ChiefsPlanet Planet members and their kids serving in Iraq and Afghanistan need our support. - Page 9

**BigRedChief** · 08:19 PM

I know of one member of Chiefs Planet getting ready to go to Afghaniastan. I know
another that has a son getting ready to deploy. Another that has a son already there. I propose that we raise money and ship some "goddies" over to the units where Chiefs Planet members or their kids are serving our country. To let them know they are not alone, that some of us back here in the USA appreciate their sacrifice and service.

I will personally pay all the shipping costs and coordinate the project.

I will pay all the paypal fees of the members who donate. If you donate $20 to buy goodies for the troops, $20 goes to the troops.

If you want to send a check, or some goodies yourself, donated items, PM me for a mailing address.

If you have a store that has items that would go in the care package and would sell those at cost and or donate, PM me.

100% of the money raised will go to purchase items for the troops. I will update this thread with the progress and post pictures of the "goodies" and items that will be shipped to the troops.

This is not a political thread or idea. The point is to support the Planet members or their kids on a personal level while they are voluntarily putting themselfs in harms way for us.

PM me for the paypal address. If you know of someone serving overseas, PM me and we will put them on the list to recieve a care package

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Originally Posted by BigRedChief

A thank you card for the planet from the troops over in the sandbox.

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Originally Posted by Jethopper

I just wanted to send a shout out to BigRedChief. Most of you don't know, but I am a grunt in the 82nd airborne and I am currently in Afghanistan. Yesterday, after a long week of field work, I came back to the FOB to recharge and what do I see? 2 care packages from BRC. Well me and my boys enjoyed the snacks and we thank you, bud. HOOAH

Hey BRC,

A few days after my wife checked with her brother's wife about this package, he was injured in an IED attack and sent home for medical treatment. Today we learned that his driver and the guy who took his place were both killed by an IED. It's a tough job these guys have (both in terms of personal risk and also in terms of dealing with the loss of close friends).

Thanks again for all the support you facilitate!

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Originally Posted by Barney Stinson

That's awesome news. Thanks to the new and continuing supporters that keeps this going. As a solider on the receiving side; it means so much to have complete strangers contribute to these packages. Its a moral victory, makes you feel noticed, affirmation. In some of the worst times I've ever experienced, a small note or package surprising me made the difference between being depressed and feeling validated. Agree or not for the reasons we're there, coming together and supporting the troops with their boots on the ground is a profound statement, and it does not go un-noticed by the troops receiving the packages. Don't make fun of what I'm saying, never in my life has a simple gesture made me feel so good and happy to be an american. Keep donating if you feel inclined, it matters more than you know to the troops receiving it.

**Iowanian** · 02-04-2010, 09:01 PM

somehow, brotherwanian made a naughty list, and the bastards keep confiscating packages...

bastards.

**BigRedChief** · 02-04-2010, 09:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Iowanian

somehow, brotherwanian made a naughty list, and the bastards keep confiscating packages...

bastards.

You want me to try to send him a pacckage?

**BigRedChief** · 03-08-2010, 09:32 PM

next package is on the way to the son of Inspector. This one has a few letters of support from a developmentally disabled class that wanted to do their part and support the troops.

**BigRedChief** · 03-09-2010, 06:22 AM

Bump for the day crew that contributed to the Planet packages.

seclark · 03-09-2010, 06:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Iowanian

somehow, brotherwanian made a naughty list, and the bastards keep confiscating packages...

bastards.

no shit? that really sucks. are they keeping the goods, or just searching through them?
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**BigRedChief** · 03-09-2010, 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by seclark

no shit? that really sucks. are they keeping the goods, or just searching through them?
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Hows your son doing over there in the sandbox?

seclark · 03-09-2010, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by BigRedChief

Hows your son doing over there in the sandbox?

thanks for asking...he's been home for over a month. he was up a couple weeks ago to jump w/us in the polar bear plunge. he left the book you sent him for me to read. do you want it back? you could send it w/another package, i guess. great book.
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**patteeu** · 03-09-2010, 12:06 PM

Best wishes to all those serving in hotspots around the world and to their families who also have to deal with the stress of a deployment.

**BigRedChief** · 03-09-2010, 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by seclark

thanks for asking...he's been home for over a month. he was up a couple weeks ago to jump w/us in the polar bear plunge. he left the book you sent him for me to read. do you want it back? you could send it w/another package, i guess. great book.
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No

thats okay, I don't know how many Cardinal fans are on the Planet that we have serving over in the sandbox but it can't be that many. I sent CrazyCoffey a book about sportsmans park. I guess we could send it to him when you get done with it....

Inspector · 03-09-2010, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by BigRedChief

next package is on the way to the son of Inspector. This one has a few letters of support from a developmentally disabled class that wanted to do their part and support the troops.

Hey, thanks man! Very cool.

We have a skype call set up for this Sunday with him. Plus I believe Mrs. Inspector has given him a heads up.

Thanks to everyone here. You guys are A-OK in my book.

**BigRedChief** · 03-09-2010, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Inspector

Hey, thanks man! Very cool.

We have a skype call set up for this Sunday with him. Plus I believe Mrs. Inspector has given him a heads up.

Thanks to everyone here. You guys are A-OK in my book.

It just went out today so I don't think packages get to the soldiers in the field that fast do they?

**Iowanian** · 03-09-2010, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by seclark

no shit? that really sucks. are they keeping the goods, or just searching through them?
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He was getting empty packages with hand slap letters, lately he has to go down and open them in front of Colonol Klink or ship them back....he's not doing that and none of them have come back yet.

His group have turned in vehicles and big weapons and are not really doing a damn thing....but that didn't stop them from shipping his ass back over to lift weights and play video games for 2 more months. No mail for any of them now.

bastards.

**BigRedChief** · 04-28-2010, 02:37 PM

I was going to send a new package to Crazy Coffey but he's currently not with his unit so is there anyone out there that has a friend, family member that is serving over in the sandbox that would like to have a Planet care package sent to them? Let me know in here or privately if you want to keep it on the dow low.

**BigRedChief** · 04-28-2010, 05:46 PM

Bump for the night crew.

**BigRedChief** · 04-29-2010, 08:15 AM

bump for those who missed it.

02-04-2010, 09:01 PM	#121
Iowanian Hey Jack! Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: The Jolly Barnyard Casino cash: $418068	somehow, brotherwanian made a naughty list, and the bastards keep confiscating packages... bastards. __________________ "Silence is Golden. Duct Tape is silver"
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03-08-2010, 09:32 PM	#123
BigRedChief Brainwashed Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Swims with fishes Casino cash: $2268021	next package is on the way to the son of Inspector. This one has a few letters of support from a developmentally disabled class that wanted to do their part and support the troops. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself. Mark Twain
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03-09-2010, 06:22 AM	#124
BigRedChief Brainwashed Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Swims with fishes Casino cash: $2268021	Bump for the day crew that contributed to the Planet packages. __________________ Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself. Mark Twain
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03-09-2010, 12:06 PM	#128
patteeu The 23rd Pillar Join Date: Sep 2002 Casino cash: $421138	Best wishes to all those serving in hotspots around the world and to their families who also have to deal with the stress of a deployment. __________________ Obamacare’s fix for an American health care system that the federal government long ago broke, is to give the federal government far more power over American health care; that its solution to escalating health costs is to mandate greater health benefits (and, hence, higher costs); and that its solution to the pricey overreliance on pre-paid health plans — offered by insurance companies in lieu of real insurance — is to have the government require Americans to buy those pre-paid health plans under penalty of law.
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04-28-2010, 02:37 PM	#133
BigRedChief Brainwashed Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Swims with fishes Casino cash: $2268021	I was going to send a new package to Crazy Coffey but he's currently not with his unit so is there anyone out there that has a friend, family member that is serving over in the sandbox that would like to have a Planet care package sent to them? Let me know in here or privately if you want to keep it on the dow low. __________________ Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself. Mark Twain
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04-28-2010, 05:46 PM	#134
BigRedChief Brainwashed Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Swims with fishes Casino cash: $2268021	Bump for the night crew. __________________ Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself. Mark Twain
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04-29-2010, 08:15 AM	#135
BigRedChief Brainwashed Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Swims with fishes Casino cash: $2268021	bump for those who missed it. __________________ Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself. Mark Twain
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