"Many of my soldiers had their morale boosted by speaking with both you and Rory (Austin Police Dept). Once they were reminded by you both on how much you and many others care about them personally, and how much they are supported in the work they do in Iraq and Afghanistan, they were so overjoyed. It can become very lonely reading the press articles, and never finding any appreciation in those articles about how great the American soldier and the ideology he lives by are in today's society. Thank you."
Janson D., 1 LT US Army
John,
Thank you again for the hospitality and I hope that as we gear up again for Iraq or Afghanistan our organizations can share lessons learned and enhance the effectiveness of our young Troopers. I have attached our troop Draper Armor Award write up and you can see that it highlights the most critical points of the units life cycle. The training that you helped to make happen with Austin PD is one of those critical points. You have been the link between much of our success which directly relates to saving American lives while conducting operations in an effective manner.
Thanks,
Mike Livingston, First Sergeant US Army
Thanks Mr. Roure for your support and the things you sent, I don't have words on how to thank you for what you have done. I'm sorry about the delay on my respond, but we been real busy lately. Once again thank you for your support I'm proud of serving for our great country and people like you. once again thank you Mr. John Roure.
Sincerely,
SPC Juan Figueroa
Mr. Roure,
I just wanted to let you know that my maintenance team received the packages that you sent with the Camelbaks, coolwicking T-shirts, etc. I was both shocked and thankful when I opened it. I am amazed that your organization went through the trouble to get our name tapes put on the Camelbaks. I want you to know that your package is very much appreciated and I want to express my sincerest thanks for your generosity. It is organizations like yours that show how much our country stands behind our troops. Thank you again and if there is anything that I can do for you please feel free to email.
With Sincerest Thanks,
SSG James McCulley Jr., U.S. Army
Dear John,
I want to thank you and all of the donors at Operation Enduring Support who worked so hard in getting my soldiers the equipment you presented to us. This equipment will make a big difference and the personal letters of support that each of my soldiers received have touched their hearts.
You have truly lifted the morale of my men and I cannot begin to thank you enough. Keep us in your thoughts and in your prayers in hope that we will all return home safe.
As hard as this is on our families and loved ones, we are ready to go to war and we will make you and the people that supported your efforts proud of us.
Michael Hazell, 1st Lieutenant
United States Army
Mr. Roure,
Man, you guys are Awesome!! This has to be the coolest thing anyone has ever done for my guys. I'm SSG Crow, and my maintenance team needed those camelbacks, the ones that the army issue us aren't hacking it. Its nice that people that we dont even know care so much about us that they will send something so expensive...Its quite comforting...and i don't think we deserve it, but thank you. And for the moral boost you provided for my guys--thank you isn't enough...There's not alot for them to get juiced up about, but this really helped. I truley appreciate it, as do they, and say Thank You!!
p.s.: the picture is of my maintenance team before we left for here, sorry bout that..its the only one i have of all of us.....thanx again
SSG Chet Crow
U.S. Army
Mr. John Roure
I would like to sincerely say thank you for your support and recognition of our mission, and what we are trying to accomplish over here in Iraq. At times it becomes difficult, but a simple thank you from good people like yourself and your organization once again crystallizes our mission and gives inspiration for us to continue the fight. The items that you have sent to me and my guys are greatly appreciated and will be invaluable in the up and coming summer months. I have attached some pictures in this E-mail, nothing too exciting just us being Soldiers.
Thank You
CPL Owen, Joseph E., US Army
Mr. Roure,
The artillery guys got their boxes yesterday. They were very excited! I wish you could have seen their faces when they open their boxes. Its like kids on Christmas morn.
SFC Miller, U.S. Army
Mr. Roure,
Just wanted to drop you a line and thank you for the care packages you recently sent. The CamelBak is going to help me especially in this 114 degree (todays temp) heat, so thank you for that. Besides that, I'm sure we will all get a lot of use out of the items you sent and, it's always nice to know that we're appreciated. So on behalf of myself and the rest of my Platoon thank you for the support.
PFC Treadwell
and
SPC Wilson
Thank you for the boxes that you sent. It is great to know and feel that we are still being supported by people at home. I will tell you a quick story of why I say this. One of our officers just returned from leave and was at the Atlanta airport and someone came up to him and asked him what in the "hell" we were doing over here? He said we are the reason that gas prices are high! This soldier is over here with 125,000 more troops risking their lives on a daily basis and all this person could say to this young LT was that he was solely responsible for gas prices or the military in general. I was so disgusted when I heard this I couldn't even say anything. He also said that the only thing on the news at home involves gas prices or illegal immigration. No mention of us over here except for an occasional 10 second blurb. 9/11 woke this country up for about 1 year. Now we are sleeping and losing touch with what is going on in the world and our patriotism again. You and many like you, through Operation Enduring Support, have made me forget about people like that person in Atlanta. Thank you again on behalf of my fellow soldiers and brothers. Bless you and your family. We are doing the best we can, you can believe that!
SSG Jones
US ARMY, Baghdad, Iraq
hello and thank you for the items you have sent to our platoon we all are very grateful thanks again for all that you do.
Sincerely,
PFC Murray Christopher
Hi,
John our artillery team really appreciates everything you and Operation Enduring Support did for us. Sorry it has taken so long to reply, but this past week was a real busy week. Our team really likes the 5.11 tee's and thank you for your support. Oh and if you where wondering, the temperatures this past week were in the 115's. Well John, again thank you for your support.
SFC Salas, Jose
