My Army Buddy

Hello to the forum... it's been awhile. Been busy this past summer. I have a favor to ask of each of you. Would you please pray for Spec. Diane L. Currier, U.S. Army? She shipped out to Kuwait this past Tuesday morning, will be there training for 2 weeks, and from there will be stationed in Iraq. Her unit will be dismantling the F.O.B.s that are no longer in use in Iraq, and they will be traveling some not too safe roads to be getting from base to base. I am her home contact. I am storing her vehicle, gear, and personal belongings. I also am handling all of her financial affairs (bills and stuff) for her while she is off serving the country. As the need arises I will also be sending her care packages. So far so good, she landed in Kuwait safe and sound, though quite tired and rather warm as the temperature was reading 100ish. If your could please do so, keep this woman in your prayers. Many thanks. LB

We're praying here for her AND you for your support! :cool2:

Many thanks Sarge.:) Diane had to assign me a specified power of attorney so I can legally handle her affairs. I had no idea what our soldiers go through when shipping out! They have to trust in someone to keep things in line for them...and many do not have family members they can turn to.

Thank her for her service for us and prayers are offered.

Will keep your friend in my prayers...Good to see you on here! You were one of the nicest forum members my first few posts! Well thanks for that and good to hear from you!

Many thanks to both you and Rick, Cowboy. My summer was filled with lifes usual unexpected pleasures...sibling in jail, 4' bees nest under the kitchen, lots of dental work, and getting my best friend ready to go off and server her country... never got to do much of anything fun except for dodging deer that run out from the cornfields, and not catch any fish. (did drink a bit of beer while not catching any fish though :)) I saw the knife u were working on when you first signed on the forum... Looks fantastic!!

My prayers and thanks to your Friend,may she and her commrades return safely.

LB Tell your friend thank you form me for serving her country. She will be in my prayers as will you. You have done quite a service for her taking care of it all,while she is away.

my best wishes and deepest thanks to her. i hope she will return home safely.

LB thanks for letting us know about Diane. She will definitely be in in my prayers. Pass along thanks and thanks to you for supporting her during her service.

Included in my prayers from accross the pond also.

The company I am at has been sending Care Packages to the troops for several years now. If you want us to include her (wich we would be happy to do) send me her mailing address via PM and we can add her to our list. One of our favorites is Christmas time, when we send decorations, and little silly novelty presents.

She is in my families prayers as are you. I tell my wife all the time that the hardest job is keeping the home fires burning. Soldiers are trained to be tough....family just has to be tough....

LB: First, thank you and her. During my 22 year career, I went on numerous lengthy deployments. I was single until just a couple years before I retired and never had someone to do that for me. I had to rely on the Army; never was comfortable. What you're doing is a wonderful thing. Dave

Many thanks to all of you for your prayers and kind thoughts. Pal, when Diane sends me the correct forwarding address I will PM the info to you. I am sure that both she and her company will be very happy to receive word from home. She is a member of A210 BSB 2nd Brigade, out of Fort Drum, NY. My plans for care packages will likely be including personalized for my friend as well as packages for the rest of her unit, (I did warn her I was likely to adopt the whole unit...:) )

Prayers sent.

It would be my HONOR to pray for a Sister in Arms. She will be in my prayers every night until she returns safely. And she will return safely.......If you don't mind me asking what is her MOS and what outfit if she attached to? Please keep me updated on her well being if you don't mind.... Thanks and GOD bless!!!

MilVet, I will be happy to answer your question once I figure out what an MOS is and which outfit she is attached to. While I did grow up next to Fort Drum, I still don't understand much of the terminology...:)

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Originally Posted by laughingbeetle

MilVet, I will be happy to answer your question once I figure out what an MOS is and which outfit she is attached to. While I did grow up next to Fort Drum, I still don't understand much of the terminology...:)

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LB MOS stands for Military Occupational Specialty( the military's lingo meaning Job) If you are still near Ft Drum,then the 10th Mountain is one such unit your friend could be attached or assigned to.Attached means something like this: Say when I was in the 82nd Airborne Division, that was the Unit I was assigned to. Now say that for some reason 5th Special Forces Group needed some more people that did not especially have to be Special Forces qualified. I could have been "detached" from my unit and "attached" to that 5th SF grp. I would then do my job with them, and report to them not my Unit the 82nd.

Sorry about that Beetle......And thanks for the clarification Poco...!!

No Problem MVP. That's what being part of the Community is supposed to be(at least in my opinion) each one helping each other out. It's easy for those of us that have been in the military to assume that everyone understands the lingo,after we get used to throwing it around all the time. I do it sometimes myself. Some we(I) just don't even bother learning as it really isn't that important to learn until you have to. It was probably 6-7 years before Someone explained to me what TOE meant. (Training and Organizational Equipment). I still have no clue what TA-50 meant. Yet it was a term we used at least weekly, we just understood that it meant our issued equipment.

Prayers for her. Thanks for you.
I have taken care of may troops needs back home, and have had many take care of mine while I was deployed. It really means a lot. Thank You!

Many thanks to all. As near as I can tell (in my opinion the military uses way too many abbreviations and acronyms) Diane is a member of the 10th Mountain Division Brigade Support Battalion...beyond that I am not sure. I do know that she was planning on doing a lot of truck driving...which makes me a bit nervy considering the prevelance of I.E.D.s on the roadways in Iraq. Currently Diane is training at Camp Buehring, which is on the Kuwait/Iraq border. I was looking at some pictures last night, and the camp is a true tent city with nothing but reddish brown sand to be seen for miles.

I hear ya Poco. And I agree.
FYI.....The TA in TA-50 means Table Of Allowances. How that references gear, I have no clue....

TA-50 is the semi-vernacular for the personal equipment issued to the soldier; e.g. ruck, poncho, etc. I don't think that's changed in 17 years (man, has it been that long?).

I would like to thank you for supporting her. It is great to hear of someone supporting Soldiers like that. I am lucky enough to have a wife that handles everything. This is my second tour since 2007, so she is getting pretty good at keeping track of things. I just left Camp Buering a few weeks and it was still pretty hot there. I am at Camp Liberty outside Baghdad and it is in the 90s right now. It will continue to cool off at least til the spring when it goes back into the 120-130s. Tell her I said good luck and any questions send them my way, I am more than happy to answer them.

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