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GySgt Alexander J. Beynen
- U. S. Marines -
Iraq
GySgt Alexander J. Beynen
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Marine's Title: BN Communications Chief
APO/FPO: FPO AP (Note 1*)
Added here: 24 September 2004
End date: 07 Dec 2004 (Note 3*)
Contact for approx number of Males: 57, Females: 0 (Note 5*)
Unit is from: (Note 6*)

06 Jan 2005:
Marty,
Greetings from Iraq. I trust your holidays went well?
I just got out of my long range planning meetings and it looks like we are leaving Iraq a full 6 weeks early.
The bad news is that we have a unit that is going to Okinawa, Japan 6 months later and then we are slated to come back here
under a year 1/2. No rest for the weary !!

I wanted to express my profound appreciation for all you have done for me and my Marines in Ramadi. Living out here in nomads land near the Syrian Border has been eased by the support you and the American people have given us.
I hope that some of the Families and Marines I connected stay in touch and maintain a lasting relationship.

I myself will send packages now when I return just to give back.

I would like to respectfully ask you to pull us from the website. Due to the holiday backlog we are still getting mail from November and now that we now we have less than 8 weeks left I do not want mail to be adrift.

I appreciate all you have done for us !

God Bless

GySgt Beynen

19 Dec 2004
I was taking a time out from the Day and realized I haven't said Thank you to you in quite some time, I apologize for that ! Your work to help us has been awesome and even stating that is a understatement. We have currently to date have received almost 200 packages so since we started
each Marine has received 2 packages, I got another Communications Section attached to me, they are a small section, about 3 hour drive from here in the middle of nowhere so I send them about 2 packages a week to keep them motivated. The majority of Operations are dying down and new ones are coming on line. Our function now has shifted to being more of convoy escort so we are liked the Armed Pickerington of the Middle East !!!

To do a website update and change our current requests as the mission changed the Marines could use cold weather gear like Ski Masks and thermal underwear, we are in vehicles all the time so keeping warm is the number # 1 concern as they sit in gun turrets and on Guard posts at night/day when its cold. Any UnderArmour/Thermax would be a awesome request. Here is the funny part, I as a leader would be humble in requesting sending healthier foods instead of candy. With it getting cold and increasing requests for armed guards/escorts the Men are having less opportunity to exercise and I would have about 90 Marines I would have to whip into shape Marine style when we get back. So things like nuts/cashews and healthier things like protein bars/powdered Gatorade/granola bars/Ripped Fuel/Xenedrine and such. DVD's and books are still a still requested item here and the last thing the Marines voted on to request was shop vacs to help clean vehicles and hooch's. I was unaware that brooms are in short supply but when it was hot sand got everywhere and now its cold and muddy, mud gets everywhere so they request small shop vacs to clean vehicles after missions and clean there living areas.
Marines have a high state of cleanliness regardless of terrain or weather so this was voted on to make the Men's lives easier, get's Gunny off their backs !!

On a sad note we did have a casualty recently so I have been doing extra work to keep the Marines motivated, I think this one hit harder because this Marines was very well known and liked, All American features, great leader and married so it all different types of ways. We will keep pushing on !

Happy Holidays to you and your family and from the front line I and the Marines of 2/11 Communications appreciate your support Your efforts have made Ramadi livable and I am able to send them out of the door in harms way with a smile on their faces.

Respectfully,

GySgt Beynen
2/11 Communications Chief

31 Oct 2004
I just wanted to take out the time to Thank you for the awesome support we have been receiving here in Iraq. I am stunned how many people really care about the troops and it has changed my perspective quite a bit. We have received 20 packages to date and subsequently 20 young men are happier than they where the day before. Our task in Ramadi is a rough one and every day lived is one step closer to our common goal. We have a system here that the Junior Marine gets first so out of 62 marines 20 has received all kinds of things from the USA. I appreciate all your efforts and with your awesome network and organization I am being a better leader and my Marines are in better spirits.

Thank you-

enclosed is a picture of a recent mail call-

GySgt Beynen

14 Oct 2004
The only thing that pops into my head is what I think on your website the pullover hoodies/ski masks those look goos for our convoys- We have no windows on our humvees and we have Marines up in the turrent exposed to the elements so if he had a ski mask that has slits for eyes he could wear the Wiley-X glasses
and ski mask and the cold/sandstorms wouldnt bother him as much-

I will get a better response within 24hrs-

Thank you-

GySgt Beynen

24 Sep 2004
I wanted to take the time out to say thank you! From the Marines of 2/11 Communications in the the City of Ramadi in Iraq. It is our honor to serve and we appreciate your all that your doing for us and others- Your work will be a shining light in otherwise a dark place.

Respectfully-

GySgt Beynen
2/11 Communications Chief

23 Sep 2004
2/11 Communications Section requests things such as laundry detergent and scrubbing boards, bounce dry sheets to put in our sleeping bags,snacks and candy,basic hygienge items(shampoo,soap,shaving cream)bug spray,any type of entertainment(cd's,dvd's,books,board games) sets of hair clippers(to keep Marine hair standards)small heaters or warming pads(it will be very cold in iraq soon)warm military black socks,chapstick,cd players or mp3 players, letter writing material(pads of paper and envelopes)polariod camera w/film. Sagovia phone cards. Thank you for making our lives just a little bit easier-

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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.

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( 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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