how much I appreciate this. Ill be coming home in May. Its starting to get hot over here. It was in the 100 a couple days ago. The guys I work with appreciate the cookies as well. Everyone was grabbing after them. I couldnt keep the box closed. haha. Ladies keep up the hard work.
THANK YOU SO MUCH - Ryan Verboomen
hey guys my name is lance corporal roughton and i just wanted to say thank you so much to troop 373 for the letters and cookies it was really great when i got that box and also a huge surprise! i never expected anything like that especially from someone i never even met so its really great what you ladies are doing and just wanted to let you know that it means a lot to know we have the support of our people for what we do. Iraq is a pretty ugly place so its really great when we get any kind of boost in morale also i think this might have come from mike Sylva’s mom by some chance because i saw his picture on the soldiers section of your website well anyways thank you again ladies were doin what we do for people like yall take care!
-Lance Corporal Roughton
Community Thank You's
Christine,
Thank you so much for your respectful presentation at Jeremiah's service. It was wonderful to have the families for our military represented. The window flags and banner were so nice. The McCleery family wanted to keep the banner as a momento of the day. Good luck on your future activities to support our troops.
God bless you and the Blue Star Moms.
Leigh Church
pastor's wife