Care Packages for Our Troops

Kathleen Foster from Fox News has been embedded in Iraq and she has some recommendations care packages for our troops who are stationed there.

Kathleen recommends sending care packages directly to the FOB’s (Forward Operating Bases). This will ensure that the packages go to the troops that are in daily contact with the Iraqi people.

Here are the three FOB’s that Kathleen recommends:

Al Qaim Bn 3/2
Attn: 1stLt Albert W. Culbreth, III
3/2 H&S Co S-3
UNIT 73130
FPO AE 09509-3130

Hadithah Triad: Bn 3/23
Capt Manny Munoz
3/23 H&S Co Section
Unit 73142
FPO AE 09509-3142

Hit: Bn 1/7
COMMANDING OFFICER
1ST BN 7TH MAR
UNIT 41510
FPO AP 96426-1510

Here is what Kathleen recommends sending:

• Coffee
• Cup O’Noodles
• Packaged tuna in the pouches
• DVD movies
• Magazines
• Drink Mixes like Chrystal Light and iced tea
• Cleaning supplies (sponges, Lysol wipes and Windex)

Kathleen also mentions sending candy, which the troops share with the Iraqi children. She cautions that the Marines request that you send lollipops instead of hard candies, so there is less chance of children choking.

Our troops are far away from home.  More than anything, they want to know that we are thinking of them.  Please, take some time this holiday season to let them know you care.