Removed at the contact's request. See his comments below. --Support Team
16 Jul 2005:
To our friends at Anysoldier,
Please take my name of the list for anysoldier.
My team and I will be redeploying soon.
I would like to thank eveyone at anysoldier for all their wonderful help while we were in Iraq. You have definately made a difference for us. Thank you all and God Bless,
Sincerely,
Keith Donahoe
05 Jun 2005
Hello to all our friends at Anysoldier.com
I have been asked to send an updated request from Moonbase Kasik.
We have been asked to gather more school supplies and basic medical supplies for villages we may operate in. If people would like to send pens, pencils, papers, erasers, bandages and Neosporin, and other basic school and medical supplies it would help us assist in putting Iraq back on its feet. We would like to get a large amount of items sent in to be ready for when school starts again here in the fall.
We still would like some things such as small mirrors( 8X 10 Inche size), fly swatters, gym equipment, shower curtains, and rods,document protectors, photo paper, thumb drives, blank CDs, and other basic office supplies, 2-3" binders, hangars, small flashlights that can take infrared lenses, cleaning supplies(Brushes, soft bristled brooms, spic and span wipes, Armor all window wipes,etc), poptarts, easy mac, darts and a regular dartboard, astronaut ice cream, avery white postcards#5389, hand cleaner, blank postcards, thumbdrives for computers, small microwave safe bowls for cooking, crackers, drink mixes, SD and multimedia memory cards, lense cleaning cloths, US flag patches, vitamins, scales so we can track our weight, collapsible coolers, Kurdish-English Dictionaries, Arabic-English Dictionaries, English Dictionary, thesarus', ascetate, cheap CD players, spices and Soy Sauce, etc
Oreo cookies and nutri grain bars are really popular but healthy snacks would be good as well.
We are still short adaptors for foreign plugs because we the ones we have do not stand up well to constant use. Power surges have blown a lot of fuses lately. We can still use coffee, tea, sugar, magazines, DVDs, aaa and aa batteries, toiletries, snacks, underarmor, metric automotive tools, and a large converter. We can also use almost any exercise equipment that people would like to send.
We have plenty of beanie babies and religious items now. Chocolate and anything that will melt is not good to send anymore. It is already too hot to send that. Things here are a lot better here largely thanks to anysoldier. Things are very fluid here now and I will try to update the webpage when I can. I have kept some things on our request list because we have not got things for everyone here, especially as people rotate in and out.
Thank you all again for your support.
Sincerely,
Keith
17 Apr 2005
Hello to all our friends at Anysoldier.com
I am back from leave, and I wanted to send an updated request from Moonbase Kasik.
We still need some basic office supplies such as document protectors, photo paper, thumb drives, blank CDs, possibly a small printer and other basic office supplies, 2-3" binders, hangars, small flashlights that can take infrared lenses, cleaning supplies(Brushes, soft bristled brooms, spic and span wipes, Armor all window wipes,etc), sandpaper, poptarts, easy mac, darts for a regular dartboard, astronaut ice cream, avery white postcards#5389, Color printer ribbon 27 for a lexmark Z515 printer, black printer ribbon 16 for a lexmark Z515 printer, hand cleaner, blank postcards, thumbdrives for computers, small microwave safe bowls for cooking, crackers, SD and multimedia memory cards, lense cleaning cloths, US flag patches, vitamins, scales so we can track our weight, collapsible coolers, small jars of vaseline, Kurdish-English Dictionaries, Arabic-English Dictionaries, English Dictionary, thesarus, Soy Sauce, rasers, shaving cream, etc
We have been asked to gather school supplies and even some basic medical supplies for villages we may operate in. If people would like to send pens, pencils, papers, erasers, bandages and Neosporin, and other basic school and medical supplies it would help us assist in putting Iraq back on its feet.
We are still short adaptors for foreign plugs because we the ones we have do not stand up well to constant use. We can still use coffee, tea, sugar, magazines, CDs, DVDs, aaa and aa batteries, toiletries, snacks, underarmor, metric automotive tools, and a large converter. We can also use almost any exercise equipment that people would like to send.
Picture books or magazines that show how beautiful the US is and present a positive view of America would be nice to have as well that we can share with the Iraqis we work with
We have plenty of beanie babies and religious items now. Chocolate and anything that will melt is not good to send anymore. It is already too hot to send that. Things here are a lot better here largely thanks to anysoldier. Things are very fluid here now and I will try to update the webpage when I can. I have kept some things on our request list because we have not got things for everyone here, especially as people rotate in and out.
Thank you all again for your support. You all really help us grasp the depth of support we have at home. On my journeys while I was on leave everyone was incredibly suypportive as well.
Sincerely,
Keith
21 Mar 2005
Hello I am a going on R&R for a few weeks so please do not send anything else to me until 15 April. We appreciate all that we get but my fellow soldiers may not like moving my mail around if I am not there to help.
We got a lot of nice things in the mail yesterday. You all made a lot of people's day.
Thank you for your support and consideration.
Keith
24 Feb 2005
Hello Marty and our friends at Any Soldier,
Thank you again for taking care of us. We received a lot of packages and letters yesterday, and will try to answer what we can, but I do not think we will be able to answer all of them indicidually. Please know that we appreciate everyone's support from back home, and will share everthing with our fellow soldiers on post.
Thank you all very Much,
Sincerely,
Keith Donahoe
20 Feb 2005
Hello to all our friends at Anysoldier.com
Here is an updated request from us at Monbase kasik.
My fellow soldiers have also asked for basic office supplies such as document protectors, photo paper, thumb drives, blank CDs, possibly a small printer and other basic office supplies. Also a few of them have specifically asked for Sunday School Books and catholic Missalettes( Guide for Daily Mass) ,scotch tape, magnetic clips, They are also asking for other things like Colman's mustard, 2-3" binders, hangars, small flashlights that can take infrared lenses, small measuring beakers(1-2 Cup size), 1 cup coffee makers, cleaning supplies(Brushes, soft bristled brooms, spic and span wipes, Armor all window wipes,etc), sandpaper, poptarts, easy mac, Ramen noodles, darts for a regular dartboard, astronaut ice cream, avery white postcards#5389, Color printer ribbon 27 for a lexmark Z515 printer, black printer ribbon 16 for a lexmark Z515 printer, hand cleaner, blank postcards, thumbdrives for computers, small microwave safe bowls for cooking, crackers, silverware (some of the soldiers are getting tired of plastic), crackers, SD and multimedia memory cards, lense cleaning cloths, US flag patches, vitamins, scales so we can track our weight, collapsible coolers, small jars of vaseline, Kurdish-English Dictionaries, Arabic-English Dictionaries, English Dictionary, thesarus, Soy Sauce, healthy cereal like cheerios, grape nuts, etc
We have been asked to gather school supplies and even some basic medical supplies for villages we may operate in. If people would like to send pens, pencils, papers, erasers, bandages and Neosporin, and other basic school and medical supplies it would help us assist in putting Iraq back on its feet. The kids like small stuffed animals and hard candy as well.
We are still short adaptors for foreign plugs because we the ones we have do not stand up well to constant use. We can still use coffee, tea, sugar, magazines, CDs, DVDs, aaa and aa batteries, toiletries, snacks, underarmor, metric automotive tools, and a large converter. We can also use almost any exercise equipment that people would like to send.
Picture books or magazines that show how beautiful the US is and present a positive view of America would be nice to have as well
As always Any soldier makes us feel like kids at Christmas requesting all of these things. Please be assured we do not expect anything or take it for granted. Mail is very slow coming to us and we really appreciate all the effort our fellow patriots are making to help us out. We can not hope to repay all the kindness they have shown to us.
Thank you again,
Sincerely
LTC Keith Donahoe
11 Feb 2005
Our mailing adress got simpler. Here it is. Using this format will supposedly help us get mail faster
LTC Keith Donahoe
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09 Feb 2005
Hello to all our friends at Anysoldier.com
Yesterday we finally got our first big mail shipment since before the elections. On behalf of my men and fellow soldiers I would like to thank everyone for their support. I will try to write a quick note to everyone I can but it may take me a while. I believe every soldier got something especially several who did not get any mail.
Thank you all very much for all your support and generosity.
Keith
03 Feb 2005
Dear Marty and our friends at Anysoldier.com,
Thank you very much for all the prayers and other support you sent us which helped make our role in supporting the elections a success. Please be assured the Iraqi soldiers and people are true patriots and heros for having the courage to make it a great success.
We have been asked to gather school supplies and even some basic medical supplies for villages we may operate in. If people would like to send pens, pencils, papers, erasers, bandages and Neosporin, and other basic school and medical supplies it would help us assist in putting Iraq back on its feet. The kids like small stuffed animals and hard candy as well.
My fellow soldiers have also asked for basic office supplies such as document protectors, photo paper, thumb drives, blank CDs, possibly a small printer and other basic office supplies. Also a few of them have specifically asked for Sunday School Books and catholic Missalettes( Guide for Daily Mass)
Soldiers have also asked for small boxes of healthy cereal like cheerios, grape nuts, etc.
We are still short adaptors for foreign plugs because we the ones we have do not stand up well to constant use.
We can still use coffee, tea, creamer, magazines, CDs, DVDs, aaa and aa batteries, toiletries, snacks, underarmor, metric automotive tools, and a large converter.
We all thank you. I wish I could write to everyone that sends us gifts personally. I have tried really hard to do so but I have been to busy to respond to everyone. I have passed out letters to my fellow soldiers, and I hope that everyone that sent us something has heard from one of us.
Thank you all again.
Sincerely,
Keith Donahoe
15 Jan 2005
I would like to ask for one more thing. Please ask everyone to pray for a successful election and the safety of all the soldiers in Iraq whether they be coalition forces or Iraqi. For us January 30th is D Day
15 Jan 2005
To our supporters at any soldier
We recieved a lot of boxes today. Enough so that almost every soldier could open one. We recieved a lot of supplies that everyone shared. Thank you very much. I will try to write as many thank yous to the people as I can but things are geting busy here so it may take me a while.
Thank you again for your support and generiosity.
Sincerely.
Keith Donahoe
05 Jan 2005
Just a quick note to the many people that sent packages to us here at what we affectionately have named "Moonbase" Kasik My team has not recieved any mail for 40 days because we have moved around a bit.
Every soldier on our team recieved a package, and a bunch of goodies because of anysoldier.com
It was a very nice belated christmas.
It made everyone's day.
I am trying to write letters to everyone myself.
Thank you again for your support
24 Dec 2004
Marty and our friends at any soldier,
Please update our requests to add exercise or sports equipment equipment. We have a very basic gym with plenty of weights, an exercise bike and an elliptical machine but nothing else.
We have no basketball, soccer or baseball equipment but it would be nice to have.
We also have need of something to help us get organized such as hooks we can stick on the wall and plastic shelving. Adapters for foreign electrical plugs would also help us out. We are working on trying to talk to people at home via the internet so headsets with a microphone that would enable us to do that would be great.
We sleep on beds most of the time but we need sheets for the mattresses.
We still need coffee, tea, creamer, magazines, CDs, DVDs, aaa and aa batteries, toiletries, snacks, underarmor, sweatshirts most are metric automotive tools for the vehicles we use, baby wipes from home. A converter and a microwave would be great to have if we could get one. We have things now but we wear them out or use them quickly here. Letters from home are also appreciated.
Thank you for your time and support of us.
Any soldier makes us feel like kids at Christmas requesting all of these things. Please be assured we do not expect anything or take it for granted.
Merry Christmas
Sincerely,
Keith Donahoe
22 Dec 2004
Dear Anysoldier.com Supporters,
We are in an isolated post in Northern Iraq. There are few western comforts here. We do not have western plumbing, a microwave or a reliable water supply although we do have electricity but it is 220. We are here to train Iraqi soldiers and teach them about democracy in the process. We use their equipment and vehicles.
We found out about the any soldier soldier program from a fellow soldier CPT Donald Peterson who shared some stuff he received with us. There was not enough for everyone though. We have been traveling for Over a month so it was the first mail we had received in that time.
We have plenty of water to drink but taking a shower is difficult, so we use lots of baby wipes
The things that would help us, coffee, creamer, magazines, CDs, DVDs, aaa and aa batteries, toiletries, snacks, underarmor, sweatshirts most are metric automotive tools for the vehicles we use, baby wipes from home. A converter and a microwave would be great to have if we could get one. We have things now but we wear them out or use them quickly here. Letters from home are also appreciated.
Thank you for your time and support of us.
Sincerely,
Keith Donahoe