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Spc Dallas,
Hey! I just wanted to remind you that this July is Chett's birthday. I know that you will remember but i wanted everyone else to know as well. Tell everyone i said hi and stay safe. I love you both with all my heart. You are my brother just as well as Chett is. I have to go. I love you both and stay safe cant wait to see you.sent with lost of love to both of you!

xoxoxoxox
Love ya bunches,
George
A.k.a. Tisha

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Kelly,
Just wanted to let you know that we all miss you soooo much, and think about you all the time! I also want to tell you, “thank you” for everything you're doing over there. We're all so very proud of you! Annett, Will & Ozzy came up to Michigan over the weekend for Ashley's graduation, and we were all browsing through the pictures of this site. It must be quite an experience! We'll all be waiting for your safe return to the states in August. We ALL love you so much! We'll be waiting for you with open arms!!

Love you-
Your cousins:
Angie & Family
Annett & Family

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Spc. Chet R,
Hey Bub. Its been a long time. I know it sucks. It was so nice to see you safe and home for a little while. I know it sucked when you had to go back. I just wanted to let you know everything is going good. I passed with very good grades. David said "what's up". And he sends his love just as well. Well i have to go and help Daddy and Mommy. Only 3 weeks until your B-day. I love you Bubby and I miss alot. Tell Dallas I said hi and I love Him just as well. I love you Both Bunches

Love Ya,
George
A.k.a Little Sis

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SGT CHRIS MC

HEY COUSIN CHRIS,WE MISS YOU. BE SAFE.
LOVE,
CAROLINE, ANDREW AND JUSTIN

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Hi Kambra!! We are so proud of you!! We love you more than words can say and can't wait to give you a big hug! You are AMAZING!!  Love always, Uncle Keith & Aunt Julie

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I am so proud of all of you. You are all truly missed but know everyone are doing a great job over there. My hospital has sent several item to be given to the kids or families in need. I hope my grandson CPL. Richard L.B. understands what Grandma Pat is trying to do. If just one item makes a friend, then it’s worth it. Please keep all the guys safe. My Christmas tree is still up waiting for all of you to come home. I know rules are rules, just do your best and leave the bad things over there. Come home safe and sound. Love to all of you. Tell Rick I am very proud of him if you happen to see him.

Grandma Pat
in Durant OK

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************************ To all in the 215 QM Co. There is no way to say “thank you” enough for what you are doing and the manner in which you are doing it. But we will keep on trying. Thank you Joe K. ************************

Hi Kell-Bell,
Just a note to say hey and we miss ya like crazy.... . Hope you had a nice holiday...Hope to see in Aug. (sooner would be nice).. You take care of yourself over there. We love ya and miss ya.

Love ya
Sher-bear and family

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Dear David and Christopher B,

We pray all is well for you both. Things here at home are the usual as day to day when you were home. Looking forward to seeing you both soon. Be safe and may God bless you both. Please also let the troop know we pray for them also and appreciate all you do to keep us safe. We love you all. Be safe and get the job done soon and come home.

Much love to you and all,
Betty and Lin

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For many years Ben Stein has written a biweekly column called "Monday Night At Morton's." (Morton's is a famous chain of Steakhouses known to be frequented by movie stars and famous people from around the globe.) Now, Ben is terminating the column to move on to other things in his life. Reading his final column is worth a few minutes of your time.

Ben Stein's Last Column...
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How Can Someone Who Lives in Insane Luxury Be a Star in Today's World?

As I begin to write this, I "slug" it, as we writers say, which means I put a heading on top of the document to identify it. This heading is "eonlineFINAL," and it gives me a shiver to write it. I have been doing this column for so long that I cannot even recall when I started. I loved writing this column so much for so long I came to believe it would never end.

It worked well for a long time, but gradually, my changing as a person and the world's change have overtaken it. On a small scale, Morton's, while better than ever, no longer attracts as many stars as it used to. It still brings in the rich people in droves and definitely some stars. I saw Samuel L. Jackson there a few days ago, and we had a nice visit, and right before that, I saw and had a splendid talk with Warren Beatty in an elevator, in which we agreed that Splendor in the Grass was a super movie. But Morton's is not the star galaxy it once was, though it probably will be again.

Beyond that, a bigger change has happened. I no longer think Hollywood stars are terribly important. They are uniformly pleasant, friendly people, and they treat me better than I deserve to be treated. But a man or woman who makes a huge wage for memorizing lines and reciting them in front of a camera is no longer my idea of a shining star we should all look up to.

How can a man or woman who makes an eight-figure wage and lives in insane luxury really be a star in today's world, if by a "star" we mean someone bright and powerful and attractive as a role model? Real stars are not riding around in the backs of limousines or in Porsches or getting trained in yoga or Pilates and eating only raw fruit while they have Vietnamese girls do their nails.

They can be interesting, nice people, but they are not heroes to me any longer. A real star is the soldier of the 4th Infantry Division who poked his head into a hole on a farm near Tikrit, I ra q. He could have been met by a bomb or a hail of AK-47 bullets. Instead, he faced an abject Saddam Hussein and the gratitude of all of the decent people of the world.

A real star is the U.S. soldier who was sent to disarm a bomb next to a road north of Baghdad. He approached it, and the bomb went off and killed him.

A real star, the kind who haunts my memory night and day, is the U.S. soldier in Baghdad who saw a little girl playing with a piece of unexploded ordnance on a street near where he was guarding a station. He pushed her aside and threw himself on it just as it exploded. He left a family desolate in California and a little girl alive in Baghdad.

The stars who deserve media attention are not the ones who have lavish weddings on TV but the ones who patrol the streets of Mosul even after two of their buddies were murdered and their bodies battered and stripped for the sin of trying to protect I ra qis from terrorists.

We put couples with incomes of $100 million a year on the covers of our magazines. The noncoms and officers who barely scrape by on military pay but stand on guard in Afghanistan and I ra q and on ships and in submarines and near the Arctic Circle are anonymous as they live and die.

I am no longer comfortable being a part of the system that has such poor values, and I do not want to perpetuate those values by pretending that who is eating at Morton's is a big subject.

There are plenty of other stars in the American firmament...the policemen and women who go off on patrol in South Central and have no idea if they will return alive; the orderlies and paramedics who bring in people who have been in terrible accidents and prepare them for surgery; the teachers and nurses who throw their whole spirits into caring for autistic children; the kind men and women who work in hospices and in cancer wards.

Think of each and every fireman who was running up the stairs at the World Trade Center as the towers began to collapse. Now you have my idea of a real hero.

I came to realize that life lived to help others is the only one that matters. This is my highest and best use as a human. I can put it another way. Years ago, I realized I could never be as great an actor as Olivier or as good a comic as Steve Martin...or Martin Mull or Fred Willard--or as good an economist as Samuelson or Friedman or as good a writer as Fitzgerald. Or even remotely close to any of them.

But I could be a devoted father to my son, husband to my wife and, above all, a good son to the parents who had done so much for me. This came to be my main task in life. I did it moderately well with my son, pretty well with my wife and well indeed with my parents (with my sister's help). I cared for and paid attention to them in their declining years. I stayed with my father as he got sick, went into extremis and then into a coma and then entered immortality with my sister and me reading him the Psalms.

This was the only point at which my life touched the lives of the soldiers in I ra q or the firefighters in New York. I came to realize that life lived to help others is the only one that matters and that it is my duty, in return for the lavish life God has devolved upon me, to help others He has placed in my path. This is my highest and best use as a human.

Faith is not believing that God can. It is knowing that God will.
By Ben Stein

When we asked Mr. Stein for permission to put a copy of this column on our site, he responded:

Of course you may post it. And God bless the 215th Quartermaster Unit for their courage and sacrifice. The nation stands in awe and gratitude. We could not live without you.

Love, Ben

Members of the 215 QM Co.

Thanks for the honor you convey on your families and the United States with your service. Stay safe.

Joe K.

Hey David and Christopher B.,
I'm very glad you both got mail! We are fine here. Hope you are too! Please take care and come home to your beautiful family soon! Heard from Annette, she's so happy to get great news! I could feel it through the computer!! I'm so happy for both of you! I love you both!! Tell everyone there I wish for them the same great news real soon!! God do with all of you hard working soldiers!!

Love,
Jane

Happy Memorial Day guys!
Drinking a beverage for you and not looking forward to leaving this 70* weather. Keep your heads down and eyes open. See you all in a week or 2.....

SGT C.

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Hey Josh,
We are praying for you and wishing you the best.
Thanks for “being there” to make life easier for us here. We appreciate all you are doing for the country. Be safe honey!!!

Love
Sarah, Marty, Olivia and Julia A

SPC.Meghan A. and the 215th

Happy Memorial Day!

We are thinking of you and
Thanking all of you for your Hard Work over there.
Take Care
Stay Safe.

We love you Meg!
Spc. Meghan A’s Family

Chief Tom S. and the 215th - Just wanted to let you know that this weekend I will be praying for you all to have a safe Memorial weekend. I hope you have a little time off to relax and maybe throw a football around. I promise to keep the goodies coming and if there is something specific you need or want please let me know. Love, Aunt Kathy

To the soldiers of the 215th

You’re in our hearts and memories this weekend,
and we hope you’re doing well.

Please come home safe and soon!

	STATE OF INDIANA OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR State House, Second Floor Indianapolis, Indiana 46204	Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. Governor
To the soldiers of the 215th Quartermaster Company, US Army Reserve: As Governor of Indiana, I am extremely proud to salute the soldiers and their families who have taken the bold and courageous step to serve our nation and shoulder the fight for freedom. You make Indiana and our neighbor states proud in your steadfast duty to protect us and turn back the threats to our nation. As today’s patriots, you honor our history and provide hope to future generations through your sacrifice and daily bravery in the face of danger. On behalf of all Hoosiers, we send our prayers and wishes that you continue to complete critical missions with integrity, valor, and success. To each family member who has shown the incredible depth of generosity in allowing these fine soldiers to serve far away from home, I offer a special thank you for your sacrifices, your fortitude, and your role in supporting democracy and freedom. God bless our troops, their families, and the path to freedom our nation is leading to make this world a better place for future generations. Best wishes, Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. Governor

Sgt Chris McC, I miss you and can't wait until you're home safely! See you soon! Ashley B.

Hey David and Christopher B.,
Hope you both are enjoying your package by now. I'm doing great. When you get home, I'll play the banjo for you!! I'm a little rusty on a few notes, but I can play a few tunes you might know!! Come home safe and soon!! Love you both.

Take care!!
Jane

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Chief Tom S :
Your mom tells us you are worried about your waistline with all the treats you've been getting. And I see (from the prior messages posted here) you have some cousins and some Aunts that have been helping too. Just want to let you know we are still thinking of you and the 215th! Please, if you need anything, let your mom or Brenda know and we'll get it off to you. Sports magazines? Soap Opera magazines? Deat? More sheets? Your mom has a pic hanging on the board showing the hard work you've been doing! At least we know what we are supporting! :) Again, please let us know whats needed so we can help out somehow again. And we really could use some warmer weather here if you could blow it our way! Hope you and all can celebrate Memoral Weekend somehow.

from your friends at
Communications Family Credit Union

Chett & Dallas,

Hey, hope you guys are doing all right. We are still keepin' it real for ya in the county, and we miss you! Keep your heads up, we can't wait until you come home. Be safe!

Much Love,
Jessica &Wise

Dear Sgt. J., Verlin David, JR,
Hi Sweetheart!
Thank-you and your fellow soldiers for their willingness to risk all so that our nation might dwell in peace and safety. May you find the honor and recognition you all deserve. Thank-you Lord, for the men and women of our armed forces. Protect them as they protect us and defend them as they defend us. Encourage and strengthen their spirit, soul, and body in the execution of their duties and responsiblities. Under gird them with your spirit and might when they are called upon to endure the hardships of battle. Our nation owes them a debt of honor. God be with you. Praying for you every day! Come home soon!!!

Love,
Mom

Kyle,
Just so you know we (the neighborhood) are thinking of you and praying for your safe return. We're keeping a case of Bud on ice with YOUR name on it. But you better hurry, it's awfully tempting sometimes!

All the best to you and your Company! Be safe!
Shawn, and the rest of the neighborhood

Tom K.
Hope you and the rest of the 215th is doing well. We are well into Spring now. Condi Rice is in your neck of the woods today on a surprise visit. Hopefully, that will be encouraging to all the troops and reassure everyone the level of support back home is very high. I'll put together some things and send them your way in the next few days. Thanks for you courage and the courage of everyone in the 215.

Joe K.

Mom is doing fine!

Congratulations to Amber and SGT S.

Hey David and Christopher B.,
I love reading all of the beautiful greetings, and looking at all the pictures of this website! I'm proud to have a chance to tell you and the 215th company how satisfied this website makes me. Together, we ALL can do everything.

I just wanted to let you know that I think about both of you everyday, glad I can add my two cents...... I was just watching “Joyce Meyer” on tv. She says, “We should go BOLD before GOD and ask him for what we want.” I want GOD to give all of us STRENGTH, LOVE, POWER TO STAY FOCUSED AND FAITH to achieve all that we need to do to get the job done and come home to all of our loved ones!! Take care of yourselves!! GOD go with you. I love both of you very much!! I miss you both very much! (Annette and Stephen too!) (STILL SWEATING IN GEORGIA'S HOT SUN!!)

HUGS AND KISSES!!!!!!
xxxxxoooooo
Jane

For mom and apple pie
And the freedoms that we all enjoy
Across this beautiful land
For the old Red, White, and Blue

Thank you!

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