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U.S. Troops Face Determined Enemy 2/18/2010
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Danger Mounts for U.S. Troops
Serious Need for Morale Boost
U.S. Marines are deep in a battle to oust the Taliban from Marjah and they are under heavy fire. The brave men and women face not just tough and resistant jihadists, but must operate under strict rules to protect civilians first. The Taliban are using children and women as human shields, firing at our Marines from behind the shrouded shields.
A platoon leader, 1st Lt. Gavin McMahon of Brooklyn, N.Y., has been in the middle of bloody firefights, according to the Associated Press. He has seen his brothers in arms fall in swarms of enemy bullets. And he has fought to keep them alive when some of the new rules of engagement (ROE) make his job more difficult and dangerous.
The inability to stop people who don't have weapons is the main hindrance right now," McMahon told the AP after the firefight. "They know how to use our ROE against us."
Troops like McMahon need to know that the American people support them as they battle for our security.
 A U.S. Marine with 1/3 Marine Charlie Company watches an Afghan family evacuate
in Trikh Nawar, a farmland area on the North East of Marjah on Wednesday.
Our troops are working in a stressful environment and many don’t often hear from home. Every day Move America Forward receives thank you notes from our troops serving in the war on terror. Instead of accepting care packages as a humble thank you from their supporters, many troops feel compelled to thank people like you who sponsor care packages.
Maj. Diana Duncan this week sent a thank you note on behalf of a soldier in the war zone.
"Thank you so much for the package that was sent to SRA Smith. He had just returned from emergency leave,” Maj. Duncan wrote. “His father had a heart attack and passed away. The box from Move America Forward was waiting for him upon his return to Afghanistan. It gave him a little surprise and a nice feeling that someone was thinking of him, thank you.”
Our troops don’t ask anything of Americans who enjoy the freedoms they protect. But the care packages lift the spirits of lonely and tired soldiers who face terrorists so we don’t have to here at home.
This week our Marines have made major headway in Marjah. The clash is the largest since the war began in Afghanistan after radical jihadists attacked the United States on Sept. 11, 2001.
Please take the time to send a personalized care package today. Our troops need to know we remember them.
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MAF is a non-partisan, non-profit, charitable organization co-founded in 2004 by Melanie Morgan a talk show host from San Francisco. MAF is committed to supporting America’s brave troops and their missions to keep America safe, secure, and free. We believe our armed forces are our greatest security asset, and furthermore deserve our utmost respect and admiration.
Move America Forward has organized several national tours to support the troops with rallies in dozens of cities across the country and produced television and radio ad campaigns. MAF even organized several trips to Iraq to tell the American people about the great work that our troops are doing there, as well as bring our message of thanks and support directly to the troops themselves. (read less)
MAF is a non-partisan, non-profit, charitable organization co-founded in 2004 by Melanie Morgan a talk show host from San Francisco. MAF is committed to supporting America’s brave troops and their missions to keep America safe, secure, and free. We believe our armed forces are our greatest security asset, and furthermore deserve our utmost respect and admiration.
Move America Forward has organized several national tours to support the troops with rallies in dozens of cities across the... (read more)
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