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Sgt Jay Aguirre
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Iraq
Sgt Jay Aguirre
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(This address has been requested 0 times.) (NOTE **)
APO/FPO: FPO AP (Note 1*)
Added here: 02 December 2004
End date: 30 Jan 2005 (Note 3*)
Contact for approx number of Males: 17, Females: 3 (Note 5*)
Unit is from: (Note 6*)

23 Dec 2004:

Hello everyone,
I am happy to say that all of your help and support has really paid off. We here at VMFA (AW) 242 are very great full for all of your boxes and cards.
You have brightened up every face you see here on this picture. I am still writing thank you notes but it is going to be impossible to get to everyone that contributed. If you are reading this and have contributed to us thank you very much. Our holidays away from our families and friends were not missed as much because we have you in our hearts as you have us. I am also writing to say that we no longer need anymore contributions as our time here is coming to and end. We have some Marines that are leaving very soon and the rest of us will leave shortly after that. I couldn't accept anymore boxes knowing that there is another Marine out there that needs it more than we do. With all of your boxes you have helped at least 190 Marines. So once again thank you Any Soldier, thank you the great people of America, and thank you to all those who put smiles on these troops faces.

Sincerely
Sgt. Jay Aguirre

07 Dec 2004
Hello, I recently registered my peers under your web page to help us out. My name is Sgt. Jay Aguirre and I'm with VMFA(AW) 242. I wanted to send you a picture of myself to put a face with the email. A few month's ago we were visited by the Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfield. He came to visit us
for moral and to spend a day at each base with the Marines and Soldiers in Iraq. I will keep sending pictures every month and am working on getting unit patches to mail to you for your quilt. For all the help you give to us, it's the least we can do.

Thank You
Sgt. Jay Aguirre

02 Dec 2004
We live in aluminum cans with 220v of electricity. Right now the most important thing on every ones mind is the weather. It is very cold here all day, especially at night. We have the means of a microwave at work. So if you can send anything microwavable that would be perfect. Needless to say that everyone here has a sweet tooth so you can never go wrong in that dept. I have three female Marines in my unit that I would want there needs taken care of as well. It's very hard to get the actual things we need from other countries as our convoys are having a very hard time bringing in our supplies. Our PX ( base store) has supplies to get us by. We are provided three meals a day. Our base is pretty big so that means we have a substantial amount of people waiting in line to get some chow. This can take up to 30-40 minutes depending if it's a Holiday were we get treated with a special steak where the lines will just continue forever. What I'm trying to say is that having a snack or candy between meals for us is definetly a big boost from what we have now. What it comes down too is basically if we can get some supplies to keep us warm, entertainment such as dvd's or cd's, candy and food you have made our day. This will be a big boost to our moral and keep our spirits up and running. Six month's away from our families in conditions like these is nothing no man or woman should have to do. I personally have a daughter that just turned two years old this past Aug 26th. I have only seen her six month's of her life. This sacrifice of being away from my family I would galdly do over and over again to keep this great country of ours free.

Thank you
Sgt Jay Aguirre

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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.

(Note 4.): (Removed for OPSEC reasons)

(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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