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For those that don’t know, one of our own United Stang’s Members, one of our own Airmen, one of our own Service men, one of our own fellow Americans was wounded in Iraq on 18 May 08. Here is the email I got from Chris (Frosty) on what happened that day (I made minor corrections so some our civilian members would understand the military terms):

“Chief,

I deployed to Iraq as the Team Leader for Weapons Intelligence Team One, tasked with performing post-blast investigation, forensic collection and intelligence analysis focusing on identifying, targeting and capturing the IED cells (bomb makers and emplacers as well as sources of supply and finance).

On 18 May 2008 I received word that a Route Clearance Team (RCT - specialized counter-IED vehicles and personnel) had been struck by an IED resulting in a coalition casualty, at that time I met up with our Quick Reaction Force (QRF) which comprised members of the Mortar Platoon, HHC, 2nd Battalion, 327 Infantry Regiment (MTR/HHC/2-327) and loaded myself and my gear into the truck of the platoon leader, PSYCHO 6. We departed FOB Brassfield-Mora, near the city of Samarra, Iraq, and proceeded to the area of the stricken RCT. We were approximately ten minutes away when we received word that another vehicle on the RCT had been struck by secondary IED, resulting in additional coalition casualties. We continued until we about 150 meters from the second vehicle that had been hit when the vehicle was riding in was hit by a very large buried IED. The blast lifted the vehicle up and it came to rest on its left side. Other elements in the patrol immediately began to provide first aid and called in a MEDEVAC. I was transported to COB Speicher for life saving surgery. Eventually I was moved to Balad AB, then on to Landsthul Regional Medical Center, then finally on to Walter Reed Army Medical Center where I am now.

The explosion that hit my vehicle resulted in two killed in action (KIA) and 5 wounded in action (WIA).”

I'll write more later.

Chris Frost (FrostyEod)

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Although I don’t know the full extent of his injuries, I do know that he lost his right leg below the knee and they are working on saving his left foot. He is in very good spirits even after talking to him this weekend and today on the phone. I even talked to his Mother as well. Both are great people—first impressions mean a lot to me.

Here is what I would like to do. As of right now, Chris doesn’t know what he needs. It is too early in the game to figure out what he will need in the future. All I know is that anything that the military won’t provide him costs money. I propose this:

US Members: Start a campaign of donations here on the site. I will keep a running tally for United Stangs right here in the forums. Since we won’t be sending any money right now, I am looking for commitments, meaning at the time we decide to send the money (or purchase something he needs), you pledge a certain amount of money. I will list up everyone’s donations right here. I don’t care if it is a $5 dollar donation, every little bit counts.

Other Websites: I know we have a lot of people on this site that own their own websites and have pledged to help out. I would like the owner of the site to run a similar campaign on their website (if you don’t mind)—or send your members this way if they would like to donate. The owner of each site will be the person that I contact with updates and the central collection point of funds on their site. Again, I suggest you only get commitments and list their donations on your board. And if you want, I can run your site’s “total tally” here on this board as well. Some of the sites that I know have already committed (in alphabetical order) and my “go-to” persons are listed along with their site. As you send me your running totals, I will update below on what the total contribution of your site is to date.

See list of sites that have committed to help out at the bottom of this post.

Again, if any of our members, Moderators, Administrators, or Owners of other sites would like to run this campaign on their site, please say-so. Give me your site’s name and I will use you as the “go-to” person. If any of you know people on other mustang or non-mustang websites that could run this same campaign on their site, please contact them and get me their information. I just need the website and a person of contact.

United Stangs Chapters: If any of the Chapters we have want to work something internally within their groups, they are welcomed to as well.

Sponsors: I am going to see if I can work with some of our sponsors and see if they can step up with “gift certificates or cash” to Chris for mustang parts. Again, any website owners, I suggest you do the same with your sponsors if you don’t mind. Again, right now, I am just looking for commitments. I will list their commitments in this thread as well. At the time we decide to send off the donation, I will get with the POC of each website to collect the money.

MySpace: Anyone with MySpace pages, if you wouldn't mind putting this story up, I would really appreciate it.

Banner: I want a banner made up so I can run it across my forums. I will make it available to anyone that wants to run it on their site as well. What I need is someone here to make it for me. Frosty put up some pictures in his gallery we can use.

Homepage Story: Brian is going to post up this campaign on United Stangs Homepage with a link to the story here. Anyone wanting to copy and paste anything in the campaign (or link) to their website are welcomed.

Again, I am just looking for commitments until we find out exactly what Chris needs. I will run a tally of funds donated here. I will also run other website tallies if they want me too. I will just need you to give me your screen name and your donation amount.

Additionally, for any donation over $50 (cash or gift certificates) from a US Sponsor, I will donate 1 month of advertising to their existing contract. This will also be part of my donation as well. You can “up” your donation anytime as well. Just let me or any of the moderators know what you would like to contribute and we will add your name to the list.

PLEASE DO NOT PAY PAL ME ANY MONEY. I will collect the funds later on.

Also, if you would like to send something to Chris (cards, etc), here is his address:

TSgt Christopher Frost
In care of Ward 57, Walter Reed Army Medical Center
6900 Georgia Ave NW
Washington DC, 20307

If you chose to visit Frosty at the hospital, here are the details:

Walter Reed Army Medical Center
TSgt Christopher Frost
Ward 57, Room 37, Bed 1
(Big Building—Bldg 2 if he remembers right)

He said all visitors are welcomed.

Also, don’t be afraid to leave messages in his profile chat box as well.

That’s it for now people. I am kind of making this up as I go along so some things might change with this campaign, so bear with me. I appreciate any help you can offer.






pm me or post in here if you are interested in helping

I will deffinately be praying for him, hopefully everything works out and I hope we can help in any way possible!

That is a rough story, I am sorry for him. That is very good what they are doing for him and thank you for posting this here.

I was up at speicher in OIF IV, ran down to brassfieldmora all the time....327 is out of the 101st also and seems they are taking a lot more casualities then we did when we were up there. Really sucks *ss and gets to me hearing about situations like that.

they are setting up an account to make donations to. If you want to make one, let me know here and I will post the info as soon as I get it

Yeah that would awesome if you could do that man I am intrested in donating to his cause.

Thanks Brother...still waiting on set up info

Everyone, I got some news that just makes my blood BOIL! It looks like the Frosty Fund has received so much attention that now some people are trying to scam folks out of money using Frosty's name in vain. They are having people Pay Pal money to fake accounts in his name.

As I have always said, PLEASE DO NOT SEND ANY MONEY AT THIS TIME. Only send money when either myself or your site coordinator gives you a good Pal Pal account. This is why I have only asked for pledges.

If you see this post on any other forums or you are a site coordinator, please make sure your kind personnel are NOT sending money to anyone they do not know. Not one penny will be sent until Chris figures out what he needs.

This is the real deal. I talked to Frosty and his Mother today. I verified he is indeed in Walter Reed. I cross-referenced his phone number with Walter Reed and their customer support desk. He is indeed in the hospital. If you would like to call and chat with him just to give your support, his number is: 202-782-4744.

Also, there was a question of was it a violation to collect funds for a hurt soldier and the amount. I have never heard of this but I will verify it. I think the maximum amount per injured soldier is $335 per person and no one has came close to that.

Thank you everyone for your continued support and please don't let these scammers taint this campaign.

Everyone, please feel free to copy and paste this message across all the websites hosting this campaign.

Thats some bullshit!!! Hearing crap like that makes me sick, what the fark is wrong with people?!!!

i hear ya. But for every 1 person doing good there are 1000 assholes trying to scam.

My fingers crossed for luck and I will pray for him and his. Always a trajedy.