Fox Company Reunion
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Subject: Fox Company, second Battalion third Marines Reunion Fund Raiser.
I would like to thank you for taking the time to read this. As you may know, many service members have a difficult time transitioning back into regular life. It has been over 5 years since all of us have been together in a country half way around the world where no one liked us. It has been years for some, months for others, since we got out of the Marines where everything we did was accepted, valued and normal. Then we were thrown into a life as a civilian, a vet, where people think we are crazy and dangerous.
Things that we thought would fade are not and instead of integrating into society, for many of us we feel more and more separated from it. After years of trying to fix our problems either individually or in small groups of two or three, we have decided that we all need to get together and work on our problems. No one cares about us more than the Marines that were there and experienced the same things. Coming together as a unit and tackling these issues head on is the intent of our reunion. We are working on having VA and mental health professionals attend our reunion as well as any other resources we can gather that might help these Marines get better.
The problem that we are facing that I hope you can help with is that many of these Marines, the ones that have given up and that really need help, cannot afford to attend the reunion. We have found a location on a ranch in Texas that is not charging us to stay, but air fare is a burden for many of these Marines. We all appreciate your consideration, thoughts and prayers. Anything will help us help ourselves.
Thank you, and Semper Fi
I would like to thank you for taking the time to read this. As you may know, many service members have a difficult time transitioning back into regular life. It has been over 5 years since all of us have been together in a country half way around the world where no one liked us. It has been years for some, months for others, since we got out of the Marines where everything we did was accepted, valued and normal. Then we were thrown into a life as a civilian, a vet, where people think we are crazy and dangerous.
Things that we thought would fade are not and instead of integrating into society, for many of us we feel more and more separated from it. After years of trying to fix our problems either individually or in small groups of two or three, we have decided that we all need to get together and work on our problems. No one cares about us more than the Marines that were there and experienced the same things. Coming together as a unit and tackling these issues head on is the intent of our reunion. We are working on having VA and mental health professionals attend our reunion as well as any other resources we can gather that might help these Marines get better.
The problem that we are facing that I hope you can help with is that many of these Marines, the ones that have given up and that really need help, cannot afford to attend the reunion. We have found a location on a ranch in Texas that is not charging us to stay, but air fare is a burden for many of these Marines. We all appreciate your consideration, thoughts and prayers. Anything will help us help ourselves.
Thank you, and Semper Fi
Organizer
Jack Rockway
Organizer
Poulsbo, WA
