Update on M92 Magazines For Soldiers

As of today I've got committments for about $300 for the magazines we want to send to Irish Bird Dog's son. Pictures of his son on this and his earlier deployments are on the other thread we started last week. We need pretty close to $400 to make this happen. If any of you who have not yet participated in this care to do so please send me a Private Message so I can add your contribution. If I get this covered by Thursday I can place the order Friday. I'll pay it out of my pocket to get these on the way and trust all of you to get the monies to me. My local smith has agreed to get these at cost and we will ship them to Jason's APO address. Thanks, RD

Edited by Rockydog

i think everyone knows about this, but here's the link to the discussion, with the pictures:

http://www.baitshopboyz.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16660& amp; amp; amp; amp;PN=1&FID=13&PR=3

thanks to all the BSBs who are in on this, and thanks to rockydog for taking the lead on the effort and coordinating things. as i said in the other thread, i'd like this contribution to the red arrows to be made in the memory of bryce corris, a wisconsinite who was one of our founding members.

thanks again -

ron

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Bear, We are still about $100 short of our goal if all who committed keep their pledge. I haven't heard back from everyone yet. If I missed sending my address to those who wish to contribute please PM me ASAP. Thanks, RD

come on, BSBs - if anyone can spare 10 or 20 dollars, let's get this movinig. here are some pix of irish bird dog's son and the boys that you will be helping out:

at armory when they left WI in Feb, this is him & his soldiers.

labeled and at Ft Bliss TX

then SSG Jason Janecek in 32nd Military Polices Co, WI national guard 2003-2004 in downtown Baghdad on patrol duty

Photo from Feb 2004 Soldier of Fortune magazine, they went to rescue a patrol who were ambushed in downtown Baghdad and the 'chopper is a Medivac and he & his squad are containing a LZ for it to pick up wounded GI's But it could not land, area to small.

He was a gunner in '03-'04 as MP, note 1985 Humvee and NO shield around gun and it was a M240B......no .50's or .30's allowed cuz they were in the city of Baghdad....go figure....

Even tho he was the convoy commander (2/127 Red Arrow this time)he took his turn in a gun turret so he could experience what his gunners went thru on a mission....wind rain sun etc exposure...note the uparmored humvee this tour 2005-2006 and the MA Duece .50 cal this time.

Just wanted you to see a brief pictorial history of his previous two tours. This time he is a SFC and the whole brigade is going over together not just one battalion as last time.

The first tour with MP's they were in combat for 450+ straight days in
Baghdad.  The second tour for him they were there for 12 months in country and the battalion drove 5.7 Million miles providing escort to convoys all over Irag. He earned a bronze star and the battlion earned a Unit Citation.

 

UPDATE 4/16/09. Contributions continue to arrive. We are now up to $265 with a few pledges still out. We'll need somewhere around $400 to make this happen for the whole squad. Please send pledges or PM me for my address if you intend to contribute and don't have my address yet.  RD

Guys, I think we are there! I have 2 pledges out. One from someone who has generously offered the $ it takes to wrap this up. So right now there is $400 in the kitty. I'll place the order tomorrow. RD

Still need to get mine sent off. But I have not forgotten. Just real slow at work right now, and I'm flat rate. But it is going to be there Rockydog!

MM

Great news.  Good job Rocky