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Dear Greeters.
David and I would like to thank all of you for your love and support in this sad moment for us.
Bianca was a lovely dog, she loved everyone and gave it without reservations to everyone she saw..She will be missed but she is looking with her big smile and wagging her tail over all of us.The generosity and the support of the Greeters is fantastic and we really feel blessed to be part of a big family.
God bless us all,
With much love Lydia and David Scott
Also, Bailey (service dog in training from Canine Companions For Independence) is leaving the Pease Greeters and headed to Medford Long Island in New York to attend Advanced training and HOPEFULLY become a full fledged service dog .
If he makes it, he will be helping out someone with a disability (perhaps one of our veterans, that would be VERY nice)
He would like to THANK ALL our Greeters for making him feel so well at home and has enjoyed his time at Pease Air Force Base.
As puppy raisers , we are VERY proud to be members of the Greeters and would like to thak the founding members and the ALL the Greeters from the surrounding communities for there OUTSTANDING support to our troops.
There are a few things that REALLY stand out in one’s life , and I’m HAPPY to say that the Greeters is one of them .
I’m PROUD of ALL the Greeters and for which we STAND TOGETHER, and how often can you say That !!!!!!
A new puppy named Redmond will be joining the Greeters in mid June and taking over where Bailey left off. Bailey THANKS you all for his adventures and LOVES his troops……He’ll keep in touch !!!!!!
Sincerely,
Scott , Mary and soon to be service dog (Paws crossed) Bailey.
Red Hook Brewery/Red Cross Blood Drive, June 23, 2009click here for details on these events.
We are very excited to launch a free chat room for Greeters and friends to link up and keep in touch. Many friendships have formed over the past couple of years and we hope to foster those with an on-line community were people can connect with one another. Click here to enter our chat room!
New England Soldiers' stories. Submit yours to Linda Roughsedge
Union Leader, May 15, 2009Manchester, NH Grad, CPL. RYAN TURNAGE, Relates Sept. 2007 combat story, receives Purple Heart.CAMP RAMADI, IRAQ – On a September evening in 2007, as the sun began to fade behind the mountainous terrain of southern Afghanistan, Marines of Company G, 2nd Marine Special Operations Battalion, Marine Special Operations Command, prepared to attack an enemy compound.
Lance Cpl. Andrew M. Crisp, then a private first class, manned a M240G medium machine gun on the turret of the lead humvee in his patrol. As the Marines began their assault on the enemy position, rounds went off all around Crisp, who was protected by reinforced steel plates on each side of his weapon.
"I was in the lead vehicle. As we came over the hill into the compound, we immediately received heavy machine gun fire from the enemy," Crisp recalled.
Armor-penetrating rounds sliced through Crisp's steel protection, and fragments sliced into his left arm and his chest. Despite the injury, Crisp continued to provide suppressive fire for his fellow Marines.
Company G overcame the enemy without losing a single Marine. Crisp was later awarded the Purple Heart for his injuries and the Combat Action Ribbon for his ability to provide cover fire for his Marines during the engagement.
"It shocked me at first, so I only told my dad," he said. "My dad ended up spilling the beans of my injuries to the rest of the family, which resulted in worried family members sending me hundreds of e-mails."
Now Crisp serves in the eastern Al Anbar province with Headquarters Company, Regimental Combat Team 6 at Camp Ramadi, Iraq. He says this deployment is much different from his previous deployment to Afghanistan.
"Everything has calmed down here in Iraq. (Iraqi security forces) are taking control of operations, so the stress level is much lower," he said.
Crisp's job has gone from sitting in a turret behind a machine gun to sitting at a desk behind a computer. He monitors the operations being conducted in eastern Al Anbar province, rather than conducting them himself.
Crisp enlisted in the Marine Corps just before graduating from Manchester Central High School in June 2006. The Marine Corps was everything to him. He knew he wanted to fight America's enemies and do his part to protect the United States.
"I enlisted as an infantryman because I knew that would get me on the front lines," said Crisp. His family was uneasy about his decision to enlist because of the conflicts in the Middle East, but he felt he had to be a Marine and carry on his family's tradition of service to their country. His father served in the Air Force, one grandfather in the Navy and the other grandfather in the Army. Family reunions were filled with military stories, and Crisp was ready to tell his own.
Crisp and his wife are expecting their first child, a son. They discovered she was pregnant just before he deployed in January. However, Crisp said, even though he has a family of his own now, he has no desire to leave his Marine Corps family yet.
"I plan on re-enlisting for another four years and completing the basic reconnaissance course so I can return to my first unit, 2nd MSOB, as a (Force Reconnaissance) Marine," he said.
After the Marine Corps, Crisp and his new family plan on staying in North Carolina near Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, where he is currently stationed. He says one day he will share his stories with his son and encourage him to serve his country, following in the proud footsteps of his father and grandfathers.
Care Packages
If you want to donate items email JoAnne and she will make arrangements to pick up your items. We cannot collect items inside the terminal due to security reasons. We have a distributor who has donated crossword puzzels so we are all set there.
For those of you that have loved ones overseas or know some one, send or give one of the Lady Leaders their overseas address and each month, we will pick several to send boxes to. Please make sure that they have a least 3 or 4 months left on their deployment, if they come home let us know, so that we can remove their name from the list.
SOME OF THE ITEMS THEY REQUEST
TOILETRY ITEMS, 8OZ OR TRAVEL SIZE. NO ARESOLS
Chapstiks, Conditioner, Shampoo, Sanitary Items, Deoderant, Handi wipes, Tyleno, Asprin, Shave Gel, Cotton balls, Cotton mid calf white socks, Flip Flops, Air Fresheners, Foot powder, Handwarmers. Toothbrushes, Inner soles, QTips, eye drops, Bug spray - non-aerosol.
FOOD ITEMS, INDIVIDUALLY PACKED TO SHARE
Cookies. Nuts, Dried Fruit, Hard Candy, Pop tarts. Granola bars, Coffee 1lb size, drink mixes to add to water, Gum, Mints, Microwave popcorn, Trail mix, etc. FUN STUFF Frisbees, small games, UNO, Dice, cards, etc. Volleyballs, soccer balls, etc.
ITEMS NOT TO SEND
Adult mags/books, pork products/items. |
