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COL. SIMCOCK: (Chuckles.) I’ll tell you what, the one thing that all Marines want to know about — and that includes me and everyone within Regimental Combat Team 6 — we want to know that the American public are behind us. We believe that the actions that we’re taking over here are very, very important to America. We’re fighting a group of people that, if they could, would take away the freedoms that America enjoys.

If anyone — you know, just sit down, jot us — throw us an e- mail, write us a letter, let us know that the American public are behind us. Because we watch the news just like everyone else. It’s broadcast over here in our chow halls and the weight rooms, and we watch that stuff, and we’re a little bit concerned sometimes that America really doesn’t know what’s going on over here, and we get sometimes concerns that the American public isn’t behind us and doesn’t see the importance of what’s going on. So that’s something I think that all Marines, soldiers and sailors would like to hear from back home, that in fact, yes, they think what we’re doing over here is important and they are in fact behind us.

The specific e-mail address for this information is: RCT-6lettersfromh@gcemnf-wiraq.usmc.mil

I’m sure everyone here can provide a kind word or two for my brothers on RCT-6.

Semper Fi,

Ya know, that attitude hasn’t changed one bit since this nation was formed. Our enemies would’ve seen that same response from the militia at Lexington and Concord, at Saratoga, New Orleans, the Alamo, Chapultepec, Gettysburg, San Juan Hill, The Marne, Bastogne, Tarawa, Chosin, Hue, and everywhere since.

Reagrdles of the branch of service, the attitude is the same, summed up by the old Navy flag: “Don’t Tread On Me!”. We can be the greatest friends any people have ever known. Or their worst nightmare. It’s pretty much their choice as to how it plays out.

Respects,

The Soldier and Family Assistance Center (SFAC), run by Ms Judith Markelz, is your brother-in-law’s best bet for making donations and visiting WW. I recommend that he contacts her before deciding what to donate because she has her finger on the pulse of the Soldiers and families and knows what they need and want. For example, many people think these guys need phone cards – not the case. We have tons of phone cards and they have access to free long distance (including overseas) in the hospital. We also get tons of other things such a DVD players and games,CDs, MP3s, etc. In any event, Judith can give you some ideas about what types of donations are needed. In regard to visitation, we discourage unrelated folks from visiting patients in the hospital. We realize that many people think these guys are neglected and lonely. Simply not the case – many of them have family members here on non-medical attendant orders and most of them have more visitors than they want because we can’t turn down generals, politicians, and other connected folks. What they do like is for outside folks to sponsor their attendance at events. For example, some companies purchase tickets to hockey games, wrestling matches, or car races and accompany the WW to the events. We also get lots of outdoor sporting events like fishing and hunting trips donated.

Let’s Say Thanks
Intrepied Fallen Heroes Fund
Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund
Homes For Our Troops
Walter Reed Army Medical Center (letters for our wounded Troops)
Bethesda Naval Hospital (letters for our wounded Troops)
VA Joe
Forum.Any Soldier.Com
Blue Star Mothers of America
Together We Served (for Military only)
Operation Dear Abby
Covert Threads

Our full support is the least we can offer…to contact our Troops is the best, I feel. Thank you, sir, for not allowing us to forget our men and women overseas.

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