SSOT provides some "light", literally!

Sun., Jan. 17, 2010

Hey Chris,
I just wanted to let you know that we received 53 headlamps on the last resupply mission. They are greatly appreciated and I have pushed them out to the platoons. They are needed and are being put to use immediately. They are used on missions so guys have a light and can use both hands or keep their hands on their weapons. They are also used for simple things like fixing and prepping trucks for night missions. They even make it into the pitch black porta-potties which don't have any lights and come in handy. They are a huge hit all around, and when I say thank you to you and the SSOT team, it is from all the guys.

Again, we truly do appreciate everything you have sent. The Iraqi children especially loved the candy. So much so that they would hassle us at the beginning of patrols because they could see the bulges in our cargo pockets. "Mister, mister choc-o-lat-eee" is now a common phrase from the children in the neighborhoods we work in! We are heavily armed and camouflaged with Willy Wonkas, winning hearts and minds with gob-stoppers!

All the best,
2LT W. Todd Ward