An update from Afg.

 

Gang-

It’s been a very busy couple of weeks around our neck of the woods. Bad guys getting froggy, temperatures dropping, and ill tempered mice massing in large groups! …It’s all good, no worries.

Your Marines are doing great things around the area. With continued operations that pin the enemy back into unmaneuverable positions we continue our progress forward. Many people ask me, “Are we really making a difference here?” Being the second go around for me here, I can tell you it’s 100% better than the first time I was here. In a more closer look to the area, I can tell you that local leaders have and continue to make great gains in their local economic and life support structures throughout their region. 

When you have local civilians begin to inform you of IED emplacements and continue to stand up against the enemy threat, when you have people that want to make their area better without intimidation and, although scared, continue to work with Coalition Forces, those are signs of progress in the area.  Not how many Marines are in a square foot but more so of what those Marines do and how they carry out their actions that defines progress.  Yes, there is progress in Afghanistan and your Marines are leading the way.

Mail is arriving, however, I did just now get a letter sent before Thanksgiving. Its hit & miss at times. All of you out there please know, because of the austere conditions, limited computer networks, our fighting position, email and even slow snail mail isn’t available much of the time. We have received your care packages and I want to send out a HUGE thank you for all of you that have sent packages and letters of support. You don’t know how much that helps.  We don’t have a PX, our chow hall is a burnt out building so we don’t have the “luxuries” of many large bases. Mail gets to us when it “gets to us” .

We are maximizing and validating the techniques, tactics and procedures of the concept of “light infantry fighting”….and it’s working very well!

Time for a stoagy, Semper Fi!

Comments

[Pax aka Mari]

Sending prayers your way

Pax
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[anon]

Thanks for the update, MP. You guys are doing great work. Will continue sending packages to your Marines until you say no more!

[Angel]

Thanks for the update. be safe

[Mountain Republic]

Good to hear from you again Major Pain! Had been wondering how y'all were doing.

Glad to hear things are going better this tour, but it sounds like you better watch your backs around those ill-tempered mice!

Hope you're enjoying that stogy!!

Godspeed, Marine.

[MissBirdlegs in AL]

Good morning, MP! Good to hear from you. We know y'all are doing good things - just take care, please.

[Josh]

I can't tell you how much it means to us that you are giving this perspective! Thanks a bunch and keep well!

[mindy1]

Awww good luck and thanks

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[Elaina]

Thanks for the update, Major. God bless!

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Yippee Ki Yay It's great to hear your fighting spirit - keep attacking. Those mice will live to screw you another day!!!!!!!!!

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