01 Nov 2011:
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IMMEDIATE RELEASE     No. 926-11
November 01, 2011
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DOD Identifies Army Casualties

    The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of four soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
    They died Oct. 29, in Kabul province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their vehicle with a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device.
    Killed were:
          Lt. Col. David E. Cabrera, 41, of Abilene, Texas, assigned to Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, Bethesda, Md.;
          Staff Sgt. Christopher R. Newman, 26, of Shelby, N.C., assigned to Medical Company A, Tripler Army Medical Center, Hawaii;
          Sgt. James M. Darrough, 38, of Austin, Texas, assigned to 101st Finance Company, 101st Special Troops Battalion, 101st Sustainment Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.; and
          Sgt. Carlo F. Eugenio, 29, of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., assigned to 756th Transportation Company, 224th Sustainment Brigade, California Army National Guard, Van Nuys, Calif.
   

19 Jul 2011
Your living conditions and special requests? We live on a rural German ran FOB in Northern Afghanistan

Do you have electricity, 110 or 220, live in tents, on the ground, in buildings, do you need food, etc.? Yes, in 20 man tents, and no potable drinking water, beef jerky, slim jims, chips and dip, salsa, hot sauce from buffalo wild wings, misc. sauces from hooters/panda express, flavored drink mixes, all sorts of chips, cand to include hard candy for the clinic, skittles, worther's originals, pringles, squeeze cheese, ritz crackers, peanut butter (crunchy), popcorn, popcorn salts and flavorings, syrup for pancackes, pancake mix, bread mix for a bread mixer, spray butter, jams or jelly, bugles, funyons, bbq sauces, microwaivable mashpotatoes, jar of pickles (dill), green olives, large amounts of sunflower seeds, combos (all flavors etc,), powderd sugar, tea mixes, ice tea, coffee, oreo, toll house cookies, nutter butters, swiss cake rolls, poptarts, canned guacomole, wheat thins, magazines (enterainmenthealth, or sports), DVDs, PS3 games or XBOX 360, brushups for dental hygiene, G2 pens, deodorant, a football, paper plates, cups, and plastic forks, kleenex, baby wipes. Thanks!

Do you have a laundry service? Yes but we would like to have some febreeze and laundry sheets

If you are requesting food items, what cooking ability/inability)(as in pots/pans, stoves, etc.) you have. hot plate, microwave, bread maker and coffee pot

Do you have a microwave, refrigerator or freezer? Yes, microwave and fridge

Are you representing your squad, platoon, company, wing, ship, etc.? Yes, we are the Behavorial Health Clinic for our FOB and a lot of the candy and treats are for the patients also

Include special requests for the female Soldiers if you can. Larger black biker shorts, sanitation pads, black sunglasses.

Thanks and we appreciate all your support!