Article: CARE PACKAGES HELP REMIND MARINES OF HOME

The U.S. Marine Corps issued the following official news story:

By Cpl. Shawn CumminsRegimental Combat Team 5

Every week dozens of packages marked with the names of Marines within the battalion flood the mailroom floor. These packages all look the same from the outside, but inside are bits and pieces of the lives of the Marines of Task Force 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team-5.

Care packages containing food, toiletries and trinkets to remind service members of home have been raising the morale of service members for decades. Many of the care packages that the Marines at the battalion receive come from people the Marines have never met, which makes the packages even ...

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