ISS Ships Freezy-Pops to Troops in Iraq

U.S. troops in Iraq must deal with the constant threat of attack, separation for families and loved ones... and unrelenting, oppressive heat. Temperatures in Iraq regularly exceed 120 degrees Fahrenheit. To support our troops, ISS recently shipped 1,000 freezy-pops to Iraq. In response, Wayne DeAtley received the following email of thanks:

From: Kruse, Mark
Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 11:44 AM
Subject: Freezy Pops

Mr. DeAtley,

I would like to thank you and ISS for the generosity expressed in helping to ship 1,000 freezy pops to our troops in Iraq.

My friend, Ch. Capt. Charles Seligman, a chaplain from Langley AFB, is currently serving in country at Balad AFB. He had mentioned how he would like to be able to go out to the troops, both at Balad and other out-lying areas, with a cooler full of something as simple as Freezy Pops. He wanted to be able to give just a simple expression to those as they worked in the +120 degree heat.

Attached are some of pictures from the front.

Thank you again for your generosity.

Respectfully,
Mark Kruse
MSC C4S Afloat Support
Technology Insertion Manager

SGT David H. Jock, combat medic, Headquarters, Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 103rd Armor Regiment, recites the oath of the noncommissioned officer during an induction ceremony at Forward Operating Base Summerall
Pic: SGT Blake Kent

 

Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 1st Brigade, 4th Iraqi Army Division , Iraq, building a relationship with the people in the area.
Pic: SGT Matthew Acosta

 

Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 1st Brigade, 4th Iraqi Army Division search for improvised explosive devices near roads where Coalition Forces frequently drive past.
Pic: SGT Matthew Acosta
 

Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 1st Brigade, 4th Iraqi Army Division prepare for a joint counter-IED search and combat patrol with Idaho National Guard Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 148th Field Artillery, Task Force Liberty. Pic: SGT Matthew Acosta


 

Iraqi Army Soldiers conduct a search of a local residence for evidence of terrorist activity during a patrol in Rawah Pic: SPC Hugo A. Baray-Vasquez
 

Mr. Steven D. Weuve, an evaluator with U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command (ATEC), drops a line in the water at a canal on Camp Victory. Pic: SPC Jeremy D. Crisp
 

SGT Stephen G. Thomas, a team leader with the 182nd Military Police Company, Michigan Army National Guard, sprays of a dust-laden sidewalk at Camp Victory. Pic: SPC Jeremy D. Crisp
 

From left to right: SPC Levi Ward, SPC Brian Gordiel, 1SG William Degenhardt, and SFC John Sury, take a break under a palm tree at Camp Victory, Iraq. The troops are members of the Illinois Army National Guard's 2nd Battery, 123rd Field Artillery Regiment, stationed at the International Zone, Pic: Jeremy D. Crisp
 

SSG Quintina J. Hankins and SPC Tyler J. Gallagher, both with Headquarters and Headquarters Service Company, 319th Military Intelligence Battalion, Fort Bragg, N.C., go for a six-mile ruck march through the streets of Camp Victory. Pic: SPC Jeremy D. Crisp
 

SPC Ildefonso Doctor (right), infantryman, 2nd Battalion, 299th Infantry Regiment, Hawaii Army National Guard, stays in the shade at his guard post while talking with translators Aamal (center) and Reseeol at an entry control point at Camp Victory. SPC Jeremy D. Crisp

 

An Iraqi girl holds a beanie baby and a handbill given to her by Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 4th Public Order Brigade during Operation Thunder Goodwill in Horajeb
Pic: SPC David Kobi
 

SSG Benjamin G. Emery (left), and PFC Casey G. Little, move out in front of their Stryker Light Armored Vehicle during a patrol.
Pic: SPC Jeremy D. Crisp
 

SPC Joshua Kieselhorst a Field Artillery Surveyor A Company, 1st Battalion, 118th Field Artillery Regiment, Georgia Army National Guard, with his shotgun at the ready, provides mounted security for a humanitarian mission in the village of Jorfa Melleb near Taji.. Kieselhorst, a native of Brooklyn Park, Minn. is deployed in support of 3rd Brigade, 1st Armored Division. Soldiers of the 490th Civil Affairs Battalion and the 1st Bn., 118th FA, and the Army Corps of Engineers conducted a civil affairs survey of the rural areas. The surveys help 3rd Brigade, 1st Armored Division identify social, economic, and health problems in their area of operations. Pic: SGT Kevin Bromley
 

U.S. Army Corps of Engineer civilian employees Mr. Fred Nightengale (center left) and Mr. Elvin Antonio (center right) discuss ways to improve the water quality with the men of Jorfa Melleb village near Taji while CPT Alan Hicks (right rear) commander of Civil Affairs Team A provides security and Atlanta Journal Constitution reporter Moni Basu looks on. Soldiers of the 490th Civil Affairs Battalion, 4th Bn., 1st FA, 1st Bn., 118th FA, and the Army Corps of Engineers conducted a civil affairs survey of the rural areas around Camp Taji. The surveys help 3rd Brigade, 1st Armored Division identify social, economic, and health problems in their area of operations. Pic: SGT Kevin Bromley
 

Major Lee Ray, 455th EAES (Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron), deployed from Dobbins Air Reserve Base, GA, marshals an ambulance into place to load patients from the 249 General Hospital onto a C-17 AE, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Maj Ray is originally from Orange Park, Georgia.
Pic: Air Force Airman 1st Class Desiree L. Hayden

 

Captain Robert Roth, a member of the 455th EAES (Expeditionary Aeromedical Squadron) deployed from Pope Air Force Base, N.C., load medical equipment in preparation for an AE mission onto a C-17 aircraft, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Captain Roth is originally from St. Louis, Mo
Pic: Air Force Airman 1st Class Desiree L. Hayden
 

SSG Phill Anderson, 745th EAS (Expeditionary Airlift Squadron) flight engineer, deployed from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, reviews an operating job guide, prior to performing two air-land missions in a C-130H aircraft, supplying ground troops with equipment needed, to support Operation Iraqi Freedom
Pic: U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Desiree L. Hayden
 

Members of the Iraqi Highway Patrol unfurl the national flag atop the new Iraqi Highway Patrol Headquarters in Baghdad in preparation for its grand opening ceremony. Pic: SGT Lynne Steely
 

18th Military Police Brigade Civil Affairs Officer, MAJ Andy Johnson bids farewell to Iraqi Highway Patrol Commissioner, Maj. Gen. Ali Al Khazali, following the grand opening ceremony of the new IHP headquarters in Baghdad. The 18th MP Brigade, which has trained and mentored the IHP since December 2004, has transferred authority of all IHP operations over to the 42nd MP Brigade out of Fort Lewis, Wash. Pic: SGT Lynne Steely
 

Ask yourself why you don't see this iin the TASS legacy Amerikan facist-controlled media? 18th Military Police Brigade Civil Affairs Officer, MAJ Andy Johnson bids farewell to Iraqi Highway Patrol Commissioner, Maj. Gen. Ali Al Khazali, following the grand opening ceremony of the new IHP headquarters in Baghdad. The 18th MP Brigade, which has trained and mentored the IHP since December 2004, has transferred authority of all IHP operations over to the 42nd MP Brigade out of Fort Lewis, Wash. Pic: SGT Lynne Steely
 

Soldier of the Quarter SPC Nicholas Ives (right) of Company A, 648th Engineer Battalion, 48th Brigade Combat Team, is congratulated by CSM John Smiley, command sergeant major of the 648th Eng. Bn.
 

NCO of the Quarter SGT Eric Lynn (right) of the 248th Military Intelligence Company, 48th Brigade Combat Team, is congratulated by 1SG Michael Sheffield, 248th MI Co. first sergeant.
 

The US Army, HHC, 2nd Battalion, 130th Infantry Regiment, 256th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, is providing medical assistant and toys in the White Gold Village. The US Army 2-130th IN, is promoting trust and goodwill here in West Baghdad
 

SPC James Cualfield, left, explains how to program radios to Iraqi army Capt. Khider Abdullah Hatam at a base near Najaf. Cualfield is assigned to the 198th Armor Regiment, 155th Brigade Combat Team. Hatam is a communications officer for the Iraqi army's 8th Infantry Division. Pic: Staff Sgt. Jeromy K. Cross, U.S. Air Force.
 

MAJ Dan Hibner and Fallujah Water Department Director Hamed Munster go over the drawings of a proposed new water main in Fallujah. Hibner is the officer in charge of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Gulf Region Central District Fallujah Office. Pic: Mr. Norris Jones,