As our USA-based friends prepare for their 250th Independence day, I am keeping in the forefront of my mind the ongoing war of Ukrainian Independence.

Now, this week's raffle is a little different. UFL_Robin wrote a full story here - please read it for all the details.

TLDR; the first $1300 of this raffle will be to complete a $5k urgent combat tourniquet (CAT) supply for a unit that is going into combat without enough of these mandatory lifesaving items. As Robin so eloquently puts it, "They're so undersupplied that SOME OF THEM AREN'T EVEN CARRYING TOURNIQUETS ANYMORE."

If you want to make Robin's August tacmed delivery even more painful for her, you are welcome to contribute directly here.

Updates

The cameras you bought the 214th have been mounted on their APCs. They will make a world of difference in safely traversing dangerous terrain while buttoned-up.

The guys in the 413th appreciate your purchase of their new powerstation.

And our good friends in the 10th Edelweiss lover their new powerstation!

The 37th Marines appreciate their generator, as you can see.

$2 TACO Tuesday (maybe someday we can retire this...)

This week's $2 pack features an embroidered necklace and matching shopper with an awesome Ukrainian heartbeat motif. An AFU patch goes well with a large insulated mug, and is topped by a stamp set featuring Kharkiv Oblast cities!

$5 54th pack

This is a really nice pack with gear from the 54th Brigade! They signed a flag and provided two of their patches, including one from the "Heavenly Punishment" drone strike company. Additionally, the 411th gave us one of their posters to go with an International Legion insulated mug and a sunflower keychain.

In closing:

The recent long-range Ukrainian strikes against strategic russian targets makes it easy to forget that the front line is still a brutal place. One of my contacts in the AFU is a forward-deployed surgeon and he reported a significant influx of injuries lately. In fact, one of the soldiers Robin referenced in her Reddit post just relocated to rehab after losing his leg.

I have to remind myself that the soldiers UFL supports don't get the attention of those high-profile drone or missile strikes. They live in dirt and sweat, constantly under drone threats for days, weeks, or even months at a time. Your support makes it a little easier for them, it makes their survival chances that much better.

I hope one day you all can visit Ukraine and see what we at UFL see.

-Scott

Don't forget:

Givebutter may limit ticket purchases to 10 at a time, but as many of you know, you can always buy additional ticket packs without limit.

UFL has amazing art here if you haven't seen it yet!

And please note that although the event description mentions a livestream, there will be none. And while we do deeply appreciate those of you who choose to donate as well as buying raffle tickets, we want to make it clear that donations are not required to enter the raffle.

30 June UFL tacmed raffle

The last raffle of June, and it's for an especially good cause