Sports Illustrated
Us
People
Newsweek
Astronomy
Runners World
Men’s Health
and so many other titles are often passed around between the Soldiers on the FOB.
Most of these magazines come from care packages that have been delivered to specific Soldiers and some come to my office in a bulk shipment from a caring American citizen.
But the Soldiers love them.
These magazines provide conversation topics and a break from the daily life here in Iraq.
Many of the magazines are sent from people with subsciptions, read, and then sent downrange.
I can’t recommend this enough. It is a big boost to get a new magazine–even if it is evn several months old–it is still new to us.