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docrks Offline
#1 Posted: Wed, Mar 12 2003, 7:32 AM EST
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In their latest bulletin, the US Post Office has LIFTED the ban on sending tobacco products to almost all Military APO addresses. A recent interaction with CAYMAN2B helped generate an idea. How about examining your humidors and finding a stick or 2 to share with one of our Armed Force Members now deployed in harm's way. If you want some names and addresses - email me and I will be happy to send these to you.

There is a great guy who immediately comes to mind who is in charge of a Special Forces (Green Beret) unit in Afghanistan - this commander and his troops are in some of the most remote fire bases in Afghanistan and have been living in the most difficult of conditions for months.
He is famous for SHARING almost everything he has with his troops (he really is a great guy) and his unit would absolutely go nuts for a good cigar. His Initials are L.W.S.

You can either ship the smokes out directly to an APO address or in conjunction with several Scouting activities going on here in North West NJ - you could send the smokes here and they will be included in shipments the Scouts send overseas.

I assure you this posting is not a joke - for further details or questions - you can get me at

[email protected]
jreddoch Offline
#2 Posted: Wed, Mar 12 2003, 7:48 AM EST
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e-mail sent.
cwilhelmi Offline
#3 Posted: Wed, Mar 12 2003, 8:20 AM EST
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email sent
jd1 Offline
#4 Posted: Wed, Mar 12 2003, 8:46 AM EST
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e-mail sent
iquester Offline
#5 Posted: Wed, Mar 12 2003, 9:13 AM EST
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Great idea -- I have already sent sticks for that purpose to Billy in Germany and Tarheel? getting ready to ship out from California!

Mike Gardner
docrks Offline
#6 Posted: Wed, Mar 12 2003, 9:34 AM EST
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Thanks Mike - and may All Members of Our Armed Forces return home safely and swiftly so we can light up our smokes together in our own back yards !!
Spiny Norman Offline
#7 Posted: Wed, Mar 12 2003, 9:36 AM EST
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email sent.
emgjet Offline
#8 Posted: Wed, Mar 12 2003, 9:49 AM EST
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Thank you for the Post.
God Bless America.

email sent!

Ed
E-Chick Offline
#9 Posted: Wed, Mar 12 2003, 10:49 AM EST
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I want a Marine!...uh, you know what I mean...

E-mail sent...


Let's start up "Operation Send A Few" again!

:)
Lowman Offline
#10 Posted: Wed, Mar 12 2003, 11:02 AM EST
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I got a few to spare to send to the "boys".

email sent
La10870 Offline
#11 Posted: Wed, Mar 12 2003, 12:01 PM EST
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Email sent. Who is more deserving of a fine cigar than our soldiers!!!!!!!!!
qball Offline
#12 Posted: Wed, Mar 12 2003, 1:39 PM EST
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Hey E-Chick and anyone else who is looking for a Marine, I have one who I know would be more than happy to share with his buds. e-mail me at phil6atoptonlinedotnetand I'll send the address. PS, this is my daughters boyfriend who was in the Marine reserves, got out, and five days before his classes at Temple University were to start, got re-called.
"Just when he thought he was out they pulled him bacck in"
cayman2b Offline
#13 Posted: Wed, Mar 12 2003, 2:17 PM EST
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I can assure you docrks is a stand up guy. If anyone is interested in his offer, dont hesitate to join in.
Your offering will reach its intended destination..

docrks- I'll be in touch again soon.

Cayman
xibbumbero Offline
#14 Posted: Wed, Mar 12 2003, 2:32 PM EST
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Email sent. X
SDEX Offline
#15 Posted: Wed, Mar 12 2003, 3:00 PM EST
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E-mail sent, God Bless everyone of them
choner Offline
#16 Posted: Wed, Mar 12 2003, 3:12 PM EST
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Great idea!

e-mail sent.

choner
CanyonDVM Offline
#17 Posted: Wed, Mar 12 2003, 5:14 PM EST
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e=mil sent. God belss them!
Tobasco Offline
#18 Posted: Wed, Mar 12 2003, 7:46 PM EST
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E-mail sent! God Bless our Military Men & Women.

Mag
jreddoch Offline
#19 Posted: Thu, Mar 13 2003, 5:57 AM EST
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Cigars en route to STG3 Ballinger, wherever he may be. Thanks, Doc!
Charlie Offline
#20 Posted: Thu, Mar 13 2003, 6:01 AM EST
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Cigars enroute as we speak!

Charlie
plabonte Offline
#21 Posted: Thu, Mar 13 2003, 6:15 AM EST
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All right I'm in too. Was waiting for a recomendation. Lots of scams these days and you can't be too careful. E-mail sent.
qball Offline
#22 Posted: Thu, Mar 13 2003, 6:41 AM EST
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Hey E-Chick and anyone else who is looking for a Marine, I have one who I know would be more than happy to share with his buds.This is my daughters boyfriend who was in the Marine reserves, got out, and five days before his classes at Temple University were to start, got re-called. "Just when he thought he was out they pulled him back in". Oops, wrong war.

Seriously, if interested e-mail me at [email protected] and I'll send the address.
Spiny Norman Offline
#23 Posted: Thu, Mar 13 2003, 8:26 AM EST
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Doc,
I have several friends, family and coworkrs who also want to participate. Can you list here the types of things they want/need besides cigars. Like to send full boxes if I can.
-Spiny
SteveS Offline
#24 Posted: Thu, Mar 13 2003, 10:31 AM EST
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Doc ...

I'd like to know more about the lifting of this ban ...
my sources are telling me as recently as this morning that it has NOT been lifted ...

Where can we get authoritative corroboration on this ?
docrks Offline
#25 Posted: Thu, Mar 13 2003, 11:45 AM EST
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According to the Public Affairs Office - it appears in an Official Postal Bulletin.
E-Chick Offline
#26 Posted: Thu, Mar 13 2003, 6:56 PM EST
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E-mail sent to qball too...

This is great!

:)
gr8stag Offline
#27 Posted: Thu, Mar 13 2003, 11:27 PM EST
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email sent
jamesconnors Offline
#28 Posted: Fri, Mar 14 2003, 4:48 AM EST
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email sent

i want a couple guys ........err.....not in that way!
rck_1 Offline
#29 Posted: Fri, Mar 14 2003, 4:52 AM EST
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Hey E,
How about an ex-marine? I`m all yours!!! LOL.

Happy herf`n
Rob
qball Offline
#30 Posted: Fri, Mar 14 2003, 5:24 AM EST
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Thanks Marla, Address sent

Q
jreddoch Offline
#31 Posted: Fri, Mar 14 2003, 5:29 AM EST
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If there are any other U.S. Navy vets. out there, maybe several of us could split the cost of a box of American Pride- U.S. Navy cigars and have CI/CB ship 'em to a warship in the gulf. Just an idea. Army, Air Force, and Marine Vets might want to do something similar.
E-Chick Offline
#32 Posted: Fri, Mar 14 2003, 11:19 AM EST
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2 bombs in the mail...

One to QBALL's PFC Oleski and one to DOCRKS' CPT. Schanno.

I'll post pics of the bomb...I certainly hope that not ALL of them are dogrockets! LOL!

I think that we need to DIVIDE up the names better. I chose the 3rd one down out of 4 on docrks' list.

Spread the love and the leaf 'round!

docrks Offline
#33 Posted: Fri, Mar 14 2003, 11:35 AM EST
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Spiny Norman and Friends - In response to your question re Non-Cigar items your wife and co-workers want to send - THANK YOU for Asking !!!! I do have such a list ready for you and anyone else who wants to see it - but it is too long to publish here. Drop me an email at [email protected] and I will GLADLY send it to you.
Bless You and Your Friends for Even Thinking About Doing This !!!!
xibbumbero Offline
#34 Posted: Fri, Mar 14 2003, 12:55 PM EST
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Pkg sent. X
qball Offline
#35 Posted: Fri, Mar 14 2003, 1:05 PM EST
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Your the best E.

Q
E-Chick Offline
#36 Posted: Fri, Mar 14 2003, 1:39 PM EST
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No, Q, THEY are...

HOO-RAH!

SEMPER FI PFC Oleski!!!

(Ok, one of the guys is ARMY...or was it NAVY? I don't know for sure)

Just hope the sticks don't turn INTO sticks by the time the arrive....I wasn't sure how to send them.
E-Chick Offline
#37 Posted: Fri, Mar 14 2003, 1:58 PM EST
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This needs to stay at the top for more peeps to climb aboard...

Synthesis at it's finest!

docrks Offline
#38 Posted: Fri, Mar 14 2003, 4:33 PM EST
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Marla, Thanks for all of the help and support on this. I hope the fantastic initial response from so many will continue to spread - literally all over the world. You may be interested to know I just got an e-mail from a MARINE Pilot who is hoping to be included on this distro. He also sent me a GREAT PHOTO taken of him while flying his fighterjet over hostile ground with that beautiful MC on the plane's tail. If you want, I'll send it to you via email.
CanyonDVM Offline
#39 Posted: Fri, Mar 14 2003, 4:44 PM EST
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Jreddoch. I'm a Navy vet. Sonar Tech on Fast Attack subs in the early '70's. Son in the Navy now. I'll put in on a box. How do we do this? Son was in the Persian Gulf in on 9/11 and is now probably off N Korea. Last I talk to him he was in Japan about a week ago. His frigate, the USS Ingraham, is part of the Carl Vinson battle group.

CanyonDVM at AOL dot com
E-Chick Offline
#40 Posted: Fri, Mar 14 2003, 5:26 PM EST
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Man, I just feel like singin'...

You're a grand old flag, though you're torn to a rag,
And forever in peace may you wave.

(Well, at least in peace after our GI's kick some desert ass!)

You're the emblem of the land I love,
The home of the free and the brave.

Every heart beats true under red, white and blue.
Where there's never a boast or brag;

"But should auld acquaintance be forgot,"

Keep your eye on the grand old flag.


Ahhhhhh....just smoked one of my new Havana Royales...not too terribly bad, not too terribly great...I just have a great feeling from all of this gratitude going around...

Let's keep it up!
docrks Offline
#41 Posted: Sat, Mar 15 2003, 2:17 AM EST
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E-Chick

In keeping with your request - I have delivered to you one each, Certified, Red-Blooded American, United States Marine ---and a Major at that !!
Just check your email to see a pix of him "at work" in that $18 Million fighter jet he likes to tool around in.

docrks
tarheel4lyf Offline
#42 Posted: Sat, Mar 15 2003, 5:04 AM EST
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Canyon-

I have a friend onboard the Ingraham. He is a PN1. Very nice guy. We were stationed together in London.
E-Chick Offline
#43 Posted: Sat, Mar 15 2003, 10:09 AM EST
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Thanks for the pic! woo-hoo!

I'll have to send him a few sticks when my humi gets a few more in it...

I won't forget!
CanyonDVM Offline
#44 Posted: Sun, Mar 16 2003, 10:07 AM EST
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Appeciate the song e-chick but you misspelled a word. Anyne in the service, or that was, knows at tht age you're much more concerned about piece then peace.
snowwolf777 Offline
#45 Posted: Sun, Mar 16 2003, 11:28 AM EST
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Email sent. Light 'em up and burn one for freedom!
E-Chick Offline
#46 Posted: Sun, Mar 16 2003, 11:39 AM EST
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Rob,

Point taken!

;)
ErikCrocker Offline
#47 Posted: Sun, Mar 16 2003, 11:55 AM EST
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BTW, here is a list of all US Navy and Marine forces FPO addresses. Just click on AE, AP, or AA and look for the ships which are usually almost at the bottom. Most of the squadrons listed will be detached to ships. Your best bet is to address the packages to:
ATTN: Command Master Chief
Commanding Officer
USS XXXXX
FPO, XX #####-####
Be sure to place a little letter in there asking him/her to hand out the cigars to some of the recognized sailors for that month/quarter (whatever you wish). In order to prevent packages from being returned you may want to look for that ship's homepage (if you need help e-mail me [email protected]) and you can find the CMC's e-mail address and let him know a "care" package is coming.
ErikCrocker Offline
#48 Posted: Sun, Mar 16 2003, 11:55 AM EST
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http://privacy.navy.mil/privacy/addressbystate/index.html

FC1(SW) E. Crocker, USN

USS PORT ROYAL (CG-73)
Pearl Harbor, HI
docrks Offline
#49 Posted: Sun, Mar 16 2003, 2:00 PM EST
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Can't Believe it has only been 4 days since this posting hit - over 80 emails received - not all about cigars, but sticks for the military was the overwhelming theme.
Thank You to all who have taken the time to write and send something to our Men and Women in the US Armed Forces. That is truly one of the strongest ways of telling them Thank-You and assuring them again just how much they are ALL appreciated.
God Bless All Our Armed Forces - May They Return Home Safely and Swiftly - Completing Their Mission for Our Nation's Defense and Making this world a safer place to live..........
docrks
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