Cigars for the troops

I see people having interest in doing this so we are going to do 1. I do not have a unit in mind yet so we can discuss this as we collect cigars .I would like the receivers to have a tie to someone or their family on the board. If you want to send some cigars send them to me ,my addy is in my profile. I DO NOT need any $ for shipping I will cover this myself.

Whatever you want to send is fine,some us have the means to send more than others. I dont really care if you can only afford to send 2 cigars,thats cool. All packages sent for this will remain private and not discussed by me to anybody else. I will re package all of them together.

If we have a huge turnout maybe we can send a couple of units cigars instead of just 1 unit. I have participated in a few of these and IMHO there is no need to send real heavy or strong cigars. Most of the men are not avid cigar smokers but still like an occasional cigar. If you give a novice a Joya de Nigaragua Antano all you are gonna do is make the guy puke .

I say we collect for about 2 weeks and figure out who we are going to send these to .

Kevin

Sounds like a great plan to me!

sounds like you have it thought out well, thank you for heading this up.

Keith

I'm in. I'll get my contribution out sometime next week.

Will

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Originally Posted by badwhale

I'm in. I'll get my contribution out sometime next week.

Will

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Ditto. Thanks Kevin.

Count me in as well.

Are we only sending sticks or can we add additional items like wet wipes / jerky?

I'm in as well.

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Originally Posted by FactoredReality

Count me in as well.

Are we only sending sticks or can we add additional items like wet wipes / jerky?

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Thats cool also :smiley20:

I'm in also :)

I do this already with some of my sticks and our Saturday Night smoke in front of the Chapel and Wednesday Movie Night here on the FOB that I'm on, and I kicked in some sticks, a humidor, and some PG fluid to a group of Marines out in Ar Ramadi, Iraq.

Let me know what's needed and I'll just buy it from CI, JR, etc. and have it shipped direct to you.

Well a few packages are starting to arrive ,thanks to you all. We still need to figure out to whom we will send the cigars to

I'll try and get my package out on Friday.

Package heads out of CT in the morning. Kevin, thanks for stepping up to do this.

- Andrew

Cigars are on their way

Dc# 0308 3390 0001 2287 9270

Roger.

Cigars sent. I'll update once I get the info from CI.



Kris

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Originally Posted by MarineOne

Cigars sent. I'll update once I get the info from CI.



Kris

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Damn, thats a good idea. I was trying to figure out when I could get to the post office to send a box off. It'll be a whole lot easier to send right from CI or another site.

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Originally Posted by TravPSU

Damn, thats a good idea. I was trying to figure out when I could get to the post office to send a box off. It'll be a whole lot easier to send right from CI or another site.

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Yeah it was easier for me to do it this way. It takes about 3 weeks for me to get cigars from the States out here in Iraq, and then of course trying to send it back would put another 4 weeks minimum on it. I've gotten stuff from CI in as little as 10 days, but the mail hasn't been running like it normally does. Something about the third country national truck drivers were on strike or some crazy garbage like that.

Maybe we can ask Leena when she comes back.


-K

UPS tracking number: 1ZEW96780382631092



Kris

Hi Kevin

On the way: 0304 1560 0006 6643 8435

:smiley1:

Mine will be out on wednesday. Been a bit busy the last few days with family in town and such.

Hi Kevin

I sent you a pm about what I sent. Thanks for all your work on this project!:smiley20:

Kevin, cigars went out this morning
usps tracking # 0308 0730 0000 7453 4282

Keith

I spent 3 hours on a plane sandwiched between two of our troops returning to the states for R&R. One is a Sgt. Major. The other is an Airborne Ranger. The Sgt is a professional soldier with 23 years experience. She is a few months away from completing her third consecutive tour in Iraq. Currently, her post is near Basrah on the Euphrates. It ain’t no picnic. She openly discussed the work that is being done to build communities in Iraq. She is brutally realistic about the prospects of those projects when we withdraw our troops.

The young Ranger seated on my right was returning to Tampa to await his next assignment. He didn’t speak much. He had a far away look. Life is never the same for the brave young soldiers that see combat. Raise a glass to these fine men and women who defend our interests and defend our freedoms every day. Say a prayer for their safety… and send them a few cigars.


Thanks, Kevin, for taking charge of this.

Hey Kevin

I was wondering how this is going and has anyone suggested who or where we send our gift off too. I hope all is well with Candy.:smiley27:

I am waiting on an addy so I can tell ya all where we are sending the smokes to

Candy is fine now :smiley1:

Going out today. Got a little additional help from my buddy Sgt.Smoke ( a not very active member here) So thanks for that. Anyway getting these babies sent in.

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Ok I got an APO addy to send 1/2 of these to,Ill get them out mon after I pack them up Sun. Anybody got someone they know to send the other 1/2 LMK

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Originally Posted by kevin7

Ok I got an APO addy to send 1/2 of these to,Ill get them out mon after I pack them up Sun. Anybody got someone they know to send the other 1/2 LMK

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Kevin, just to let you know, the Post Office is closed Monday.

Keith

LOL OK tuesday

Sorry :smiley2: it's in my nature. :smiley1: