Last year SSAFA Oxfordshire sent shoe boxes to one of the local regiments. These had been filled with help from the rear party, and transported with friendly assistance by Brize. In due course the regiment returned to base, paraded through the local town, and went on well earned leave. Discreet enquiries established that the reason for no "thanks" was because the boxes had never reached the intended recipients and were still in a storage facility in theatre. They were then re-allocated to another unit who presumably enjoyed them.