Lt. Col. Lori Noyes of the Civil Air Patrol, Ramstein Cadet Squadron, has been organizing a donation drive of clothing and other essentials for wounded troops from Iraq and Afghanistan sent to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany. Last autumn she sent a request for clothing and monetary donations to assist these troops who often arrived at Landstuhl with nothing but a medical gown. The response was very generous and she received over ninety packages of clothing and over $2000.
Of course, no good deed goes unpunished.
Because she had these packages and donations sent to her personal military postal address or to her squadron's address she is technically in violation of regulations for use of a military postal address. In fact an IG complaint has been filed against her. The email I received from her is below the fold.