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1stLt Brian D. Maurer
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Iraq
1stLt Brian D. Maurer
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Marine's Title: Human Affairs Officer
APO/FPO: APO AP (Note 1*)
Added here: 12 November 2004
End date: 07 Dec 2004 (Note 3*)
Contact for approx number of Males: 200, Females: 20 (Note 5*)
Unit is from: (Note 6*)

06 Jan 2005:
Dear everyone,
Its with a happy heart that I tell you that our time here in lovely Iraq is soon approaching the end. We are 6 weeks shy of the freedom bird home, barring an enormous escalation of course. I want to say thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone that took time to send us something. Whether it was a card, a hand written note or a care package, everything that you all sent brightened the lives of our Marines and Sailors. Mail day was always a happy occasion, news from home and those highly sought after AnyMarine packages. The little things in life make all the difference and many of you know how to lighten the mood and bring a little smile to someone, if only for a moment. The times were tough over here but we persevered and lived to fight another day.
The journey for the Marines of HMM-166 (Rein) started off Dec 15th 2003 when we joined the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit. We embarked upon the USS Belleau Wood and headed for the Middle East on May 27th, the future was unknown, our fates determined but we were on our way. The unit's mission was unclear for many weeks, but then the news came. We will be debarking the ship and heading to Iraq for an undetermined amount of time. We arrived in Iraq on July 10 and set up our homes at Forward Operating Base Duke and Al Asad airfield. We still did not know how long we would be here or what our mission was. That all changed on Aug 2, 2004.
On that day our unit suffered its first casualties when one of our UH-1N helicopters was shot down over the city of An Najaf and sparked a 3 week assault on the historical cemetery surrounding the Imam Ali Shrine in one of Islam's holiest cities. The fighting was fierce and causalities were many but at the end of it all we all stood proud, we had done our job. Our mission had found us, we medevaced the wounded and resupplied by fighters.
It was a 24 hour a day mission.
Our lives and missions have evolved since then, we have taken a roll in supporting the larger mission of the Marine Corps here. Not as adrenaline pumping but still satisfying.
These last few weeks in country will be the hardest for us. Staying focused, staying mentally alert and always at the ready.

It has truly been my pleasure encountering such numerous and diverse people as I have through the AnySoldier.com program. It has opened my eyes that the country cares and people are willing to show it. Without your steadfast support and unconditional care for us, this deployment would have been tougher than it turned out to be. I thank you all from the bottom of my heart. This adventure is coming to an end for us and we feel like you have been with us every step of the way.

I wish I could say that we would never need the assistance of such a great program again...but I wont, most of us will be back here again in a very short time. No time off for the nations warriors when there is a mission to be accomplished.

So in closing, I am sad to say that we no longer need care packages. We are trying to slowly cut off the mail reaching us in preparation for going home.

Thank you Anysoldier.com, you are all heroes in our minds.
1stLt Brian Maurer   


24 Dec 2004
Dear AnySoldier.Com,
I have been utterly amazed at the kindness and thoughtfulness shown to my unit since we first joined the AnySoldier.com program. We have been receiving tons of care packages and many many letters. The kindness shown by you all is truly amazing and does not go unnoticed over here. The Marines and Sailors in my unit are extremely excited each day the mail comes, they are looking forward to goodies that you all have sent. It really brightens everyone's day and makes this whole thing a little easier, if only for a moment.

I would also like to say Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all the people back home that have adopted HMM-166. I have been on a letter writing campaign the likes of which I don't imagine has ever been attempted. I try my hardest to write everyone back but sometimes there just aren't enough hours in the day. Many of you may have received letters and thank you emails from the Marines in my unit, we are making progress in responding to everyone.

Its now Christmas Eve and we are still hard at work. Tomorrow some of us will get a no kidding day off. This will be the first day off for any of us in over 7 months. We are looking forward to it, but we also realize that there is always work to be done. We will be thinking of you all back at home over these holidays. Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers.
This long and trying adventure is on the homestretch. The goal from here on out is to accomplish our missions, and more importantly bring all our Marines home safe and sound.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
1stLt Brian Maurer


12 Nov 2004
Greetings to All,
We are the Marines and Sailors of Marine Medium Helicopter Sqaudron 166 (Reinforced). Our Marines and Sailors have been deployed since May 27, 2004 and were recently extended until well past the Christmas Holidays. This was a letdown to us all but like all Marines we will continue to march on and do our duty without question. Our living conditions in Iraq are as devoid of comfort as some units. We are fortunate to have a solid roof over our head and semi reliable water and electricity. We split our time with detachments to outlying bases that with sparse accomodations at best. tent cities with outhouses and intermittent shower trailers. Microwaves are a luxury and we are fortunate to have access to one for our entire unit. Microwave popcorn is a big hit for snacks and it takes some of the pressure off of our Navy Dentist, who warns us against candy and sugar and extoles the virtues of brushing our teeth. But like all young men and women we do love our junk food, a staple of this generation. Bath soap, shampoo are a must to have and its difficult to get to the little post exchange within the hours they are open and often they are out of stock. Any DVD movies would be greatly appreciated, we have mangaged to acquire a TV and dvd player from the locals and this allows our Marines a nice diversion when they can find the time to sit and relax. We all appreciate everything that we recieve, its all put to good use and allows us to focus our efforts on my pressing tasks without having to worry about the little day to day items in life. Thank you very much for any assistance the AnySoldier.Com program can provide to our unit with the upcoming holidays.
Respectfully,
1stLt Brian Maurer

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(NOTE *): Effective 1 May 2006 this web site added a major layer of security to our contacts' information. This change is necessary to protect our troops and ensure that Any Soldier will continue to operate.
The ONLY changes are that the addresses of our contacts are now hidden and the number of addresses you can get are limited. You may obtain addresses simply by clicking on the link provided and correctly filling out the form, the address will then be emailed to you immediately.

(NOTE **): The number shown is how many times a form was submitted requesting this address. This does NOT necessarily mean that this contact will be helped by that many folks. Rule of thumb is that anything 5 requests or less may in fact be no support at all. No way to tell exactly unless the contact lets you know in his/her update how much support they are getting.

(Note 1.): Note that postage to APO AE and FPO AE (E = Europe) is only to NY where the connection to the APO/FPO (APO = Army Post Office)(FPO = Fleet Post Office) is, or to San Francisco for APO AP and FPO AP (P = Pacific), so you don't pay postage all the way to Iraq/Afghanistan. You might consider picking contacts closer to your mailing area to help cut the cost of mailing. If you live on the East Coast, pick "AE", West Coast, pick "AP", Midwest, well...uh, Thank You for your Support! ;)

New with us (December 2005) you might notice "APO AA" and "FPO AA". This is for units in the Caribbean/South America. Normally. However, due to the nature of some units they may be in Iraq but have an address showing "FPO AA". Mail addresses to "AA" goes out of Miami, Florida.

(Note 2.): Why are military addresses weird? There isn't a street address or city. What gives? Correct, just about everything about the military is weird to civilians. Military units are very mobile, they move around a lot, often they even become part of another unit. The APO (Army Post Office) and FPO (Fleet Post Office) assign APO and FPO numbers as needed, they are NOT static. An APO/FPO number may be for a large unit, or a location. An APO/FPO number for Baghdad today may be for Frankfurt tomorrow.

(Note 3.): The "Expect to not mail past" date is only an approximate and is one of the least reliable things on this web site. It is because of this that you must check often before you send anything to this unit. There are a few reasons this date is not reliable, to include: it IS the Military, we ARE dealing with the APO/FPO/DPO. The only thing that does not change in the military is that things will change. PLEASE NOTE that a Contact is dropped off our active list 30 days PRIOR to their date leaving to help avoid mail bouncing.

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(Note 5.): The lines, "Contact with approx number of Soldiers:" and "Approx how may Female Soldiers:" have NOTHING to do with unit strength. They are approximately how many other Troops the Contacts believe they can get packages to. This helps you understand that you should not send 100 packages to someone who only deals with 10 Troops.
Don't forget that if your package is for a female Soldier, be sure to change "ATTN: Any Soldier®" to "ATTN: Any Female Soldier".

( Note 6.): This is simply where the unit this contact is from. This is NOT a true picture of the folks in the unit as most all units are made up of folks from all over the United States.) A "Composite Unit" is one made up of other units and is usually temporary for a particular mission.

( Note 7.): Updated APO/FPO/DPO mailing restrictions> courtesy of Oconus.com (gone now) (Note: About Restriction "U2": "U2 - Limited to First Class Letters", Box "R" is for retired personnel that live overseas and are still authorized an APO/FPO box. Their address will be something like Box 3345R. Doubt you will see anything like that in Afghanistan or Iraq or ...)(Please Note: Sometime in August 2013, Oconus.com changed the code on their page and our form doesn't work with them anymore, so a link to their page is the best we can do, sorry.)


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