From the Sandbox - Thank You!

Good Evening,

I recently deployed to Afghanistan and before I left a friend of mine, and member of Cigar Asylum, put out a call to members of the forum. From that, a large number of extraordinary cigars were donated to make the trip with me.

I was asked to share these cigars with deserving soldiers over here when they needed it most.

Well, two days ago we lost a comrade. Normally at home we would toast him with a shot of our favourite beverage but that's not possible over here. So instead, last night a group of us sat around a couple of rickety old tables, shared stories and raised our glowing embers in salute to our comrade. A last, emotional farewell as it were.

To those of you who (and I'm sure you know who you are - but I was asked not to identify) made this possible... Thank you.

Hopefully this will be the only salute we raise, but if not, please know that you have made a difference in the lives of many soldiers serving over here.

Cdnmedic