Received from Afghanistan October 2008

I am in Kandahar until the beginning of February so a long way to go yet. I thought I would write to let you know how gratefully received the boxes are.

We are able to buy some basic essentials but as a female it's nice to receive a few special smellies and toiletries.

This will be my 5th tour in recent years, but my first in Afghanistan.

I have previously been posted all over the world and unfortunately all my tours seem to run over Christmas. My job involves flying the injured from the battlefield in the Chinook to the military hospital and then arranging their transport back to the U.K.

I am always extremely busy which makes the tour go a lot quicker.

Thank you once again, sometimes the British Military do feel like we are forgotten in comparison to how the Americans are welcomed in their country. It's nice to know we are not!

Thank you,
Sgt R Army