DoubleStuf Oreos For the Troops!!!

Posted By Blackfive

Instapundit linked to this story by Rich Galen about promotion ceremonies and mentoring in the Army. He goes on to talk about how much the troops appreciate Double Stuffed Oreos. Tanker Schreiber asked me post about it and sent the part of the post that referenced sending Double Stuffed Oreos to Galen. The whole post is worth a read but here's the Oreo part (minus the pictures):

On a different note, I want to focus on is the whole business of Oreo DoubleStuf cookies. A few weeks ago I mentioned in passing that we just can't keep Oreo DoubleStuf in stock. Not the regular Oreos, mind you. Those we can get at the PX.

DoubleStufs is like cigarettes were in Eastern Europe in the late 1980's: Currency. You would negotiate a cab ride in Hungary not in Forints, but in cigarettes. In some countries "kent" became the local jargon for money.

Anyway, I also happened to mention this shortage during a radio appearance on KSFO in San Francisco.

Between Mullings and KSFO we have received well over 180 packages of Oreo DoubleStuf cookies.

Here's what just one day's stash looked like: (edit. note - I didn't copy the picture. You should visit Mullings for the whole story)

That is Air Force Major Mike Pierson sampling the wares.

We have given Oreos to everyone. The Marines get them when they come in:

The sign, actually, insists that Marines who come in at night to use our phones to call home take a package of Oreos with them, "By Order of the Green Room Commander!"

Ya gotta know how to talk to Marines.

Our Middle Eastern friends love Oreo DoubleStufs.

This is Ghada Mansour who is a supervising analyst/linguist for one of the units here.

But all of those pale next to the - literal - whoops of joy we got when we showed up at the 31st Combat Support Hospital (the "CASH") with a carton of DoubleStufs:

The sign taped to the front of the desk says:

DoubleStuf Oreos Courtesy of KSFO listeners and Mullings readers.

These are just a few of the staff who work like dogs to save the lives of our young men and women every day. And every night. The wounds these people have to treat are horrific. Every day. And every night.

Standing from left to right are:

2LT Andrew Allbright of Andrews, Texas
SSG Oncencio Compean of Chicago, Illinois
SPC Justin Edwards of Longview, Texas
SPC Jasmyne Mokulehua of Kaneche, Hawaii
SGT Aaliyah Brandt of New York, New York
This isn't a television show. Sometimes they are not successful. I have been there, and watched their faces as they have had to remove the personal effects of a soldier they couldn't save. I don't know how they do it, every day and every night.

But look at their faces here.

If all it takes to make their faces light up like this is the taste of a cookie, then may they have all the cookies they desire, every day - and every night - for the rest of their lives.

And, because they are Americans, here's what happened right after we took this photo: Head Nurse Major Keyla Gammarona from Anchorage, Alaska (seated to my left) took two packages and raced down the stairs to give them the ambulance drivers who were about to set off for the airport because "they'll probably miss lunch and they love chocolate."

Do you see why I wax rhapsodic about being here?

If you'd like to contribute to the Great DoubleStuf Oreo giveaway, send them - or anything else you think these young people might enjoy - to:

Rich Galen (Oreos)
CPA - StratCom
APO AE 09335

So get out there and send Rich Galen some cartons of Double Stuffed Oreos!

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DoubleStuf Oreos For the Troops!!!

Instapundit linked to this story by Rich Galen about promotion ceremonies and mentoring in the Army. He goes on to talk about how much the troops appreciate Double Stuffed Oreos. Tanker Schreiber asked me post about it and sent the part of the post that referenced sending Double Stuffed Oreos to Galen. The whole post is worth a read but here's the Oreo part (minus the pictures):

On a different note, I want to focus on is the whole business of Oreo DoubleStuf cookies. A few weeks ago I mentioned in passing that we just can't keep Oreo DoubleStuf in stock. Not the regular Oreos, mind you. Those we can get at the PX.

DoubleStufs is like cigarettes were in Eastern Europe in the late 1980's: Currency. You would negotiate a cab ride in Hungary not in Forints, but in cigarettes. In some countries "kent" became the local jargon for money.

Anyway, I also happened to mention this shortage during a radio appearance on KSFO in San Francisco.

Between Mullings and KSFO we have received well over 180 packages of Oreo DoubleStuf cookies.

Here's what just one day's stash looked like: (edit. note - I didn't copy the picture. You should visit Mullings for the whole story)

That is Air Force Major Mike Pierson sampling the wares.

We have given Oreos to everyone. The Marines get them when they come in:

The sign, actually, insists that Marines who come in at night to use our phones to call home take a package of Oreos with them, "By Order of the Green Room Commander!"

Ya gotta know how to talk to Marines.

Our Middle Eastern friends love Oreo DoubleStufs.

This is Ghada Mansour who is a supervising analyst/linguist for one of the units here.

But all of those pale next to the - literal - whoops of joy we got when we showed up at the 31st Combat Support Hospital (the "CASH") with a carton of DoubleStufs:

The sign taped to the front of the desk says:

DoubleStuf Oreos Courtesy of KSFO listeners and Mullings readers.

These are just a few of the staff who work like dogs to save the lives of our young men and women every day. And every night. The wounds these people have to treat are horrific. Every day. And every night.

Standing from left to right are:

2LT Andrew Allbright of Andrews, Texas
SSG Oncencio Compean of Chicago, Illinois
SPC Justin Edwards of Longview, Texas
SPC Jasmyne Mokulehua of Kaneche, Hawaii
SGT Aaliyah Brandt of New York, New York
This isn't a television show. Sometimes they are not successful. I have been there, and watched their faces as they have had to remove the personal effects of a soldier they couldn't save. I don't know how they do it, every day and every night.

But look at their faces here.

If all it takes to make their faces light up like this is the taste of a cookie, then may they have all the cookies they desire, every day - and every night - for the rest of their lives.

And, because they are Americans, here's what happened right after we took this photo: Head Nurse Major Keyla Gammarona from Anchorage, Alaska (seated to my left) took two packages and raced down the stairs to give them the ambulance drivers who were about to set off for the airport because "they'll probably miss lunch and they love chocolate."

Do you see why I wax rhapsodic about being here?

If you'd like to contribute to the Great DoubleStuf Oreo giveaway, send them - or anything else you think these young people might enjoy - to:

Rich Galen (Oreos)
CPA - StratCom
APO AE 09335

So get out there and send Rich Galen some cartons of Double Stuffed Oreos!

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