Iraq Christmas Tree

[Ross]

Got this picture from a friend of mine in Iraq. It shows a Christmas tree set up in one of Saddam's former palaces.

[Patrick]

Thats special. Thanks for sharing that with us! :2thumbs:

[Sactown]

It is nice to see our soldiers managing to have a few fun moments in the hell hole. I'm sure the local clerics would love that picture :razz:

[Bluerauder]

Got this picture from a friend of mine in Iraq. It shows a Christmas tree set up in one of Saddam's former palaces.
Very nice pic. My question is "Where did the tree come from?" :dunno:

[woaface]

Hehehehe...Too cool!

[Ross]

Very nice pic. My question is "Where did the tree come from?" :dunno:


Probably an official, GI O.D. green artificial tree! Or as the Army would call it:

Tree, Christmas, Artificial, M1

[Patrick]

Probably an official, GI O.D. green artificial tree! Or as the Army would call it:

Tree, Christmas, Artificial, M1

You forgot, " 1 each". And when you go to supply to get more ornaments, "Its on order"!!!
:laugh:

[STLThunder]

That's a wonderful pic! Thanks for sharing. By the way I think it's:

1 each, tree, christmas, od green, size 10', s/n 11111111.

[teamrope]

Quote:
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Probably an official, GI O.D. green artificial tree! Or as the Army would call it:

Tree, Christmas, Artificial, M1

</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>You forgot, " 1 each". And when you go to supply to get more ornaments, "Its on order"!!!
:laugh:You forgot "forest green" in color.:)

Good to see our young men an women have a small piece of home for the hollidays.

[metroplex]

Probably an official, GI O.D. green artificial tree! Or as the Army would call it:

Tree, Christmas, Artificial, M1

You forgot the NSN and Cage ID. Then under procurement description, it should list a MIL Spec number as well as the procurement history.

[Patrick]

You forgot the NSN and Cage ID. Then under procurement description, it should list a MIL Spec number as well as the procurement history.

Boy I miss the Army!! Right!!

Pray everyday for them!!!!!
:flag:

[Merc-O-matic]

And a very MERRY CHRISTMAS to each and everyone
of our Servicemen over there. GOD BLESS them ALL!

Gotta Love It!

[Grimor]

how many military guys we got here? :-p

SrA Morse

[jgc61sr2002]

how many military guys we got here? :-p

SrA Morse

Numerous active and retired.

[ncmm]

Very nice to see our Troops getting a bit of R&R, they are deserving! Thank you for sharing!! :up:

[Patrick]

how many military guys we got here? :-p

SrA Morse

12 yrs Active Army then 4 yrs National Guard.
:flag:

[teamrope]

12 yrs Active Army then 4 yrs National Guard.
:flag:
22 active and 1 Reserve. Still marchin on. :)

[Bigdogjim]

22 active and 1 Reserve. Still marchin on. :)
Can't keep a good man down:up:

[Bluerauder]

how many military guys we got here? :-p

SrA Morse
US Army retired in 1992, oldest son currently on active duty in Iraq, still working closely with the Army on many programs.

[Grimor]

I wonder if there is a connection between being int he military and liking big cars... or maybe it just means you're smart enough to know a good thing when you see it...

[jabird56]

New York Daily News
December 15, 2004

A Fir-Y Tale Come True For Troops

By Michael Daly

As the 75 Christmas trees made the journey from a Long Island nursery to
Iraq, the holiday spirit was once more proving able to make the seemingly
impossible happen.

Impossible being the apparent answer when a woman came into Dee's Nursery in
Oceanside last month asking if there was some way to send a
Christmas tree to her son in Iraq. The proprietor, Joe Dee, made various
inquiries, but nobody seemed to have a solution.

"We just didn't know how to do it," Dee recalls.

Then, a regular customer named Jim Adelis stopped in. Adelis has a
20-year-old son in Iraq. Jim Adelis Jr. serves as a machine gunner on
convoys.

"His truck hit a roadside bomb six months ago," the senior Adelis says. "He
got banged up a little bit, but not really bad."

The senior Adelis was now asked by Dee if he had any ideas about sending
Christmas trees to that faraway war zone.

"He said, 'It'd be nice to get trees to the troops over there. I'd like to
donate 75 trees,'" Adelis recalls.

Adelis responded as an upstanding son of Bensonhurst.

"The old Brooklyn ethic: 'Let me see what I can do ...'" Adelis says.

Adelis figured he first had to get the Army's approval. He telephoned Army
Major. Gen. Richard Colt, commander of the 77th Regional Readiness
Command at Fort Totten in Queens.

"He said, 'That's great! How are we going to do it?'" Adelis recalls.

Adelis has been in the security business at Kennedy Airport for three
decades, and his next call was to DHL shipping. The company immediately
offered to provide free transport all the way to the younger Adelis' base,
Camp Anaconda in Balad, Iraq.

Of course, they could hardly send trees without decorations. Lt. Dan
Carbonaro and Officer Mike DeFilippis of the Port Authority kicked off the
fund-raising with a collection among fellow cops. The Port Authority donated
Christmas lights that had been in saddest storage for three years.

"The lights for the trees at the World Trade Center," the senior Adelis
says.

Nassau County cops joined in providing a police escort to the 48-foot DHL
truck that departed Dee's nursery on the morning of Nov. 19. The job
had particular meaning for the truck's driver, Chris Johncharles, who has a
daughter serving in Iraq.

A DHL helicopter flew as an added escort and touched down as Johncharles
wheeled the load of 75 boxed trees to the company's gateway at
Kennedy Airport. The pilot stepped onto the tarmac wearing a Santa suit.

"I thought it was quite fitting to see Santa Claus there," Adelis says.

The boxes were shrink-wrapped onto pallets and hoisted aboard a DC-8 plane
for a flight to Bahrain. The trees were flown from there to Baghdad
and arrived by truck at Camp Anaconda on Nov. 22. The entire journey had
gone without the slightest hitch.

"Divine intervention," Adelis says. "That's the only way I can explain it."

Adelis' son reported back to his father how another soldier had responded
upon seeing one of the boxed trees.

"One guy hugged the box and buried his face in the box and said, 'Oh, this
smells just like home!'" the senior Adelis says.

Such responses inspired Adelis and Dee to organize a second shipment. Dee
again chose the trees that have the strongest Christmas smell.

"Balsam fir from the State of Maine," Dee says.

Tomorrow morning, Johncharles will drive a DHL truck from Dee's nursery to
Kennedy Airport, delivering 50 trees, including a 20-footer for the
center of Camp Anaconda. The Port Authority cops kicked in again, along with
various businesses and individuals. The shipment will include 350
sets of lights, ornaments, garlands, as well as a Santa suit in case one of
the soldiers is inspired to play St. Nick.

"We also have menorahs going over for the Jewish kids," Adelis says.

Adelis' son will still be in Iraq at Christmas, but, thanks to some true
holiday magic, he was able to send back a photo of himself beside a tree
that
smells like home.

"Talk about Christmas miracles ..." the senior Adelis says.