Marines And Tampons {Insp}

"Marines And Tampons"

Tampons to the rescue in Iraq!! Don't worry, it's a good
story, and worth reading. It's even humorous in parts.
It's from the mother of a Marine in Iraq.

My son told me how wonderful the care packages we
had sent them were and wanted me to tell everyone
thank you. He said that one guy we'll call Marine X,
got a girl care package and everyone was giving him
a hard time. My son said, 'Marine X got some really
nice smelling lotion and everyone really likes it, so
every time he goes to sleep they steal it from him' I told
my son I was really sorry about the mistake, and if he
wanted I would send Marine X another package. He
told me not to worry about Marine X because every time
I send something to him, Marine X thinks it's for him too.

He said when my husband and I sent the last care
package, Marine X came over to his cot picked up
the box, started fishing through it, and said, 'What'd
we get this time?'

My son said they had the most fun with Marine X's
package. He said he wasn't sure who we were
sending the pack to, but the panties were size 20,
and he said one of the guys got on top of the Humvee
and jumped off with the panties over his head and
yelled, 'Look at me, I'm an Airborne Ranger!!!!' One
of the guys attached the panties to an antenna and
it blew in the wind like a windsock. He said it
entertained them for quite awhile. Then of course.......
they had those tampons.

When he brought this up, my imagination just went
running, but he continued. My son said they had to go
on a mission and Marine X wanted the Chap-Stick and
lotion for the trip. He grabbed a bunch of the items from
his care package and got in the Humvee. As luck would
have it he grabbed the tampons too, and my son said
everyone was teasing him about 'not forgetting his
feminine hygiene products.'

He said things went well for a while, then the convoy
was ambushed and a Marine was shot. He said the
wound was pretty clean, but it was deep. He said they
were administering first aid but couldn't get the bleeding
to slow down, and someone said, 'Hey! Use Marine X's
tampons!' My son said they put the tampon in the wound.
At this point my son profoundly told Me, 'Mom, did you
know that tampons expand?' ('Well....yeah!')

They successfully slowed the bleeding until the guy got
better medical attention. When they went to check on
him later The surgeon told them, 'You guys saved his
life. If you hadn't stopped that bleeding he would have
bled to death.' My Son said, 'Mom, the tampons sent
by the Marine Moms by mistake saved a Marine's life.'

At this point I asked him, 'Well, what did you do with
the rest of the tampons?'

He said, 'Oh, we divided them up and we all have them
in our flak jackets, and I kept two for our first aid kit.'

I am absolutely amazed by the ingenuity of our Marines.
I can't believe that something that started out as a
mistake then turned into a joke, ended up saving
someone's life. My sister said she doesn't believe
in mistakes. She believes God had a plan all along.
She believes that 'female care package' was sent to
Marine X to save our Marine.

Either way, our efforts have boosted the morale of many
Marines, provided much needed items for our troops,
AND saved the life of a Marine! G~d bless every one
of you for your efforts and hard work, and G~d bless our
Marines, Army, Navy, Air Force and all our military service personnel.

G~D BLESS AMERICA AND KEEP IT SAFE!
Received on Sun Feb 3 08:28:02 2008