Hey Brian, thanks for the package. I distributed it to the plt. They all said to say thanks. I do have an item we're having a hard time getting. We're trying to get military issue xxxxin LG and XLG. For some reason we can't get them through our supply system here. ......... They work really well in the sand and in urban conditions. I've already emailed a couple of guys about them, but this is an item we can use a lot of.

Again thanks for the support. Its making a difference. Stay safe.

xxxx

Mr. Sain,

Thank you for thinking of us. My guys can use what ever you send. We just came back off a OP and had some good missions. All of them are sniper overwatch, but we had two that was just us. We are the first ones in the 25th to use the Aeriel Sniper Platform. Shooting from a UH-60 isn't so hard, as long as your using something with less power, scope wise that is. As the SEO for my BDE, I am in charge of all the training that goes on here. Even though I have some of my snipers in other areas of The Stan, I keep in touch with them. They are all doing good. My team has been doing some pretty good stuff, finding caches, and squeezing triggers. The dust is a killer here though. But hey, I won't bore you for now. We just got back and I need some sleep to collect my thoughts. Thanks again and if you need anything from us just let me know.

SSG N
ARMY
" Cast No Shadow"

First I would like to personally tell you thank you for everything you and your orgaization is doing. It is true, that most of the USMC S/S teams are continually purchasing thier own equipment that doesnt exist in the military supply systems, and any help thats available is greatly appreciated. We have all of the basics currently, but a few items could definitly help us take it to the next level. We currently need a Kestrel weather meter that reads windspeed, temperature, and humidity. Most of us have pocket sized thermometers, but not something that gives us constant humidity data. Also we need 4 blackhawk 3 day assault packs (tan). The current assault sized pack we have does not provide enough space in order to fit all of our individual operational equipment, so we've got things strapped to the outside like a bunch of gypsies. We could use a suppressor too, for the xxxx. Im sure thats pushing it a bit far though! Ha!

Again, my team and I appreciate everything your doing.

Hello Adopt a Sniper!!!

I’m currently deployed in Iraq with xxxxxx, a National Guard unit attached to xxxx. I was a sniper for xxxx from xxxxthrough xxxx. I graduated from the US Army Sniper School in xxxx. My partner served with xxxx, and was a sniper for a year on the Korean DMZ in the xxxxx. He is also currently a full time sniper for the xxxx Police Department.

I have to say we didn’t expect to read about anything like what you’ve done for us snipers. Until now it seems we were misunderstood and under utilized. Now we are in demand and are working hard to do our jobs with half the gear. My partner and I have shelled out thousands on gear and we are still in need. We are part of a section that they have created for the line companies to use during operations instead of having to use Battalions scout snipers for every company Op. They added one additional team made up of competent soldiers we hand picked and trained ourselves right before deploying overseas. We are a hard working section and we’ve had to pretty much fund ourselves as far as gear. Our biggest problem is always commo between team 1 and 2! And there have been plenty of times when we’ve had to resort to 100 feet of 550 cord to signal one another from our prospective hides. There have been times when we’ve had to basically play telephone to get in contact with one another. The xxxx radios we have are in short supply and we end up with one xxxx or a xxxx that usually malfunctions.

I'm sure you understand how this can be a huge problem, not being able to communicate. If you could spare us some radios that will add a little reliability to our operations it would be greatly appreciated. We also have a pretty solid xxxx with us, but the optics they issued to us along with the rifle is a joke. The rings they gave us wouldn’t hold a zero on a xxxx. It was an obvious rush job to field some xxxxx look-alikes. The scopes were given to the engineers to help them spot IEDs, and we were left with a spotter weapon with no optic. I had a xxxx sent to us from home but was damaged along with the rings. If it would be possible to send us a xxxx xxxx with xxxx for our xxxxx it will give us the capability of tandem and quick follow on shots, and the variable magnification will help greatly with field of view in urban environments, which could have come in handy a few times already.

If you aren’t able to get us this specific gear, any help of any kind will be greatly appreciated. I know these things are expensive because we’ve spent a bank already. Thank you so much for even offering this kind of help to the sniper community, especially the ones seeing combat overseas!! It made me feel good just reading the article in the paper. In addition, knowing someone hasn’t forgotten about us, makes us do our duty that much better.

Thanks again
RR
Army
Operation Iraqi Freedom
FOB xxxxxx

05/18/2004

Dear Mr. Sain,
I also have a 21 year old son, SRA xxxx, who is currently stationed at an Air Base in Iraq. We're very proud of our two sons who are serving our country.

Thank you for your generosity and support for our troops and their ongoing effort in bringing democracy to Iraq.

God Bless you!

xxxx
Proud Military Mom in xxxx

Hello,
I am Sgt xxxx. I am a sniper deployed to Iraq. I attended U.S. Army Sniper School xxxx in xxxx. I am a 19D20 Cav Scout. I have operated as a sniper in Iraq for the past year and in a past deployment to Kosovo. recently moved to a new AO and I have a rifle with no scope. I have an xxxx or, xxxx series.We have not been able to find a replacement scope anywhere. As you can inagine with no scope I am pretty inefective. Any help you could give would be great.Regardless if you can help me,we would all like to say thanks for the work you guys are doing for us.

Sgt xxxx
Army