Inside the brutal Afghan war zone

Another view of the action ongoing in Afghanstan's Helmand province, from the BBC.

This is another difficult video to watch; view it wisely.

Soldiers' Angels has adopted the Camp Bastion UK hospital, and is supplying over 250 backpacks for injured soldiers every month, in addition to large amounts of other supplies for the medics and patients.



We at Soldiers' Angels are proud to support theseBritish medics, as they care for injured British, US, Danish and Estonian NATO allies.

-Rog

Independence Day at Bagram Hospital in Afghanistan

Our troops in Afghanistan are taking heavy casualties. Always remember what they do for us
-Rog
Medical Support Director



Chaplain's assistant and one of our heroes on Independence Day at Bagram Hospital - July 4, 2009

Dear Soldiers’ Angels,

It’s hot here this week, and I bet it’s pretty warm where you are, too. And in the middle of the heat of summer… it’s time to think of winter holidays and Christmas! Yes, we’re making plans to wrap our heroes in love again this holiday season!

The centerpiece of this year’s care package will be our wonderful Soldiers’ Angels travel mugs. I’m so excited! We get such great feedback from soldiers who receive an Angel mug—they just love ‘em!

Major T.A. recently wrote to us, “I just arrived at a deployed location and inherited one of your travel coffee mugs. It keeps my coffee warm and me awake while I work nights. It’s…a reminder to all the Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, Airmen and others who are deployed that we still have the support of our nation behind us.”



Soldiers’ Angels Soldier Liaison Toby Nunn knows how it feels to receive an SA mug with packets of yummy hot chocolate when you’re fighting a war far from home. “It warms your heart. You get to enjoy sweet comfort, just like you when you were a 12-year-old playing with marshmallows. Pure gold,” he says. “It might be only two cups of hot chocolate, but it’ll be the best two cups you’ve ever had, because someone cared enough to send it.”

Please help us make sure each deployed service member knows the nation cares by donating especially to this project—every donation will go directly to buying and shipping the mugs and hot chocolate for our deployed heroes during the holiday season. We need to plan ahead in order to have enough mugs—and so we have until July 8th to raise $138,000 to buy mugs for our deployed heroes this winter!

DONATE HERE

To warm a soldier’s heart even more, you can write a note to be sent with along with the holiday care package for a hero! Just write it in the Comments section of your online donation, or email it separately to angels@soldiersangels.org (Subject: "Holiday Note").

Let's pull together to make sure the holiday season is a time of warmth and love for all the service members who will be serving our country far from home this winter! Please help spread the word!

Hospital sees more GIs from Afghan frontline

‘We’ve seen a lot ... and I hope we can handle it,’ says one staffer


This is a very difficult video to watch, with some graphic footage of war-time injuries but it is valuable to see just what our medics and the soldiers who are injured experience.

The task force hospital at Bagram has been one of our main recipient of Soldiers' Angels support for over three years, and we've increased that support dramatically this year. Soldiers' Angels is sending over 200 First Response backpacks there every month now, and trying to help the medics any way we can.

-Rog

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Doctors at Bagram say there is nowhere in the world — except other war zones — where physicians face such severe wounds day after day. That constant stream takes a toll.

From MSNBC

Friends of Fisher House Illinois - Saturday, June 27, 2009 - Chicago Slaughter Championship Salute to the Troops!

The Friends of Fisher House - Illinois organization is working hard to get ready for the long-needed opening of the new Fisher House at Hines VA hospital in Illinois. If you aren't familiar with Fisher Houses, they provide free housing for the families of wounded and ill veterans and soldiers who are receiving treatment at VA hospitals.

The Chicago Slaughter football team is running a Championship Salute to the Troops on Saturday, June 27, 2009. A portion of profits from ticket sales will do directly to the FOFH-IL organization.

You can visit the website here to learn more about Friends of Fisher house, and to learn how to purchase your tickets.

So come on out for an afternoon of some great football. Even if you can't attend, your ticket purchase goes to help a great cause! You can also visit the Friends of Fisher House of Illinois website at any time to learn how to help, or to make a donation to this great cause! Just click on the link on the right side of this page.

Thanks,
Rog

UK medics medevac a British Soldier to Camp Bastion

Here's a video showing the medics we are supporting at the Camp Bastion hospital in Afghanistan as they fly out to get one of their own.



These amazing British medics also care for US Marines, Estonian and Danish NATO troops.

-Rog

Borders' Book Store collects coffee for our troops!

The folks at Seattle's Best coffee shop in the Borders Book store #476 in San Antonio Tx had a great idea. Every Friday they offer a free medium beverage for every bag of coffee beans sold to our customers.








Several months ago, they decided to give the option to their customers to donate their bags of coffee beans to the Soldiers Angels. Many of our customers do, gladly!

They typically collect 25 bags of coffee a week, and send them to our Soldiers' Angels warehouse where we distribute them to military units all over the world.

Thanks to Peggy, Mea and the crew at Borders!
-Rog