This is a letter my bro emailed me from Iraq.... He is my best friend and ive been there for him when **** has hit the fan and he has been there for me too.... been there for eachother for like 9 years. He emailed me how life is out there..... thought id share..... if anyone wants his email address to drop him a line or his real address to send him something a little more personal, let me know and i will get it for you.

From: jason.m.vanauken@us.army.mil


hello everyone,
sorry its been so long since anyone has heard from me, i got back from camp muleskinner, on sat. i cleaned weapons that evening and went to bed. woke up on sunday and went outside to smoke, outside my bunker, which is about 300 ft from assasins gate, which is where at 0800 a car full of c4 was detonated, killing 2 american soldiers, and 15 iraqi workers trying to get to work on the camp that morning. 40 some-odd are wounded. all of the glass in the internet cafe shattered, and our recreational communications where knocked out. (all comms are either radio or sattelite....) so today was the first day i have been able to communicate with anyone back home since i left camp muleskinner. things are going okay we have had alot of mortar attacks recently, and a lot of sporatic gunfire, but otherwise things are fine. no more rockets latley, which is a good thing.
on a lighter note, i will be sending home film, and letters, as soon as i can get my way to biap (bahgdahd international airport, the place where all mail is sent out of iraq) mail is slow here, last month, a c-5 full of mail was shot down 20 ft above the runway at biap trying to land, so now mail is trucked out of iraq. the food is okay, it was better in kuiwait, but i honestly cant expect a whole lot from thease people. but the cool thing is that i get burritos, not like moms, but there not bad, arabs think a burrito is a wrap, and they serve "wraps" full of chicken or beef or both, sourcream onions tomatos, cheese, you get the point. and i can buy pace picante sauce in the px here, but the funny thing is i cant buy shampoo.. or eye protection, or a watch. the blast on sunday knocked me down, and my watch just stopped for some strange reason its all jacked up. i have a great nco support channel. all my NCOs are great. the guys in my section are all good people. so im do
ing okay. iraq is ugly, one big giant landfill/sewer. so dont worry about me im doing fine.
what i do need is mailing addresses to anyone that is important, just email me a list.
thanks.. i need to go to the motor pool, and bust out tires.
take care,
love jason

 

thanks for sharing that

 

wow man that sux....glad hes ok i figured id drop dood a line and say waddupp from the states....wish him best of luck

 

man I have nothing but respect for all the soldiers over there, they have been asked to put their lives on the line so that all of us can sleep safer.

 

words cant explain how grateful i am for the americans that fight for our country. look at everything your brother is going through over there, and it is all JUST FOR US!!!!!

heck yeah i will write him, i think he deserves it!!!

 

thanks guys to everyone that replys to this.... this means a lot to me.... and im sure it will to him too....

 

yeah thanks for sharing that
and let him know know that our hearts and prayers are with him
and that he has a safe journey home

 

It's nice to read the real deal, this reminds me of the letters I use to read from my Grandpa when he was in the war WWII ect. It's letters like this that really make you think. He is out there doing his thing for everyone...while we are sitting back chillin, drinking, fu(kin and posting on Stunt Life while he is getting knocked to the groud from C4 and we say its rough....what a joke.

I hope you get your best friend home safe with you so he can tell you all the stories of what he has been though. I am sure he is wanting to come home and be with his family and friends.

Give him my regards, I wish nothing but safty and peace for him!!

Rob

 

that sucks playa.. I wish your bro nothing but the best..

 

yeah sucks that your best friend is over there.. but hes doing all of us a huge favor as is everyone that is even in the service.. so send him my thanks and tell him good luck!

 

that is awesome that u got the letter from him. im sure it felt good to know that he was doing good 3 of my close frinds just recently got back from over there and i went out with them last night wow was it great to see him . and man do they have some real serious stories. well send my thanks to ur brother i really a[[reciate what he is doing for us

and may god bless him

 

let em know we are thinkin about him. and best of luck bro!!!

 

Good luck for your brother man, hope everything works out

 

Yo JT, thats cool that you posted that... Im sure all of us appreciate everything all of our solders have done for us and our freedom here in the states!!

 

And I'd gladly stand up, next to you and defend her still today....

much love to your boy, and all the us troops that keep us free!!!

 

It's good to see so much support for everybody over there. Kinda makes me miss it. JT props for keeping in touch with your boy. Everybody is praying for him.

 

Aww JT that was awesome... My brother is in Iraq right now and i havn't talked to him in a while, it was really nice to read a letter from some one else to give me reassurance that people are ok... I think i needed that. thanks so much and tell him thanks for me... What he and all the other troops including my bro are doin is amazing....

 

WORD

mad thanks to whoever has Emailed him.... i got this from him this morning.....

From: jason.m.vanauken@us.army.mil

hey man thanks for that, getting nice emails really helps. it brings much encouragement that you cant find elsewhere. ill be calling you soon.