Staying Connected
E-Mail from those serving our country

Peters

United States Marine Corps. Lance Cpl. Matthew D. Peters is a four-year enlistee and has been stationed in Iraq for about seven months. He lives on Camp Al Taqauddum (TQ), located between Falluja and Ramadi near Lake Habaniyah. Peters is a 2002 graduate of Delphi Community High School and is taking classes at Motorcycle Mechanics Institute for a technicians' degree.

Peters writes...

I will say that we certainly do have it made over here. The military has gone to great lengths to make these deployments a lot more stress-free for us. So far, they provided us with a huge chow hall with great food, laundry room, internet and phone access, a building to live in with actual beds and a mattress which is pretty awesome, showers, toilets with running water, a nice PX where we can buy anything and most everything that we would ever need and if we can't get it there, then we just order it online, a barber shop and a lot more.

It's starting to cool down over here to around 100 degrees or just over. Night-time has been around the 70s, which has been very nice.

The only complaints people could possibly have over here are the obvious - not being able to see family and the heat.

My family and friends are deeply rooted in the town of Delphi and the Carroll County area.Without them, I don't know where I'd be. They are very supportive of me and everyone here with me. I love them and miss them a lot. My wife, Regina Peters, is in Phoenix, Arizona, where we live currently due to schooling.

I miss my family and friends very much, but they have all been extremely supportive of the military and myself. They send mail to me all the time to let me know the current events of my hometown there in Delphi, and that's been a real help on top of being able to call and e-mail. All in all I have to say that I'm very happy to be over here and doing what we're doing. This deployment will change my life forever whether it be in a good way or a bad way, it doesn't matter. We're doing what we signed up to do and I couldn't be prouder to be serving with the best of the best, the U.S. Marines.

The guys and few women that I'm with right here are doing an amazing job no matter what they do. No matter what task or assignment they're given, they do it and they do it very well. I have always heard of famous quotes and such made by prior service Marines, and I now know why they said what they said.

I'll leave with this, thank you for all your support back home. Special thanks to my family and my wife, Gina. You all are what I think about coming home to everyday. I miss you and can't wait to see you in the near future. I love you guys.

Semper Fi,

Lcpl Peters, Matthew

9th ESB Co. "B"

The Comet thanks Lance Cpl. Peters for his e-mail to the community.

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