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In our efforts to send at least one care package overseas to the Marines of Delta Company, 2nd

Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Chuck decided to contact his former Battalion Commanding Officer, Colonel D.W. White, and asked him if there was anyone in his Regiment that had not received a care package, as a side project.

There was one Marine, in particular, who had recently lost both of his parents and his only sibling in 2 separate freak accidents.

We have been assured that this Devil Dog has been taken care of, is in the best of hands and has received the care package meant solely for him.

Our Goal is to provide the Marines of D Co, 2nd

LAR Bn with a care package.

This package will be addressed to the Company

First Sergeant, who is essentially in charge of

the well being of his Company and all Marines in

his charge.

He will hand out the goodies and snacks.

We bought snacks and goodies

We are going to send the items in a United States Postal Service flat rate box to the specified addressee and unit in Afghanistan.

Pretty simple stuff, but it makes being over there a tiny bit easier.

Be it baby wipes, some candy or even the idea that those that came before you have not forgotten your current tribulations.

We consulted with each other.

After a combined total of 7 years at sea and

another 3 in combat zones had been

calculated, we began to draw from our extensive

experience serving overseas and on ships.

We came up with a list of those things we

enjoyed receiving and those we didn’t.

Then we formulated a pretty agreeable list of

what we thought was best for our Marines.

Ladies and Gentlemen, please let us remind you that there is always that one person, that 10% of the population, that thinks it is a good idea to send really healthy foods to combat Marines overseas. This is Never a good idea – for two reasons:

1. They already subsist from day to day on a pre-packaged (in 1973, yup that’s right, 5 years before Chuck was even born!) diet of foul tasting freeze dried crap, that severely affects their GI track.

2. They may seek you out after their tour is over and try to help share with you the pain of not getting what everyone else got in their care packages.(This last one is a joke, but I am sure it has crossed some of our minds from time to time)

Consider yourselves warned.

Originally, Stephen talked to his bosses about them sending a sizeable contribution of Monster Energy drinks to the Marines.

They said they would be proud to help with the care package.

Unfortunately, Headquarters Marine Corps asked us not to send liquids of any kind through the mail.

We assume it could make quite a mess if one were to pop open in transit (and trust Stephen when he says, “They smell terrible after more than a few days of open air exposure).

Team Task Number One

After reviewing the first Team Task, it would seem

appropriate to create a database or master

spreadsheet to catalog every care package, each

one’s contents, person said packages are

addressed to prior to shipping, and whether or not

you could possibly confirm delivery.

However, in the course of our Make A Difference

Day Project, we think that it would be impractical to

create a database or master spreadsheet to catalog

the one care package we are sending and it’s

contents.

Team Task Number Two

Creating a form for this project is wholly possible, while it would be time consuming beyond reason, it could be done and done right.

With the right talent at the helm, a form could be developed with the purpose of setting up a Not-For-Profit type organization for sending care packages and building a better rapport with our returning Veterans. The last thing we need is for them feel like, “It’s Vietnam all over again.”

A great and enduring example of this is the United Services Organization or USO. They have a great website located at: www.uso.org/donate

Team Task Number Three

As for the paper source document, it is probably a great idea for businesses and charitable organizations (for tax purposes), but we do not feel that it would be practical in our case.

Sure, we could print out our slides from this project and put them in paper form as #3 suggests, but from what we can tell, that would be a huge waste of ink on our part and Chuck’s wife would kill him for using that much color ink at one time.

The most appropriate form of source document and output for our presentation is the data storage unit on which this presentation is kept and the internet.

Team Task Number Four

As for an update on usability and visibility, all three of our presentations regarding our Make A Difference Day Project are all available via www.slideshare.com

For usability alone, there is not much of it where a PowerPoint presentation is concerned.

However, if a form were created for tracking and cataloging purposes, usability for the input side of the operation would be absolutely vital for success and therefore would increase the success of the output.