[Ansteorra] Spare Armor for Afghanistan

[Mike Wyvill]

Greetings all,

I have to say that when i first read this thread that I immediately 
thought about storage. My son is a Fire Team Leader in Iraq and he and I 
often have discussions about what he would like me to send to him and 
many times storage for the items is a main part of the discussion. We 
both paint miniatures and when I asked him if he wanted me to send him 
some items that would have been packed in a box no larger than a VHS 
cassette he said he didn't have room to store it. And while Lord Ioannes 
is out on long missions, Colin does patrol daily, but comes back to Camp 
Taji within hours. He is not in large housing facility but in a prefab 
hut (for lack of a better term) with a roommate and he just doesn't have 
room. I can't imagine that Ioannes has anything like Colin's space to 
store anything other than the essentials.

This is a great idea, don't get me wrong. I just agree that it would be 
next to impossible to execute it.

Lord Engenulf de Vienville
Proud Father of Sgt. Colin Wyvill
A Company (Aztecs)
2nd Battalion
23rd Infantry Regiment
4th Stryker Brigade
2nd Infantry Division



John Atkinson wrote:
> I
>
> Second, storage.  If I say it is frankly kicking our butts to handle
> storage of the rapier loaner gear, it would make the scale of problem
> apparent.  I personally live in a circus tent with about 150 other
> troops.  We are on bunk beads, and while lying in my bed I can reach
> out and touch the bunks of the people to my left and right.  Even
> those people who do have space to store a duffel bag of armor and
> swords have a hard time making it out regularly enough for the gear to
> do any good.  It's our biggest issue right now--one of the loaner
> rapier bags is in the hands of someone who has not been out to play in
> two weeks.  Next month, I will likely be out on mission for 5-7 days
> at a time--I certainly could not hold loaner gear.
>
> Ld. Ioannes Dalassenos
> Squire to Sir Giotto di Giovanni
>
> John M. Atkinson
> SSG, USA
>