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Cpl R. Dawe 3rd Platoon, India Company FPO San Diego, CA 92102 Dear Jenna, I am writing to you to let you know I am safe. Relatively safe. I can't tell you where I am, but know that we've taken an airfield and they've named it after Cpl Corium. That's all I can say though, you know. Operational security, but know that I am safe and I think about you. This has been one of the hardest deployments so far. Our enemy, who I can't really describe, are using NATO assets acquired through some UN back door deal, and it makes it hard engaging them. They look like us, they use our equipment. I have a lot of new guys in my team now, and I fear these guys are not going to check their targets as good, or hesitate when it comes time to engaging a Humvee. Command got it right though. We have been using flatbeds, troop haulers and MRAPs to avoid the confusion. There are no friendly Humvee's here which is a good thing. At first glance however, these guys we are fighting look like us. They use M16's so the incoming fire sounds the same, and when you have 40 other Marines shooting back. It's hard to pin point exactly where that round came from. On the plus side. They are not as aggressive as we are, they are for sure not as trained. We are out maneuvering them and we're doing good. We're doing good on the ground, and our air assets are keeping us covered from way up above. Don't pray for me, pray for those guys. They are the ones who will be bringing us home. I have a picture of you in my helmet, I think about you daily. I'll be home soon. Rob P.S You can tell your mother to stop sending cookies. I don't get them on the front lines. H&S Company however says they are delicious.