Today we set yet another record for the most mail moved in a day for Afghanistan with a little over 109,000 pounds. To put that in perspective, one Chinook Helicopter (CH-47) will hold about 8,500 pounds and one twenty foot container on the back of a truck will hold about 6,500 pounds. Thankfully it looks like that will be the record we leave for the next rotation; I don’t have enough mail left to move that much again.

With all the mail we have been receiving, I have received at least 30 Christmas Cards this week; many are from people I know, several from people I don’t know, and lots of them have had 20 dollar bills inside. The money has been put to good use; I got my guys pizza for lunch and Burger King for dinner; they didn’t have time to make it to the DFAC with all the missions we had to load today, so thank you for helping me help them! I will be responding back to many of you as soon as I get a chance, but let me just tell you thanks for now!