Operation Jonathan Etterling Care Package Lance Cpl. Jonathan E. Etterling, 22, of Wheelersburg, Ohio, was assigned to 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, 1st Marine Division.
Jonathan enlisted in the Marine Corps May 28, 2002, and attended the School of Infantry during Sept. 2002, where he trained to become a machine gunner. He arrived in Hawaii, November 2002.
He traveled with his unit to the Middle East in September, to conduct operations in support of the Global War on Terrorism.
Jonathan was killed along with his Marine buddies when his helicopter went down on January 26, 2005.
His awards included the National Defense Service Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, and the Sea Service Deployment Ribbon.
In memory and in honor of Lance Cpl. Jonathan E. Etterling, Veterans Helping Veterans & Others sends care packages to the troops each month.
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SPC John Luke Boyles
'Lord, please hold our troops in your loving hands. Protect them as they protect us. Bless them and their families for the selfless acts they perform for us in our time of need. Amen.'
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Left: SPC. Ron M. Clere & his Uncle Shelbey Carrington
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Letter From: SPC. Fannin, Shawn Received on Dec. 13, 2008
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Click on Jonathan's picture to find out more.
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Click on Soldier Boy to find out how Dollar Tree is supporting Jonathan's Care Packages for our troops.
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Become a monthly $10.00 sponsor of Operation Jonathan Etterling Care Package and receive a nice certificate and picture of Jonathan to show your support of our soldiers in Iraq & other parts of the world.
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SPC. William Pollitt is now back home with
his family, friends and loved ones. He made
it a point to stop by the thrift store to thank
everyone for the care packages he received
while in Iraq. He said how important it was
for him and the others to hear from us and to
receive the Jonathan Etterling Memorial Care
Packages. {Will} William spent the day with
us at the thrift store moving furniture and
things to sale. William is out now and happy
to be back home. Welcome home Will, we
salute you on a job well done in service to
your community and country.
Nancy McMillian
Care Package Coordinator
SSG Michael E. Russell is from the Portsmouth area.
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SSG Michael E. Russell and
wife. SSG Michael Russell's
base was blown up. Him and
his fellow troops need our
prayers.
Pictured is Nancy McMillin, our care package Coordinator & one of the troops returning from Iraq.
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Pictured is Commander Foster with one of the troops who helped coordinate the home coming.
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Nancy is pictured with a brother and his sister who served in Iraq together.
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First we want to thank the Lord for answering prayer and bringing our troops home safely from Iraq. Veterans Helping Veterans & Others salute our troops for serving to keep America safe and free. It takes a special kind of person to set their lives aside, leave their family, friends and country behind to put their lives on the line for us. It is one thing to send care packages, notes, cards, letters, pictures and keep in contact on face book, and it is quite another to finally get to see our troops in person. It sends chills up and down your back bone and brings tears to your eyes.
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WE THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But we are
still in need and are about to be in for a very hard summer here in Ghazni our mission is going to have us in our
Vehicles for long periods of time with nothing but water and MREs which will get old quick . We also have one
other Issue no one will bring us our mail our mail is very sparse we get it sometimes so if you do send
something it make take anywhere from 2 weeks to a couple of months before we get it. They are trying to fit it
on helicopters when and if they come hopefully we can secure this area somewhat and our mail will start
flowing again. We are going to need well I should say want more food items and drink mixes this kinda stuff will
be essential in keeping youre sanity. We are in MRAPs they look HUGE but are very cramped and we are
about to start living in them eating MREs so this kinda stuff will be great.
Food
Ramen noodles
Cup of noodles
Vienna Sausages!!!!!!
Peanut Butter
Chef Boyardee the lil microwaveble cans they heat up good in hot water
Payday candy bars they don’t melt out on missions
Any type of chocolate bars we can keep at the base for when we come back in like snickers,reeses,butterfingers
and anything like that
Cans of boiled peanuts
Slim Jims
Beef Jerky
A Plane Ticket Home lol
Any thing you can just add hot water to get a hot meal soup mixes
Spam
The little chicken salad and cracker packs THESE THINGS ARE WESOME AND LIGHT
Any type of crackers
COOKIES
Trail Mixes
Peanuts
Chips
Candy
Gum
Drink Mixes
Propel
Gatorade
Kool aid one guy cant get enough kool aid
Snapple
Meds the single packs
Tylenol
Pepto
Imodium its one thing of having to go and another no place to go.
Other
Baby Wipes
Those little finger toothbrushes
AAA Batteries we have run out
Eye glass cleaning wipes
Glass cleaner wipes
Those soft coolers for like a six pack the small ones
I pod chargers the ones that take aa batteries I got one at Staples before I left
About US
We are a Unit from all over South Carolina we are providing security for a Navy Provincial Reconstruction
Team our Job is to provide security why they help rebuild this country. No they do not go out and build
anything they supervise local contractors to do the work to help the economy over here. They also provide
clinics and medical support.
Our job is to make sure they can do this by providing security which Ghazni is getting very very hot and it
aint got nothing to do with temperature. We are on a polish base and do not have a PX but do have some
access to things. Our mission is shifting more to security this summer we will be worse case out for a few
days and sleeping at other bases when we can. When we do return to our base our chow hall may not be
open pending on the time that’s why some of the food items look like snacks to carry with you others are
to cook in youre B Hut ie Ramen noodles. Also we will be running all sorts of hours so its looking like alt
of MREs. Hopefully our mail will be straight soon we did have private security companies escorting the
mail trucks but there to scared to come here now.
Thank you
My Address is
Stone Matthew
PRT Ghazni
FOB Ghazni
APO AE 09354

Matthew Stone with a urgent message from Afghan
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Matthew Stone with a urgent message from Afghan
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Sgt Canupp Scott Male
Sgt Weatherly Scott Male
Sgt Miller James Male
Sgt Moore Jeremy Male
Spc Stone Matthew Male
Spc Shepard Anthony Male
Spc Turner Robert Male
PFC Bell Jessie Male
Spc Caldwell Brad Male
SSG Earnest Richard Male
PFC Washington Isaih Male
PO2 Proctor Leigh Female
SSG Austin Michael Male
Sgt Mckormick Jimmy Male
Sgt Brown Albert Male
Sgt Johnson Freddie Male
Spc Burke Ace Male
Listed are Troops wanting Jonathan Etterling Memorial Care Packages
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