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Comment by MarylandMom on April 18, 2012 at 12:06pm

Ha Ha, Marine NavyMom !!   I like the 1st on the best !!~

Comment by momoftwosons on April 15, 2012 at 10:18am

GoldnG8r - Yes,  LOL....that was my argument with the postal clerk too! and I took my package to another PO thinking he was having a bad day and busting my chops - made no sense to me - but at least I found someone willing to explain to me that they would have no idea with that address if the ship is in port or deployed. So - I've since gotten into the habit of prefilling out the form and always grabbing extra boxes, labels and forms.l  and just wait until you mail it.... it took 4 weeks from MA to VA for my son to get his box.  So plan ahead - the mail dlvy is horrible to our sailors even in port.

Comment by momoftwosons on April 14, 2012 at 9:55am

GoldnG8r - FYI you need the division as well and note that even though they are port you will still need to fill out a "Customs Form" with every care package.  Next time you go to the Post office grab a few and prewrite them along with labels.  I always use the LARGE - if it fits it ships box and there is a -$2 military discount for the FPO addresses.  Mark contents snacks, magazines and I put $0 VALUE. Although it is port and my son is now deployed overseas it'll take at least 3 weeks or more to get to them.  Good Luck.

Comment by Micki1465 on April 12, 2012 at 10:45am

Prayers for all!

Comment by momoftwosons on April 12, 2012 at 10:27am

 Two U.S. Marines were killed and two severely injured in the crash of a hybrid aircraft in Morocco on Wednesday, officials said.

The Marines were taking part in joint U.S.-Moroccan military excercises located in the south of the country based in Agadir, said U.S. Embassy spokesman Rodney Ford in Rabat, who gave the toll.

Capt. Kevin Schultz, a Marine spokesman at the Pentagon in Washington, confirmed that the aircraft involved was an MV-22 Osprey, which takes off and lands like a helicopter and flies like an airplane. The aircraft was participating in a U.S.-Moroccan military exercise known as "African Lion."

The Osprey was flying from the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima, a defense official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because the matter is in the early stages of investigation.

The annual exercise which began in 2008 runs from April 7 to 18 and involves 1,000 U.S. Marines and 200 soldiers, sailors and airmen. They were working with some 900 Moroccan soldiers.

According to the U.S. Marine website, the exercise involved "everything from combined arms fire and maneuver ranges, aerial refueling and deliveries of supplies, to command post and non-lethal weapons training."

The main unit involved in the exercise is the 14th Marines, a reserve artillery regiment based in Fort Worth, Texas, but also includes members of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit based in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

The goal of the exercise is to train the two countries' forces to work together.

Further information about the crash was being withheld until the next of kin of the killed and injured Marines were notified, said Rodney Ford, spokesman of the U.S. Embassy in Rabat.

The MV-22, a joint venture of Boeing Co. and Textron Inc.'s Bell Helicopter, is designed to carry 24 combat troops and fly twice as fast as the Vietnam War-era assault helicopters it was to replace.

The Osprey program was nearly scrapped after a history of mechanical failures and two test crashes that killed 23 Marines in 2000. But development continued, and the aircraft have been deployed to Iraq.

While the General Accounting Office questioned the Osprey's performance in a report last year, the Marine Corps has called it effective.

An Air Force version of the aircraft crashed in Afghanistan in April 2010, killing three service members and one civilian contractor.

Comment by ussporterddg78mom on April 12, 2012 at 9:54am

Oh Lord please keep watch and help all that are affected from this accident. I pray that everyone is ok.

Comment by CLAMOM on April 12, 2012 at 8:39am

Praying for all involved!!!!!

Comment by navy25 on April 8, 2012 at 12:24pm

Comment by navy25 on April 8, 2012 at 12:22pm

Hi Theresa and Marcy, I hope you and family were not affected by the plane crash the other day and all who might have been affected by it. Gods Blessing your way .Maria

Comment by bahkmom09/86 on April 6, 2012 at 4:44pm

According to the news reports the two pilots ejected safely and only a couple of minor injuries on the ground.

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