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// .\"<div align=center><strong>SFC Michael Bachini</strong>, US Army, 1 August 2009</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"Got my 7th Mouse in our room. Who needs TV when you got your own live sitcom?\"<div align=center><strong>1LT John sims</strong>, USMC, 20 November 2009</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"AnySoldier is just a means for Americans to show what we are about and this humbles men like me.\"<div align=center><strong>2LT Chad Merfeld</strong>, US Army, 5 November 2009</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"Believe me, a box full of "\home"\ goes a long way.\"<div align=center><strong>1LT Curtis Baxter</strong>, US Army, 13 August 2009</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"It'\s good to read about history but amazing to make it.\"<div align=center><strong>SSG Joseph King</strong>, US Army, 5 October 2009</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"It is interesting to look at all the old information that is on AnySoldier.  I had one of my Marines tell me, \"Wow, Gunnery Sergeant!  You look young in that picture.\"  And do you know what’s funny?  I do look young in that picture.  It was only taken two years ago.\"<div align=center><strong>GySgt Jacob Crone</strong>, USMC, 1 May 2009</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"Everyday, I see the packages pour in for our Marines and Sailors and I have to admit, it is staggering.  I have deployed several times and I have seen several \"Any Serviceman\" type programs - mostly letters, sometimes books - but I have never seen anything like the love, appreciation and support that comes from the people who visit this site. It is, in a word, AWESOME.  Thank you all for your support.\"<div align=center><strong>Major Shawn Hughes</strong>, USMC, 26 February 2009</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"We never used to even go to mail call (no reason if nothing is for you). Now my guys fight over who gets to bring the boxes. (the person who \"delivers\" the box gets first pick. We also hand out the boxes before a mission. There is never anything left.\"<div align=center><strong>SGT Ryan Jones</strong>, US Army, 3 February 2009</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"Laundry service is provided here, although sometimes you wouldn\'t know it by the smell of the guys, ah, life in the Infantry.\"<div align=center><strong>SFC Russ Watts</strong>, US Army, 29 January 2009</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"We found a little fake tree and put it on a desk with all the little presents at the bottom. Then I printed out a picture of a fireplace and taped it to the side of the desk, next to a space heater. It was almost like something from Norman Rockwell, but way Iraqier.\"<div align=center><strong>CPT Andrew D. Nilson</strong>, US Army, 15 January 2009</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"You people have no idea what it is like to see those around you completely worn out (both physically and mentally) and refuse to quit because they know your life is in their hands....And then they get handed a box from a complete stranger full of goodies for them, and some hygiene essentials from home...Its almost like Karmas way of saying thanks...That moment in time will forever be engraved in my thoughts, And I want you people to know, YOU'RE the ones that made it all possible!!!\"<div align=center><strong>SSgt Dick Dinnan</strong>, USMC, 30 December 2008</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"On a personal note I have been in the Marines for 17 years and I cannot think of time when I have been more proud to be a Platoon Sergeant than when I see the Marines\' faces as they open boxes sent from complete strangers with notes attached telling them of how proud they are for what we are doing. It means a great deal to me and my Marines. Thank you, for everything you do.\"<div align=center><strong>SSgt Robert B. Hays, II</strong>, USMC, 12 December 2008</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"I did not really understand the psychological effect receiving mail was until I joined this program, my Marines and I look forward to mail every day wondering what kind words are going to be said or what surprise will be in the many packages.\"<div align=center><strong>SSgt R. K. Palmer</strong>, USMC, 11 December 2008</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"I know you hear it all the time, but what you do makes an incredible difference in our lives on a daily basis.  Thanks for being the conduit between us and all the great people back home.\"<div align=center><strong>LTC Lynn Heng</strong>, US Army, 18 November 2008</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"I can\'t say enough about you guys, you are making such a difference in the lives of these soldiers. You guys are helping renew my faith in humanity. All we see is negative anymore. Our experiences, negative as well, but not your group.  You guys make a difference every single day.\"<div align=center><strong>CPT Shaun Margaret Buell</strong>, USAR, 27 October 2008</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"Without you all supporting us, we would do it, it would just suck more.\"<div align=center><strong>MAJ Gary Bourland</strong>, USMC, 28 September 2008</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"We also finally got mail in last week and the Any Soldier packages were everywhere! It was by far the best day we\'ve had in our first month here. All the guys kept saying was \"its like Christmas, but now im happy i got socks!\"<div align=center><strong>PFC Kirk Calvert</strong>, US Army, 27 August 2008</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"I passed along boxes of support items to Mongolian Soldiers and Ugandans.  They aren\'t always sure what to make of all the sweets we get but they are getting the hang of it.\"<div align=center><strong>CPT Loren Easter</strong>, US Army, 13 August 2008</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"People always send me e-mails asking what kind (of cigars) to send, well that Colonel that I was talking about put it this way \" You know what guys? There are two kinds of cigars in this world, a good one and a free one and I'll smoke either one.\"<div align=center><strong>SGT Theodore Reeder</strong>, US Army, 1 August 2008</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"Each week we find something new to do, try or complain about.  The new tradition seems to be standing around a burn barrel smoking cigars making fun of each other (its just how Marines, sailors, soldiers and airmen get along).\"<div align=center><strong>Capt Rob Gambrell</strong>, USMC, 13 May 2008</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"For the people who operate the AnySoldier.com website, I offer a special \"thank you.\" We met so many special people through that site whose outpouring of love propelled us all year long.\"<div align=center><strong>Michael Tomberlin</strong>, US Army, 30 March 2008</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"...shampoo(the shampoo/conditioner/body soap in one is the best) as we are men after all and like one product vs 12 like woman.\"<div align=center><strong>SFC Jeffrey J. Rice</strong>, US Army, 25 March 2008</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"Thank you all for your gifts, snacks, and toys (they are endless fun...until they break, we\'re boys).\"<div align=center><strong>SGT Monty K Browning</strong>, US Army, 13 March 2008</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"When I receive an Any Marine package, all of my Marines gather around to see what it has in it.  It is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you are going to get, but you know it is going to be good.\"<div align=center><strong>Sgt Sharee E Wilson</strong>, USMC, 12 March 2008</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"We are having hotter days, and sand storms up the well... nose. lol I didnt know that you could blow orange out of your nose, and I dont understand why young toddlers like dirt... its tastes horrible.\"<div align=center><strong>SPC Ericka Dobbs</strong>, US Army, 12 March 2008</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"We\'re going to the ends of the earth to look for the bad guys... They can run, but they'll only die tired.\"<div align=center><strong>Capt Paul A. Krumenacker</strong>, USMC, 12 March 2008</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"I was on a 21 day mission and was injured and have been on profile for about a month. It\'s a back injury so they want me to do work with the physical terrorist for a while until I get mission capable.\"<div align=center><strong>SPC Leif Meisinger</strong>, US Army, 5 January 2008</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"The letters was the biggest hit and in my section everytime we received a new one, we rotated a soldier to stand and read it out loud. Many a time it was very overwhelming.\"<div align=center><strong>SSG Anthony Dolph</strong>, US Army, 28 December 2007</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"The treats that you send us act as a doorway that we use to walk into the lives of our soldiers.  The soldiers really do look forward to us coming and bringing them stuff.  We get to talking with them and then all of a sudden God shows up.\"<div align=center><strong>Chaplain Steve Doyle</strong>, US Army, 27 December 2007</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"well i must return to work..... there is a door waiting for me to kick it\"<div align=center><strong>SGT William Q Bandy</strong>, US Army, 20 December 2007</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"I can vouch for the fact that a Port-A-Jon at 2:00 AM and 20 degrees is not a good time. It really frosts your pumpkin.\"<div align=center><strong>Maj Patrick Burns</strong>, USMC, 10 December 2007</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"I now have my first tattoo from a CRACKER JACK BOX!!!!!  I know what your thinking, but boys will be boys!!!\"<div align=center><strong>1stSgt Jonathan Henry</strong>, USMC, 23 November 2007</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"Both of my feamles are skinny. Probably in the range of size 0-5 (I\'m not really sure, they're just skinny).\"<div align=center><strong>SSG John Bones</strong>, US Army, 18 November 2007</div>" 
SoldierText[number++] = "\"We do our best to entertain ourselves and so far it has come down to repainting our toenails with the polish we brought - what the guys do for entertainment is beyond me.\"<div align=center><strong>SPC Sara Payne</strong>, US Army, 15 September 2007</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"Thank you for taking care of the needs of todays soldiers. I wish you could have been around for mine too..\"<div align=center><strong>Tom Engle, First Sergeant, US Army Ret.</strong>, US Army, 19 October 2007</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"The only drawback to being the point-of-contact for the AnySoldier.com mail is getting cursed by those who pick up and deliver all the packages.\"<div align=center><strong>CPT Michael Tomberlin</strong>, US Army, 24 September 2007</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"I see a soldier open a letter and read the words of support and close their eyes and say a prayer I believe that you have received a blessing just as you have sent to them.\"<div align=center><strong>SFC Rick Switzer</strong>, US Army, 10 September 2007</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"the little snack and higyine products have helped alot. the guys in my platoon dont smell as bad. thanks for all your help.\"<div align=center><strong>SPC Matthew Stern</strong>, US Army, 8 September 2007</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"We almost prefer the danger of an insurgent attack than have some 50 slide power point due, crazy I guess.\"<div align=center><strong>1stLt Thomas R. Mackesy</strong>, USMC, 22 August 2007</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"After the first 6 months here we all find that we are so well taken care of we do not know what to ask for.\"<div align=center><strong>1stSgt Jason L. Joiner</strong>, USMC, 20 August 2007</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"I just got done eating my breakfast out of an any soldier package spagettio\'s and a few pixie stix.  Not a traditional breakfast but it sure beats what they give us to eat.\"<div align=center><strong>SSG  Jeff Chovan</strong>, US Army, 17 August 2007</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"We are not at the end of the world; we\'re approximately 6 hours by camel past it.\"<div align=center><strong>SGT Michael Dismuke</strong>, US Army, 1 August 2007</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"It does more for my soldiers morale to get packages and letters of thanks from all the folks back home than recieving any praises from a general.\"<div align=center><strong>CWO3 Joseph Laiuppa</strong>, US Army, 20 July 2007</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"We will know our job is done hear when you can bid for the Beanie babies online and the seller is from Fallujah.\"<div align=center><strong>Capt Mark Cameron</strong>, USMC, 17 July 2007</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"The whole bean coffee sent this way has proved it\'s worth in keeping this soldier fighting off the \"Zzzzzz\" monster.  It has a nasty way of sneaking up on you during meetings.\"<div align=center><strong>SPC Chris M. Patchen</strong>, US Army, 13 July 2007</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"The water balloons are a big hit, although, I think we're right around the corner from hitting the wrong officer and then it will be \"game off\" but until then know we are having a blast.\"<div align=center><strong>SFC Mark W. McArtor</strong>, US Army, 29 June 2007</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"In no other war, have American Soldiers received such unconditional and unyielding support than my generation of fighters.\"<div align=center><strong>SGT Adam Sahlberg</strong>, US Army, 2 June 2007</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"I\'ve participated in humanitarian missions, mentored Afghan Generals, taught technology to those who have never used it before, and fought against the Taliban insurgents.  Nothing compares to the friendships that were built through AnyAirman.\"<div align=center><strong>CPT Ted Janicki</strong>, USAF, 25 May 2007</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"Believe it or not your support has saved lives of our Marines. Getting the things they need makes it easier to concentrate on our mission here. Thank you.\"<div align=center><strong>Cpl Sean Engle</strong>, USMC, 18 May 2007</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"I used to think TX was as hot as it could get, I was sadly mistaken. I now look forward to the blazing hot summer of the lone star state.\"<div align=center><strong>SGT Tangueray Spears</strong>, US Army, 6 May 2007</div>"   
SoldierText[number++] = "\"I bet they would eat cardboard if I labeled it as a protein bar. I guess in this case, it is safe to feed the wildlife.\"<div align=center><strong>Sgt Anthony Fries</strong>, US Marines, 27 April 2007</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"I am the whitest white girl you\'ll ever meet.  But because of \"my\" soldiers, I have become an expert on African American hair care products.  I even had a cashier at the store tell me that I should not use these products on my hair!  Just another opportunity to talk about anysoldier.com!!\"<div align=center><strong>Kim K.</strong>, Supporter, 25 April 2007</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"Great work you are doing! I wish something like this had been available when I served in Viet Nam.\"<div align=center><strong>Lawrence B.</strong>, Supporter, 22 April 2007</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"I got an email from a Marine a few days ago saying I'd put a smile on his face -- way better than a tax deduction.\"<div align=center><strong>Rebecca A.</strong>, Supporter, 18 April 2007</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"i can\'t afford much but i can afford to say Thank You.\"<div align=center><strong>Rebekah H.</strong>, Any Soldier Supporter, 14 March 2007</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"As said by one of our SSGs during a mission brief \"We need to take care of each other just like the supporters are taking care of us.\"\"<div align=center><strong>SGT Mark Rodriguez</strong>, US Army, 9 March 2007</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"I can not believe I would ever find myself thanking a lawyer (much less a group of them)!\"<div align=center><strong>SFC Eric Stewart</strong>, US Army, 6 March 2007</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"Of the many times I have gathered all the soldiers together to open a package, they grab what they like, smile, and tell me to tell ya\'ll thank you.\"<div align=center><strong>SPC Nicole K. Atkinson</strong>, US Army, 24 February 2007</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"People I have never met have kept my guys supplied with everything I asked for. Still others have just written letters of support, which sometimes are better than a package of anything.\"<div align=center><strong>SSG Robert T. Jones</strong>, US Army, 13 December 2006</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"I do not have kids, but I loved to read their letters.  I remember when I was the third grader writing letters to Marines in Desert Storm.\"<div align=center><strong>2ndLt Philip D Palmer II</strong>, US Army, 6 December 2006</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"We love the support. But somethings that the guys request, snacks, magizines, and some smelly good stuff cause we stink.\"<div align=center><strong>LCpl Matthew McNamee</strong>, USMC, 18 October 2006</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"It is so moving to receive such profuse thanks for a few packages of CrystalLight and a chapstick and it really makes you think about what they are up against.\"<div align=center><strong>Jane M.</strong>, Supporter, 28 September 2006</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"The Command Sergeant Major for his vehicle has requested some bull horns to put on the hood, a gun rack for the back window, and a horn that plays Dixie when he honks. Why….Because he\'s the Sergeant Major.\"<div align=center><strong>CPT Randal Wright</strong>, US Army, 27 September 2006</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"I truly feel the reason morale is so high over here is due to the generous and heart giving from the many supportive Americans back home.  The Any Soldier program is the best thing I have ever seen in over 17 years of service.\"<div align=center><strong>1SG David M. Campbell</strong>, US Army, 20 September 2006</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"There were times when I felt the only people that cared were the families of those serving here. It gives me great pride to have been totally wrong in this situation. I am renewed in my convictions of service to a grateful nation. I am proud to serve the United States of America.\"<div align=center><strong>SSG Thomas Coveney</strong>, US Army, 18 September 2006</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"I know how much my pen pals meant to me. They would help keep me sane in the caos that is my life and I will thank them all personally.\"<div align=center><strong>SFC Scott K. Anderson</strong>, US Army, 11 September 2006</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"A job well done from a first class organization that take care and support deployed soldiers. Thanks for all you do and if deployed again, your organization will be the first one that I send an email to.\"<div align=center><strong>1SG Jimmie Cassie</strong>, US Army, 7 September 2006</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"Each area houses 8 airman. 8 men, one small room.... We could use some air freshener.\"<div align=center><strong>AiC Anthony Navejas</strong>, US Air Force, 31 August 2006</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"I have seen so much sand that I will not be going to the beach for a while after I return to the United States.\"<div align=center><strong>MSgt Craig McClain</strong>, US Air Force, 31 August 2006</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"We actually had a record rainfall yesterday with 15 rain drops hitting our base.\"<div align=center><strong>CWO3 Arnold Walls</strong>, US Marines, 21 August 2006</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"you have been here too long when you walk outside and think, \"man its not that hot today\", and you look at the thermomoter and it is 115-120 degrees.\"<div align=center><strong>1LT Joseph Lane</strong>, US Army, 16 August 2006</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"Thank you for all the support and I WILL become an avid supporter upon my return to the states.  You guys provide one of the best services I have ever encountered in my 18 years in the military!! THANKS!!\"<div align=center><strong>Major Edwin (Brian) Rice</strong>, US Army, 27 July 2006</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"Kind and generous people like you represent the very best of America.  And the most fitting tribute that my comrades-in-arms -- men &amp; women, alike -- and I can make to honor your kindness is to continue to execute operations and accomplish the overall mission. And we shall, all the while remembering your heartfelt gestures, countless thoughts, and sincere prayers.\"<div align=center><strong>Major Christopher Farrell</strong>, US Army, 25 July 2006</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"Every card and letter that you\'ve sent ..... I\'ve read them over &amp; over again.  And I have passed them on for my fellow Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines to read and get inspired.  In every case, it was like drinking from a well spring -- it reaffirmed my purpose and strengthened my resolve to continue this fight every day and contribute to a lasting peace and security for all Iraqis.\"<div align=center><strong>Major Christopher Farrell</strong>, US Army, 25 July 2006</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"The younger soldiers are using the gaming systems, i.e. xbox, playstation, PSP etc. The older soldiers are using the \"old\" gaming systems, BOARD GAMES...to pass the time away.\"<div align=center><strong>SSG Keith Frain</strong>, US Army, 19 July 2006</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"Give a kid here a pencil and you\'ve about doubled his net worth.\"<div align=center><strong>MAJ Sean Gustafson</strong>, US Army, 11 July 2006</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"Many soldiers break the year up by different events.  For me, it\'s haircuts.  If I get a haircut every two weeks, then after 26 haircuts in Iraq, our tour will be over.  I only have 10  more haircuts left.\"<div align=center><strong>CPT Steve Campbell</strong>, US Army, 6 July 2006</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"The words \"Thank you\" could never say enough; they could never convey our gratefulness for what it is your organization does for us.  Everyone has opened up their hearts, and even though we are thousands of miles away, we feel connected, and we know that we are not forgotten.\"<div align=center><strong>LT Hasan Abdul-Mutakallim</strong>, US Navy, 7 July 2006</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"Oreos are fine.  They survive the trip better than anything else, proving that a 50% fat cookie can't be all bad!\"<div align=center><strong>CPT Joel Poche</strong>, USAF, 3 July 2006</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"This idea is amazing and I am seeing it from the top heading down. My troops are better off thanks to AnySoldier.com. I am forever in your debt.\"<div align=center><strong>CPT Joel Poche</strong>, USAF, 3 July 2006</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"The movies have been great, and the popcorn, nothing says \"war zone movie night\" like a chick flick on a hanger wall and day old popcorn. Now that\'s roughing it.\"<div align=center><strong>MSG John Crowley</strong>, US Army, 16 June 2006</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"I do have to admit to a substance abuse problem, one of the troops got a bag of \"Atomic Fire Ball\" hard candy from their family and made the mistake of giving them to me. I can\'t get enough.\"<div align=center><strong>MSG John Crowley</strong>, US Army, 16 June 2006</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"The Marines never can get enough to read (I know that, that must be a surprise to some of you teachers).\"<div align=center><strong>1stSgt Darryl A. Cherry</strong>, USMC, 16 June 2006</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"I must tell you, that you are involved in what can only be called God\'s work. The letters I\'ve received have brought joy to my tired heart and tears to my occasional, thousand-mile stare.\"<div align=center><strong>MAJ Karl J Olszewski</strong>, US Army, 14 June 2006</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"You and the loving people, involved in AnySoldier.com, have brought much happiness to many a weary soul.  THANK YOU.\"<div align=center><strong>MAJ Karl J Olszewski</strong>, US Army, 14 June 2006</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"I thought that \'balloons and squirt guns, will never catch on\' lord was I wrong. It looked like the Poseidon Adventure around here.\"<div align=center><strong>MSG John Crowley</strong>, US Army, 8 June 2006</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"Question: what do you call breakfast in the Army? Answer: morning sickness...\"<div align=center><strong>MSG John Crowley</strong>, US Army, 8 June 2006</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"They say food is the way to a man\'s heart, Well, thank you for the food, And we love you guys.\"<div align=center><strong>Cpl Nathan Arras</strong>, USMC, 8 June 2006</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"AnySoldier.com is truly one of the greatest resources I have experienced in my 16 years in the military!\"<div align=center><strong>Major Edwin Rice</strong>, US Army, 7 June 2006</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"Today we received a package from Arizona, now I am ensuring I state this because I do not want those supporters to feel we never responded to their great gesture, for it was dated June and July of <strong>2005</strong>.\"<div align=center><strong>MSG Theron M. Bennekin</strong>, US Army, 26 May 2006</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"The letters from the children seem to really hit home and create a motivation we as leaders are unable to attain; for that I thank you!\"<div align=center><strong>MSG Theron M. Bennekin</strong>, US Army, 26 May 2006</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"You know what, though - it\'s the letters and cards with your kind words of encouragement and support that do the most for morale and remind of why we do what we do.\"<div align=center><strong>SGT Harold Engstrom</strong>, US Army, 24 May 2006</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"A request from the one lady in our shop is for scented sprays or those glade plugins. I don\'t quite see the need, but I\'m also a guy.\"<div align=center><strong>SrA Ken Shinzato</strong>, USAF, 20 May 2006</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"Personally, hygiene is a priority.  Nothing worse than a stinky shipmate.  UGGH!!\"<div align=center><strong>OS2 Mark Johnson</strong>, US Navy, 15 May 2006</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"We also could use a few spare prayers if you have any...perhaps ask for us to be bulletproof. That would make us all very happy :-) Thanks.\"<div align=center><strong>CPL Lee Fullbright</strong>, US Army, 13 May 2006</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"Oh and we are tired of smelling each other.\"<div align=center><strong>SPC Douglas Black</strong>, US Army, 8 May 2006</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"It's something to see, as dirty and tired as they are the first thing they look for are the notes, letter and pictures you all send in the packages.\"<div align=center><strong>1SG Steven Staley</strong>, US Army, 4 May 2006</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"Female soldier is in need of Blonde hair dye. She is going crazy.\"<div align=center><strong>SGT Rhonda Stiteler</strong>, US Army, 4 May 2006</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"I never thought I would be the topic of Show and tell, How Cool.\"<div align=center><strong>SGT Ivan Tate</strong>, US Army, 1 May 2006</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"Thanks for your support since the media doesn't seem to want to support us.\"<div align=center><strong>Rudi Bethmann</strong>, US Army, 27 April 2006</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"Soldiers are entertained for hours by Yo-yos and Checkers and rubber dart guns with targets. Trust me, when there is nothing to do, it really doesn\'t take much to entertain us!\"<div align=center><strong>SGT Dallas Walker</strong>, US Army, 25 April 2006</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"I can say that Iraq is now a better place for what America has done for I have seen it with my own eyes.\"<div align=center><strong>Sergeant Major Rick Brown</strong>, US Army, 24 April 2006</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"It is organizations such as Any Soldier and the loyal Americans who participate in this program that encourages us to persevere.\"<div align=center><strong>Major Steve Girard</strong>, USMC, 20 April 2006</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"we need...smelly good stuff cuz we crammed in here like sardines.\"<div align=center><strong>SSG Ray Garcia</strong>, US Army, 19 April 2006</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"I don\'t know if you have ever lived with a bunch of men in closed quarters in a dirty and hot environment but I can tell you that it is no bed of roses.\"<div align=center><strong>SGT Kevin Farlow</strong>, US Army, 17 April 2006</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"Some guys that I am deployed with have no one to write to or call and to get a letter or package is the ultimate gift you could give them.\"<div align=center><strong>SPC Phillip Curran</strong>, US Army, 8 April 2006</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"...perhaps the greatest thing about the AnySoldier program is that it has put Soldiers and citizens of our great country in touch with one another.\"<div align=center><strong>LTC Mark Johnson</strong>, US Army, 28 March 2006</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"When we get the packages and letters they are a great thing, inside is more than goodies there is alot of love that is sent too.\"<div align=center><strong>WO1 Steven A. Calloway Sr</strong>, US Army, 26 March 2006</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"any snacks you want to send will be devoured, these guys are animals.\"<div align=center><strong>SGT Kevin Faulkner</strong>, 25 March 2006</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"we get so much candy sometimes that it mostly goes to Iraqi children (we also give them toothbrushes but they arent as well received unfortunately, children are the same no matter where you go haha).\"<div align=center><strong>SPC Daniel Ward</strong>, 20 March 2006</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"I have a special request from our guys...They wanted me to remind everyone that Bath & Body Works has a men\'s section, too! They would like some \"manly\" shower products. And they are not beyond using a \"Poof\", as long as it is a manly color and not pink or purple!! They still have to maintain their dignity as they carry it to the shower trailer.\"<div align=center><strong>MAJ Jennifer Bailey</strong>, US Army, 6 March 2006</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"The good thing about learning to drive a stick in Afghanistan is that the locals EXPECT you to hit them, so if you don\'t, it\'s a bonus for everybody!\"<div align=center><strong>LT Meghan Cumpston</strong>, 1 March 2006</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"That is a true check of the morale of the soldiers when you see the gleam in their eyes upon receiving a letter or a package at mail call.\"<div align=center><strong>Command Sergeant Major Gary Rimpley</strong>, US Army, 27 February 2006</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"These types of programs really help to raise troop moral and I can\'t say enough to thank you for what you are doing to bring a touch of home to us folks out here in the field.\"<div align=center><strong>SGM Mark D. Smith</strong>, US Army, 27 February 2006</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"Our unit has a strange condition where the worse the weather gets, the more motivated they get.  Strange but very good!\"<div align=center><strong>2LT Mike Wetter</strong>, US Army, 19 February 2006</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"The heartfelt things that you carefully pack into the boxes and send to people like us, of whom you don\'t even know, gives us a little slice of home, which is a little slice of Heaven.\"<div align=center><strong>SFC Scott Haarer</strong>, US Army 16 February 2006</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"You are the best supporting organization for the military. Thank you.\"<div align=center><strong>SSG Bryan Posta</strong>, US Army, 14 February 2006</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"A year is a long time, but we made it and every individual behind AnySoldier played a big part in keeping our morale high!\"<div align=center><strong>1LT Katherine Macomb,</strong> US Army, 5 February 2006</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"Soldiers here look forward to letters, cards and the little treats that people send makes us feel like we have a larger family than just the military.\"<div align=center><strong>SSG Sonja M. Smithsummers</strong>, 3 February 2006</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"Also, we are in the rainy season here...so when it rains your knee deep in \"peanut butter\". The ground here is clay so the mud sticks to everything...what a mess.\"<div align=center><strong>1LT Caroline Hamilton</strong>, USA, 20 January 2006</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"Since joining AnySoldier.com and encouraging the Soldiers in my unit to join I have seen motivation levels, and the sheer will to fight and survive increase three fold. This program is a lifesaver to say the least not just for the Army but throughout all branches of service.\"<div align=center><strong>SSG Joe A. Gutierrez</strong>, USA, 18 January 2006</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"Your support is vital to our success and you are making a difference in the health welfare and morale of the soldiers you support.\"<div align=center><strong>LTC Craig Triscari</strong>, USA, 11 January 2006</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"This has been the greatest support I have ever experienced and will forever be thankful!!!\"<div align=center><strong>SSgt Ven DeLaGarza</strong>, USAF, 11 January 2006</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"Please remember, our soldiers need things that are small and useful; like cookies :)\"<div align=center><strong>SPC Michelle Armstead</strong>, US Army, 9 January 2006</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"I take this time to thank AnySoldier.com. What a successful and mindful program. It has created the best known vehicle to communicate the needs and wishes of the troops overseas with the supportive folks back home in the states.\"<div align=center><strong>1LT Jon Cope</strong>, 4 January 2006</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"We have found as soldiers that it is far more important to hear from someone back home who cares, than to be clean or smell nice. Letters... PLEASE.\"<div align=center><strong>SPC Joshua Burnett</strong>, 3 January 2006</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"Since joining AnySoldier.com and encouraging the Soldiers in my unit to join I have seen motivation levels, and the sheer will to fight and survive increase three fold. This program is a lifesaver to say the least not just for the Army but throughout all branches of service.\"<div align=center><strong>1SG Walter Moore</strong>, 27 December 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"I actually recieved mail and boxes on Christmas Day and that shows that Santa Clause is supporting AnySoldier also.\"<div align=center><strong>SSG Christopher L. McWillis Sr</strong>, 26 December 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"We love death. The US loves life. That is the difference between us.\"<div align=center><strong>Bin Laden</strong></div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"Even a letter or a card has been instrumental in lifting the spirits of my soldiers.  They have had smiles on their faces for the last two months, all because of YOU.\"<div align=center><strong>CPT Cynthia Moore, USA</strong>, 16 December 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"Some heroes wear a cape and ride in a Batmobile.  My hero wears camo and rides in a convoy..\"<div align=center><strong>Sienna, daughter of CPL Brenda Kay Berger</strong></div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"I dont know how to thank you, so I will just say THANKS! I have never met you, nor probaly ever will, but I take pride and courage in the fact you support us, not ever knowing us, it gives us hope out here.\"<div align=center><strong>SPC Bradley Peace</strong>, 13 December 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"This program is probably one of the best for the MWR (Morale, Welfare, & Recreation) of any soldier stationed in a combat zone.\"<div align=center><strong>SGT Paul Granville</strong>, 9 December 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"I will never be the same after all that I have seen but because of your love and compassion I think that I will leave here a good man that has not lost his ability to love.\"<div align=center><strong>SPC Robert Butler</strong>, 1 December 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"I am living on top of a hill top some where in Iraq.\"<div align=center><strong>SGT Ommannan Gonzalez</strong>, 30 November 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"As a leader of Marines I can tell you all, when mail call comes there is electricity in the air, a motivation of sorts, emanating from the troops and morale increases ten fold.\"<div align=center><strong>Sgt Jesse Lang, USMC</strong>, 27 November 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"Soldiers can rely on several things in a combat zone and one of the new additions is the outstanding support from our fellow Americans at AnySoldier.com.\"<div align=center><strong>LTC Craig Triscari</strong>, 22 November 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"I think one of the SPC who was helping me open the boxes said it best, \"I love our country! Our peeps rock!\" What can I say he\'s 19...I think it means you guys are great!\"<div align=center><strong>1LT Kara Beattie</strong>, 22 November 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"I\'m still in awe when I see a marine smile from ear to ear because he received a bag of ground coffee or something as simple as a bottle of bubbles.\"<div align=center><strong>LTJG Anjeanette Cole</strong>, 21 November 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"It hurts to know that a simple package or letter to any given soldier or marine could possibly be the last piece of love he gets before heading out to his last patrol. It hurts. But in a good way\"<div align=center><strong>SGT Brian Horn</strong>, 19 November 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"One thing I would really love is some Starbucks coffee. Somehow after 230 years of existance the Army still hasn\'t quite mastered the ability to make a cup of coffee that tastes like anything but swill.\"<div align=center><strong>SGT John Copado</strong>, 8 November 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"With wind comes dust storms, so we\'ve been busy cleaning sand from our 2,000 body parts!\"<div align=center><strong>Brad W. Henry, USN</strong>, 31 October 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"I believe the US army is only as good as the support it gets from back home.\"<div align=center><strong>SPC Keith M. Cahill</strong>, 30 October 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"Continue having these guys in your heart, because these guys have America in their heart.\"<div align=center><strong>SSG Steve Szakal</strong>, 27 October 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"The best care package would be your prayers.\"<div align=center><strong>SGT Frank Werts</strong>, 19 October 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"Imagine you\'re sending a care package to camp, except this time the camp on the other side of the lake likes to fire mortars.\"<div align=center><strong>SrA Jeffrey A. Mangalin</strong>, 8 October 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"The snack packages especially are the equivalent of ringing a dinner bell.  The place could be deserted, but the sound of stuff being dumped on the table brings people out of the woodwork!\"<div align=center><strong>2ndLt D.B. Conrad</strong>, 3 October 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"After seeing the price of freedom I think that I\'ll take more responsibility about my freedoms back home.\"<div align=center><strong>LT (Dr.) Brenton C. Hill, 1 October 2005</strong></div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"You know you\'re deployed when a twinkie is the best thing you\'ve eaten in a week...\"<div align=center><strong>SFC Michael Bachini</strong>, 30 September 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"If you find yourself in a fair fight, you didn\'t plan properly.\"<div align=center><strong>CW2 Wayne McCullough</strong>, 26 September 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"All of our food is called t-rations.  It is basically a big microwave dinner.  Not like momma used to make.\"<div align=center><strong>SPC Jeffrey Johnson</strong>, 21 September 2005</div>" 
SoldierText[number++] = "\"Our packages sometimes sit in the Sun for hours if not days and as much as we all enjoy real chocolate, it is hard to suck it out of a cardboard box.\"<div align=center><strong>Captain Bart MacManus</strong>, USMC, 21 September 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"It is a wonderful thing this AnySoldier.com, Anyone who says differently just come live in my boots for a day!\"<div align=center><strong>SGT Kenneth Peck</strong>, 8 September 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"Every Marine knows the mail call by heart. They never have to be reminded to go check the pile to see if something has come for their specific shops. It\'s funny because they will forget to eat, drink, and sleep but they will always remember to check for mail!\"<div align=center><strong>CWO Robert Buerken</strong>, USMC, 01 September 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"AnySoldier is truly a soldier\'s best friend.\"<div align=center><strong>SGT John Roberts</strong>, 25 August 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"Because of your organization we will not wake up in 20 or 30 years and realize that we could have done our part, but did not.  We have learned from our mistakes. Thank you for showing us the way.\"<div align=center><strong>Any Soldier Supporter Brenda</strong>, TX, 25 August 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"AnySoldier.com is the feeding ground of Guardian Angels.\"<div align=center>-Marty, 24 August 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"Mail call is the most anticipated part of our day, and because of your generosity, more and more soldiers are coming away with a smile... touched by words from home.\"<div align=center><strong>SSG Sarah Campbell</strong>, 22 August 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"I do have something to add, of the many bases I visit on duty, every soldier I speak to has high regards for AnySoldier.com and I am proud of you all for helping all of us out here. You are doing a sterling job\"<div align=center><strong>Col. J.Discoll</strong>,  USMC, 21 August 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"We volunteer to protect and defend the constitution of our country, and will continue to do so against all enemies, but you are the heroes who inspire and keep us going. The force of our mighty military is not in the weapons, it is the might of a great and supportive nation of volunteers.\"<div align=center><strong>Capt. Herschel Criner</strong>, 20 August 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"Thank you for your support during these trying times.  You have made a difference and it is your service that we will tell our grandchildren about someday.\"<div align=center><strong>Capt. Herschel Criner</strong>, 20 August 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"I cant get some of my best friends from back home to email me, but total strangers spend their own time and money to support us. Its truly awesome.\"<div align=center><strong>SPC Scott D. Pugh</strong>, 31 July 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"The Iraqis that don\'t try to kill us are actually pretty cool.\"<div align=center><strong>SGT Charles Vieira</strong>, 21 July 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"Imagine a fire-breathing dragon with asthma and that\'s what August looks like to most of us as it looms in a few weeks.\"<div align=center><strong>SPC Damien Marts</strong>, 19 July 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"This is my second tour into beautiful Afghanistan (I was thinking about buying a vacation home here).\"<div align=center><strong>Jeffrey E. Tavernaro</strong>, 18 July 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"I wish I could bottle the feeling it gives me to be treated with respect by these Heroes of today and tomorrow. Crack Cocaine would never stand a chance if I could get that feeling into an ingestible form.\"<div align=center><strong>GySgt Maurice Y. Brown</strong>, 17 July 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"I\'m still here in Iraq and doing a good job from what I hear.\"<div align=center><strong>Cpl Emet Hernandez</strong>, 13 July 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"I made it back to Kuwait to no water for showers nor toilets and 105 degrees f. at midnight. The port-a-jons are sweltering like crock pots.\"<div align=center><strong>Captain Jeffrey L. Davis</strong>, 13 July 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"We will keep the terrorist\'s afraid and keep them away from our country.\"<div align=center><strong>Sgt Marlon McKenzie</strong>,  USMC, 12 July 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"Nothing I have done, as of yet, compares to the strenth, courage, and honor that you have given us here.\"<div align=center><strong>AA Christy Hernandez</strong>, USN, 28 June 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"Regardless of your individual political beliefs or your feelings about this war, we love you all for the show of solidarity and the way you stood united as a people in support of the men and women of The United States Armed Forces.\"<div align=center><strong>SGT Joseph Herbst</strong>, 23 June 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"I have seen first hand how Any Soldier packages have lifted morale and encouraged Service personnel to strive harder in the War on Terror.\"<div align=center><strong>LTC Al MacKinnon</strong>, 22 June 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"The packages are great, but the real morale booster will always be knowing that we\'re supported back home.\"<div align=center><strong>1LT Brian Findlay</strong>, 21 June 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"Every day I pray to Allah to support the American Army and keep them safe from terrorists. [We] must stick together...good Iraqi\'s and Americans, in building Democracy in Iraq. I love Americans.\"<div align=center><strong>Adnan Mohamed</strong>, friend of CPT Erik B Knutsen, 13 June 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"It not the boxes that count, its the heart you send within that counts.\"<div align=center><strong>SSG Paula Henderson</strong>, 11 June 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"We could also use air freshener because after boots have been worn all day they can really give a unique smell to the cramped living quarters\"<div align=center><strong>CWO3 Dwayne A. Green</strong>, 11 June 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"Without Any Soldier, nobody would have known we exsisted, Thank You again for making our presence known over here, in this big Sand Box.\"<div align=center><strong>Sgt Tiffany S. Smith</strong>, 11 June 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"All I ask for is that any soldier keep doing what they are doing and nothing more...great job and thanks from the bottom of OUR hearts. Thanks!!!.\"<div align=center><strong>Cpl Phillip Linn</strong>, 10 June 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"No one understands the importance of mail in this situation until you\'ve been through it.  It is the biggest morale booster there is.\"<div align=center><strong>Cpl Cameron Cook</strong>, 7 June 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"The content is not too important - the best part of a \'care package\' is the \'care\'...\"<div align=center><strong>CPT Cameron L. Magee</strong>, 1 June 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"You don\'t realize the power of music until you see Americans, Filipinos, and others join in on \"Achy, Breaky Heart.\"  God bless Billy Ray Cyrus.\"<div align=center><strong>Chaplain Randy Curry</strong>, 28 May 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"All is well in the land of sand.  It is hot of course.  On the bright side, we get that expensive sauna treatment everyday, everywhere we go, for free.\"<div align=center><strong>Chaplain Randy Curry</strong>, 28 May 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"We truly appreciate the support, not just the items that are in the care packages, but the care that went into sending them to us is what makes us happy.\"<div align=center><strong>SSG Daniel D. Hine</strong>, 26 May 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"During this time of hardship, packages from Any Soldier were greatly needed and appreciated. Any contact with home, with fellow patriots has been a healing salve. Thanks again for all you do, America\'s warriors love you for it!\"<div align=center><strong>CW2 Ed Maynard</strong>, 26 May 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"Personally, the only thing I would want for myself is the ability to go back to school when I get home.\"<div align=center><strong>SPC Otto B Wilkinson</strong>, 16 May 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"Some heros wear a cape and ride in a batmobile...my hero wears camo and rides in a convoy.....\"<div align=center>(from my daughter Sienna) <strong>CPL Brenda Kay Berger</strong>, 14 May 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"Thanks to you, many Marines have new friends all over the United States, and have received hundreds of care package items that give them a temporary feeling of home, in a place that resembles nothing like it.\"<div align=center><strong>CWO2 Shawn Harris</strong>, 12 May 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"Our current mission is two fold. We eithor drive a lot or we sit a lot watching people.\"<div align=center><strong>SSG William Touchtone</strong>, 12 May 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"Now we do the wonderful field mission of the MP Corps.  Everything else!\"<div align=center><strong>PFC Matthew Williams</strong>, 12 May 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"Any Soldier truly is helping to win this war on terror.\"<div align=center><strong>SGT Ryan Midolo</strong>, 12 May 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"The weather here is starting to heat up.  The warm season is about to begin its reign of terror on soldiers.  Temperatures will reach highs of 125 - 130 degrees.  To bad they never invented portable rain.\"<div align=center><strong>SGT(P) Steven Carpenter</strong>, 10 May 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"Freedom isn\'t free......But I\'ll pay so you don\'t have to.\"<div align=center><strong>PFC Stephanie Spurs</strong>, 9 May 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"My son is too young to understand why Mommy had to go away. I told him that I was going to go save the world and protect his backyard from harm. He really likes his back yard.\"<div align=center><strong>SrA Saadia Payne</strong>, 7 May 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"I have many disagreements with my government, and with the USPS, but thank God on high for Flat Rate boxes!\"<div align=center>Supporter and Mom of an AnySoldier.com contact<br><strong>Frankie (LaVerne) Zehrung</strong>, 7 May 2005, </div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"We have enough Hair color. Our female says \"what are you guys trying to tell me\" so no more of that, but they could use Gel or Hair spray..\"<div align=center><strong>SSgt Mike Murrell</strong>, 5 May 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"Food is never around long enough to figure out what they like or don\'t, so everything is great..\"<div align=center><strong>SFC Gerald Caetano</strong>, 4 May 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"In iraq everything is broken and if its not broke, just wait 10 mins.\"<div align=center><strong>SPC Abraham Pendon</strong>, 4 May 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"I don\'t have to tell you that we go thru coffee like a bunch of frat guys cramming for an exam!\"<div align=center><strong>Sgt M. A. Villarreal</strong>, 1 May 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"To help you determine what to send I\'ve composed the TOP TEN things you can send us in Iraq list. 10. A melted 10 day old boxed melted Easter Bunny (please no).\"<div align=center><strong>Gary Bourland</strong>, 29 April 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"I have great sand here just no ocean to go with it.\"<div align=center><strong>SPC Frank Thiele</strong>, 22 April 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"Your really not sending packages your sending LOVE.\"<div align=center><strong>SPC Darrell Jones</strong>, 20 April 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"All of the platoon has a slingshot now. The rats don\'t stand a chance now and the number of dead rats is getting pretty high.\"<div align=center><strong>GySgt Shawn T O\'Hea</strong>, 14 April 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"We are about 5,000 soccer balls from making Iraq a free country.\"<div align=center><strong>CPT Todd Benson</strong>12 April 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"......and on the seventh day, when he saw that all was good, the Lord rest.... (this is when he sent his angels to look after everyone, and he called them, AnySoldier.com.\"<div align=center><strong>SGT Richard Price</strong>, 07 April 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"As far as what we need, speciffically things like envelopes, stationary, pens. None of us brought anything to mail stuff home, and would rather not let our loved ones know what insensitive jerks we are.\"<div align=center><strong>SPC Daniel Crimmins</strong>, 06 April 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"I have to admit though, that since discovering this program I have had a definite decrease in my \'slush fund\' and I couldn\'t think of a better reason to have a Dr Pepper and a cheeseburger instead of a beer and a steak!\"<div align=center><strong>Tina</strong>, AnySoldier.com supporter, 6 April 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"Some of us got so free we forgot it was the brave who made it possible.\"<div align=center><strong>Abbie</strong>, AnySoldier.com supporter, 4 April 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"being a Marine is awesome. sometimes its hard and u wanna quit. but for me i think of my 5 year old sister back home. i dont want her to grow up and not have to worry about terrorism. shes my motivation. so are you. thanks for your love and support.\"<div align=center><strong>LCpl Christopher T. Garza</strong>, 02 April 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"The Buddy System Is Critical To Your Survival. It Gives The Enemy Someone Else To Shoot At.\"<div align=center><strong>SFC Bradley J. O\'DELL</strong>\'s email signature, 2 April 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"A big one that no one mentioned, but I think they need is foot powder and inserts. Those tents can get stinky real quick with all those stinky feet.\"<div align=center><strong>Sgt Kelvin D Smith</strong>, 30 March 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"It\'s nice to see how much the American public supports us.  It is definitely a different country from the one that sent my dad to Viet Nam.\"<div align=center><strong>CPT Keith Kramer</strong>, 30 March 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"We also have had a serious chocolate famine and a couple of my comrades and a few females I know are going crazy.\"<div align=center><strong>SPC Paul Jarrell</strong>, 29 March 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"For everyone\'s kindness, support and generosity, thank you. The Soldiers have never felt forgotten due to you. Your mission is accomplished. Your efforts are successful. Know that in your heart.\"<div align=center><strong>CPT Lynda Gerhart</strong>, 24 March 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"To the bad guys reading this (and I know they do) you cant have anything from our care packages unless you come get them from a Marine. We would love to meet you.\"<div align=center><strong>CPT Gary Bourland</strong>, 20 March 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"We, unfortunately, rely on things not available to us in country to maintain high morale, esprit de corps, and mental focus.  For example, Skittles...\"<div align=center>Marine <strong>1LT Kim Rossiter</strong>, 17 March 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"As far as the outside world we really dont get to talk to our loved ones because the phones keep going down! thank god for the use of internet, and anysoldier.com\"<div align=center><strong>SPC Michael Wagner</strong>, 16 March 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"As for requests i have many soldiers who are missing girl scout cookies, it seems that there is a lack of girl scouts out and about selling cookies here.\"<div align=center><strong>1LT William Garrison</strong>, Iraq, 15 March 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"I have seen tears of disbelief coming from grown men at the humble experience of open a package from a stranger and feeling the warmth of pride and concern flow out of the box top.\"<div align=center><strong>GySgt Maurice Y Brown</strong>, 10 March 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"Our unit is composed of almost every nationality, but our cohesion is stronger than krazy glue.\"<div align=center><strong>SGT Luz Rosario</strong>, 8 March 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"The AnySoldier program is so addicting. It\'s like the old Lay\'s Potato Chip commercials--hard to stop at one (or 5 or even 50).\"<div align=center><strong>Joy Matsuura</strong>, 6 March 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"Congratulations on passing 2,000 contacts!   Wow! When I started last June it was 139.   You\'ve invented a new kind of Miracle-Gro!\"<div align=center>Supporter <strong>Sharon</strong>, 5 March 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"I can\'t wait to get back and send out some packages of my own.  If someone opening one feels even a fraction of the gratitude I feel when I get a package from you all, it will have been well worth it.\"<div align=center><strong>SA Jeff Tellock</strong>, 3 March 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"I don\'t care if your on the front line in a foxhole getting shot at or lifting crates in the rear area, you are a soldier of these United States and you deserve one hell of a hug.\"<div align=center><strong>TreatAnySoldier Supporter</strong>, 28 February 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"once you\'ve played your games, then your buddies games, you are left with the worst enemy, boredom!(ok, after bullets and the heat, both increasing)\"<div align=center><strong>SPC Scott Soulia</strong>, 25 February 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"The weather is our biggest headache (that I can discuss) and the mud generated by the rainy season is so much like Georgia or Kentucky clay that I almost expect my drill instructor to pop out of the ground and drop me.\"<div align=center><strong>SGT James Bramell</strong>, 25 February 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"Finding the country and its local populace to generally be alright but the average concensus is that sanitary concerns keep the tourists away.\"<div align=center><strong>PFC Ryan E van Hoy</strong>, 23 February 2005, </div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"The Female Marines said they had no special requests, they have their hygeine gear and will mooch off of our snacks and movies/cd\'s\"<div align=center><strong>Cpl Kyle Stanford</strong>, 23 February 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"You see a soldier is not a complicated individual but a very simple one all he or she needs to know that someone out there appriciates what they are doing.\"<div align=center><strong>SGT Juan Valencia</strong>, 21 February 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"The happiest day of my life recently was the advent of the FLAT RATE BOX!!!\"<div align=center>Support Junkie <strong>Eileen</strong>, 16 February 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"I know how much the boxes we received meant to the soldiers who received so this past week I sent five care packages out to different contacts to show my appreciation for their service.\"<div align=center><strong>SSG Mickela Mercado</strong>, AnySoldier contact now back in the United States, 16 February 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"Even my most cynical soldier has a hard time thinking that we are forgotten about with the packages that you are all sending.\"<div align=center><strong>CPT Bruce Griffin</strong>, 16 February 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"Go Army, Hooah.\"<div align=center><strong>Cpl Lisa L Greeson</strong> (a Marine!), 16 February 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"In training for the coveted anysoldier.com junky position, Abbie\"<div align=center><strong>Supporter Abbie Alvin</strong>, 15 February 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"The \"National Fabric\" of the USA is stronger than ever and your support demonstrates this.\"<div align=center><strong>MAJ Reggie Bostick</strong>, 14 February 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"Keep the prayers coming.\"<div align=center><strong>CPT Kelley Mc Intyre</strong>, 13 February 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"COFFEE PLEASE\"<div align=center><strong>LCpl Arthur A Stuart</strong>, 13 February 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"To be a Soldier has its own ways of making us feel proud to be an American, but to have the people we defend and love, care for us as Soldiers makes everyday we are here a little easier.\"<div align=center><strong>SFC John N. Valentine</strong>, 9 February 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"We get contact(with the terrorists or anti-Iraqi forces) at least a few times a week and they\'re usually not to pleased with the outcome.\"<div align=center><strong>PFC Rich Warner</strong>, 8 February 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"I read your site to lift my spirits...not only from the great letters from our guys and gals overseas but from the description of the generosity of our nation.  It helps to wipe out the pain of how my Dad was treated after Viet Nam.  He would be so proud.\"<div align=center>Supporter <strong>Kim Brogan</strong>, 7 February  2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"If anyone had doubts about our younger generations, your site would dispel that.\"<div align=center>Supporter <strong>Kim Brogan</strong>, 7 February 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"As I have told my co-workers and friends, this could quite possibly be the last act of kindness some of these kids will know on this earth.\"<div align=center>Supporter <strong>Viola Collins</strong>, 4 February 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"We enjoy the letters and gifts.  Most of all we appreciate the support, thoughts and kind words.\"<div align=center><strong>SSG Brian Hess</strong>, 3 February 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"Throw all the bombs you want at us, we\'re just going to keep coming.\"<div align=center><strong>SGT Cody Lambert</strong>, 3 February 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"We have some who, much to my surprise can actually read books with out pictures  :)\"<div align=center><strong>SSgt Krenek</strong>, 1 February 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"I had to come here to see America at it\'s best.\"<div align=center><strong>Colonel</strong>, U.S. Army Reserve, in Baghdad, 30 Jan 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"Be thankful of where you are...and who you are with. i\'m spending my valentines day with a bunch of burping, farting, smelly men.\"<div align=center><strong>SSG Buchanan</strong>, 28 January 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"We might be soldiers, but we also have hearts.\"<div align=center><strong>SPC Neri</strong>, 27 Jan 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"Our cooking ablity is limited to boiling water and burning it in the microwave.\"<div align=center><strong>SGT Caoili</strong>, 22 Jan 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"I\'m a Soldier stationed at the Pentagon. While every job is important I cannot express the guilt that is attached to a beltway assignment.\"<div align=center>(Better not to be named...), 21 Jan 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"It\'s truly motivating to know that no matter how slow mail gets sometimes, it is guaranteed that someone within my unit will receive something from you all.\"<div align=center><strong>SPC Taylorv</strong>, 21 Jan 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"We have had some snow, and lots of Rain.  The Afghan\'s blamed the drought on the Russians, but I haven\'t heard them praise anyone but Allah for the Rain.  Interesting.\"<div align=center><strong>CPT Zehrung</strong>, 21 Jan 2005</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"I\'m as liberal (and french!) as you can get. My mouth has hated this war from day one, but my heart has *always* been with the soldiers. I\'m finally putting my money not just where my mouth is but, finally, where my heart is. Thank you for this website. (yes, I\'m still crying as I write this).\"<div align=center><strong>Pascal</strong>, 22 Dec 2004</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"the weather here is exactly what every OTHER soldier on this website has talked about. cold, with a chance of &quot;freeze your butt.&quot;\"<div align=center><strong>SSG Buchanan</strong>, 19 December 2004</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"Semper Gumby, which roughly translates into Always Flexible.\"<div align=center><strong>Sgt Erik Turner</strong>, 12 Dec 2004</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"There arent any female soldiers in my unit so we dont need any feminine products however scented bodywash would be nice since we all stink.\"<div align=center><strong>SPC James C Thomas</strong>, 23 Nov 2004</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"I never thought sending pop-tarts to the mid-east could be so empowering and life changing but it has been.\"<div align=center>A supporter, 2 Nov 2004</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"Of course soap, razors, toothbrushes, ect. can be used because dirt is the only thing here that is easy to find.\"<div align=center><strong>SPC Adam Nelsen</strong>, 30 Oct 2004</div>"
SoldierText[number++] = "\"The \"Any Soldier\" campaign has seen tears from some, given hope to most, and has been inspirational to us all.\"<div align=center><strong>SGT Brian Horn</strong>, 7 November 2003</div>"
QuotesIncrement = Math.floor(Math.random() * number);