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On further inspection of Anysoldier.com, I came across another entry, (which is too large for entry here) from a SPC Devin T. Shaw, a Chaplain's Assistant from Georgia on June 11, 2010 wrote of 500 soldiers' need in Afghanistan. He wrote, "In our movement from Fort Stewart, GA to Afghanistan, our shipping containers were broken into, and all of our stuff was stolen." Of course, he wrote more but it is more of the same news as the below information and what would be appreciated from anyone who can supply help. I have no idea on which specific units are affected by loss by theft, but he spoke of 400 males and 100 females in need of various supplies. You can view his entry at http://anysoldier.com/WhereToSend/.
When you go to http://anysoldier.com/WhereToSend/, the soldiers' names are listed to the left of the browser screen. You have to go to the specific date I listed here on each of these soldiers accounts of their situation to see exactly what they are saying and what I left off here. I didn't leave anything of PVT Aponte's entry but I did omit off SPC Shaw's entry. I'm concerned by their plight and any soldier's plight. No one can say that they don't care about our men and women, in uniform, in harm's way. I can't contribute anything at this time (I may be able to contribute later.), except for my alerting the public, but there is hopefully someone out there who cares to help and does something, anything. I found this one (below) before I found the above entry made (mentioned above by SPC Devin T. Shaw) on June 11th, 2010. I found I couldn't read more until today, June 19th, 2010 and I found this entry from SPC Shaw tonight at 9:30pm. Prior Blog Entry I've read many literary articles on the internet, since I got a break recently. One article led me to this one and I felt like I should mention this to the public. May be you can help this military unit. I am not connected to this unit, but I am concerned by their plight. I can't contribute anything at this time (I may be able to contribute later.), except for my alerting the public, but there is hopefully someone out there who cares to help... This entry was found on anysoldier.com (http://anysoldier.com/WhereToSend/). Luis R. Aponte entered it on June 12, 2010. Luis R. Aponte (Click HERE to request the complete address.) (NOTE *) Taking an address? Make a donation, please. Click HERE. (This address has been requested 9 times.) (NOTE **) APO/FPO: APO AE (Note 1*) Added here: 12 June 2010 Expected to leave Afghanistan: 01 May 2011 (Note 3*) Where in Country: (Removed for OPSEC reasons) (Note 4*) Contact for approx number of Males: 10, Females: 5 (Note 5*) Unit is from: Georgia (Note 6*) Restrictions to this address: Here (Note 7*) (Note: Addresses that have changed will be noted "Address Has Changed".) 12 Jun 2010: To whom it may concern, My name is PVT Aponte, Luis with the 92nd Engineer Battalion stationed in FOB Sharana, Afghanistan. Today my company received a long awaited deployment container. This container was packed 3 months ago back in the US in Ft. Stewart, GA. Unfortunately for us, the container was broken into in Pakistan before reaching us in Afghanistan. $55,000 worth of personal items were stolen out of the container. When we received and opened the container this morning it was bare and empty. Items included winter clothing, office supplies, Xbox's/PS3's, TV's, laptop computers, cameras, pictures, hygeine items, iPods, cd's DVD's and lots of snacks/comfort foods. For some of my fellow soldiers it was all they had for recreation on this deployment. It is difficult to make calls or try and notify anyone about this while we are here. If there are any agencies/organizations who are capable or willing to help out our unit recover even a small portion of their personal items, it would be greatly appreciated if they could lend a helping hand. The 92nd Engineer Battalion HHC ops greatly appreciates your attention. Thank You. THANK YOU To all your comments...hopefully, the average person does do their homework. Any and all comments are appreciated. If this situation is not as terrible as it written above than I apologize. What if it is exactly what has happened? Those soldiers are going to have a very difficult time doing their duty as specified by the United States Government. No human being deserves a more difficult time, because they are doing their duty in a country less fortunate than ours. If this entry above is accurate, said soldiers will be serving in that country until June/May 2011...
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Gates: All is not well as combat role endsBy Anne Gearan - The Associated Press
Posted : Tuesday Aug 31, 2010 13:36:36 EDT MILWAUKEE — All is not well in Iraq as the United States formally closes down its combat mission there, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday, warning that political paralysis and continued sectarian violence cloud that country's future. Gates said conditions in Iraq are much better, however, as the United States shifts to an advisory role seven years after the U.S.-led invasion that toppled dictator Saddam Hussein. "I am not saying all is, or necessarily will be, well in Iraq," Gates said, noting the lack of a new government more than six months after national elections, and continued sectarian tension. Related story: Iraqis worry as U.S. combat troops pull out"This is not a time for premature victory parades or self-congratulation, even as we reflect with pride on what our troops and their Iraqi partners have accomplished," Gates told an American Legion audience here. Despite recent high-profile attacks, overall violence is at its lowest level since the beginning of the war in 2003, and the U.S. hasn't had to order an air strike in more than six months, Gates said. Al-Qaida in Iraq, author of much of the worst violence, has been marginalized, the secretary added. President Barack Obama will talk to the nation later Tuesday to mark the formal end of the U.S. combat mission in Iraq, a transition set out in an agreement with Iraq's elected government two years ago. Fewer than 50,000 U.S. troops remain in Iraq, down from more than 165,000 at the height of the fighting. The remaining forces are not out of harm's way, but their primary role is supposed to be to help train and equip Iraqi forces over the next year. The shift is largely symbolic, since U.S. forces have done little front-line fighting in Iraq for months and spend large amounts of time on their bases. All U.S. forces are supposed to be out of the country by 2012. Turning to Afghanistan, Gates compared rising U.S. casualties and intensified fighting there with Iraq during the early days of the rapid expansion of U.S. forces three years ago. Gates acknowledged frustration at the lack of clear progress since Obama announced an expansion of the Afghan war last year. That expansion was smaller than the one former President George W. Bush had ordered for Iraq, but the goal is the same: to swamp enemy fighters in a few key places and hold them off in others, giving Afghan forces time to step up. Gates and other U.S. officials have complained that evaluations of the war's progress this year did not account for the gradual pace of the troop additions, and that the full effect of the president's revamped strategy cannot be measured until all forces and resources were in place. Gates said that doubters pooh-poohed the chances for success from the Iraq surge, just as skeptics now doubt the Afghan expansion. He said dividends from 30,000 additional forces in Afghanistan are only beginning to come in. "Success there is not inevitable," Gates said. "But with the right strategy and the willingness to see it through, it is possible, and it is certainly worth the fight." DISCUSS: DEFENSE BUDGET CUTS |
