Soho FDNY Ladder20.com FDNY 911 T Shirt Museum Page 1 - FDNY T Shirts Sent to the Troops |  Page 2 - Troop Shirts Sent to the FDNY From: Brian Winters Date: August 2, 2004 12:39:45 AM EDT Subject: Thanks Rachel: Your first box arrived. Thank you so much. The variety of shirts is amazing. Just to let you know - the shirts came in. No more than 10 minutes had passed, and people are knocking on my door. I am trying to organize into size/color/logo piles, and people are pawing through them. Normally, being a LT, I can tell them to get lost, but this was my boss! Anyhow, I have set up a DX program. DX is military lingo for direct exchange. They bring in an army OD tshirt. It has to be clean, no holes, and have their name on it. Some people already have their names stenciled on it. Others got a bit more creative, and are putting name, rank, unit, and OIF II on it. The guys all say thanks. Seeing the guys look through the pile, trying to pick the one they want is always amusing. They start making sub-piles. I like this one, and this one, and this one. Then, they go through their sub-pile. Then, they start looking at what their friend has in his pile. Finally (and this can be a 1/2 hour process), they pick their shirt, put it on, and almost skip out of the room. I wasn't sure if they would be willing to trade a shirt at first, but they feel they are definitely getting the better end of the bargain. A shirt they can take home and wear, knowing where it came from. Thanks again for taking the time to do this. Even on my end, it takes time, and I know these guys. 1LT Brian Winter "We sleep safely in our beds at night because rough men stand ready to visit violence on those who would harm us" George Orwell Captain Weldon decides Ladder 20 will wear the 4/5 Air Defense Artillery shirts on shift for Memorial Day Thank you to the troops! 1 LT Brian Winters wrote: I am attaching a picture of my platoon sergeant, SFC Brian Soper, in his FDNY hat. We stopped to refuel in New York on the way over here. It was the first time most of the guys had been to the big apple (as opposed to the little apple - Minneapolis). We had a charter aircraft from United. The attendants and pilots were great to us. We all gained weight they fed us so much, and they allowed people to come up to the flight deck. That, and all of us are walking around armed to the teeth, but used plastic steak knives. Anyhow, I took this pic of SFC Soper before heading out on a patrol. It was "Alternative headgear Friday" - something we do to raise morale. Funny how just being able to wear their own baseball cap helps out with that. He picked his hat up at the NY airport. Well, I have to get to a targeting meeting. Thanks for the email and the support.

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