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    Posted: Mar-02-2012 at 6:00am
To my RFTW family,

 A while back I asked everyone to be in prayer for my Marines as we were deploying to Afghanistan in early 2012. Well the last group has arrived now and we are all on deck preparing to begin operations. Everyone is well and in great spirits. I can't thank the RFTW family enough for their support during this deployment. I and my Marines wish you all the very best this May as you travel across the country again...part of my heart will be with you! Ride safe!

Semper Fidelis
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Originally posted by SIXSHOOTER SIXSHOOTER wrote:

To my RFTW family,

 A while back I asked everyone to be in prayer for my Marines as we were deploying to Afghanistan in early 2012. Well the last group has arrived now and we are all on deck preparing to begin operations. Everyone is well and in great spirits. I can't thank the RFTW family enough for their support during this deployment. I and my Marines wish you all the very best this May as you travel across the country again...part of my heart will be with you! Ride safe!

Semper Fidelis
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Please stay safe, and know that we are always here to support you and your marines always
 
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Be safe Gunny, prayers are with you all. If you need anything please let us know!!! We will be thinking of all of you on the Run.......
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We are all thinking about you and you will be missed on the run but we know that you will be with in spirit.  Be safe and take care!  Thoughts and prayers for you and your unit.
IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO SAY WELCOME HOME!

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Prayers until you all come home safe.  I'll miss my hugs on RFTW this year.  Let us know if there is ANYTHING we can send to make it a little more pleasurable for you all while you are there.
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We are with you, and your Marines, in spirit, just as you will be with us in spirit on our Run.  Be safe, take care of your Marines and yourself, and return to us safely.  God speed and Semper Fi.

Edited by PapaSmurf - Mar-02-2012 at 7:14am
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Be safe and always know you are in our prayers.
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You and your Marines are in our thoughts and prayers!  Let us know if you need anything at all.  I look forward to meeting you upon your return!
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Thanks for your service, SixShooter. May you and all your Marines come home safe.
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Be safe and you will have our support while you are away.
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Gunny stay safe.  Take care of the troops, the mission, stay focused, come home safe.

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Gunny, If there is any member of your team that is lacking for news or letters from home please let me know and I will take care of them asap. Be safe, Keith
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Originally posted by PARTS MAN PARTS MAN wrote:

Gunny, If there is any member of your team that is lacking for news or letters from home please let me know and I will take care of them asap. Be safe, Keith
 
I love that idea.  I also have some cub scouts that would love to send letters to their real heros!
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***UPDATE***
Well we've been on the ground now almost a month and everyone is pretty much in the swing of things and doing very well. The situation on the ground here remains pretty stable despite what you mgiht hear in the media. All of the support from the RFTW family is very appreciated...almost daily I have someone coming up to me to thank me for getting them connected with the RFTW supporters...they love their packages and I think it really means something to them to know that they have this kind of support from folks they don't even know. Spirits remain high and everyday seems to bring with it new challenges, but that keeps things interesting and moving fast. As I am sure many have heard we will be getting smaller as we draw down in the coming months so that should prove interesting as well as challenging as the work load isn't going to shrink for my organization. The weather has been pretty good, except for the terrible sandstorm I believe HardCharger mentioned already. Living arrangements on the main FOBs is pretty good, but the outer locations remain pretty primintive. When we receive excess packages and goodies, I've been distributing to the outer locations via their SgtMaj's and 1stSgts. I know everyone back there is getting excited about the 2012 RFTW and rightly so. I will continue to follow the updates and new developments as May gets closer. Semper Fidelis....MGySgt "SixShooter" Gerdes
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OK, the mission is and important part of what we do, but it's because of what you and your FAMILY and others before you are doing over there. What little support we give is nothing in comparison to what y'all give and for what you might have to do! Please be safe and all of you come home! God Bless.......
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Thanks for the up-date, hope and pray you are all safe. STAY THAY WAY.
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