Baron Holbach
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Support our troops
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Augustwest
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It's entirely possible to support our troops and not sign a petition in support this war.
DonP
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I already support our troops ...
... I just paid his phone bill and for his last airline ticket for his leave home last week. He's my son and he's deploying to a Kuwait forward firebase next week with his unit.
Internet and other petitions are nice but usually just make the signers feel good.
IMNSHO, I think going to one of the "Adopt A Platoon" sites and finding some grunts to send mail and some packages to, with everything from individual wrapped baby wipes that they can throw in their pocket, a hard case for their cigarettes (I don't approve but ...) some hot sauces besides the Tabasco, that gets old real fast, and other mini bottles of seasonings (Lea & Perrins Worcestershire sauce is good too) for the MRE's. Some eye drops, Visine etc. are good too.
Throw in a couple of paperbacks too while you're at it. Maybe some non-army issue sun-block, preferably SPF 3000! Newspapers, even though they might be a week old, are also very popular. I already have my first package ready to go.
My polite suggestion to anyone really concerned with our young men and women is spend more time actually doing something they can see, feel and read and less time signing internet petitions.
In 1970 some anonymous Chicago business man chose my name out of a hat and sent me a free subscription to the Chicago Tribune for my tour with the 1st Cav.
The papers arrived a week to ten days late, but I had guys from Georgia and Ohio reading every page of every copy we got of that paper, even the ad sections. That little touch from home meant so much to me in that strange place, I can't find the words to tell you.
Perhaps someone here with more technical expertise than me can find and post a link to one of the "Adopt A Platoon" web sites. Do something real.
Supporting our people in uniform is not a virtual pastime, do something real.
Carry on folks.
Don P.
... I just paid his phone bill and for his last airline ticket for his leave home last week. He's my son and he's deploying to a Kuwait forward firebase next week with his unit.
Internet and other petitions are nice but usually just make the signers feel good.
IMNSHO, I think going to one of the "Adopt A Platoon" sites and finding some grunts to send mail and some packages to, with everything from individual wrapped baby wipes that they can throw in their pocket, a hard case for their cigarettes (I don't approve but ...) some hot sauces besides the Tabasco, that gets old real fast, and other mini bottles of seasonings (Lea & Perrins Worcestershire sauce is good too) for the MRE's. Some eye drops, Visine etc. are good too.
Throw in a couple of paperbacks too while you're at it. Maybe some non-army issue sun-block, preferably SPF 3000! Newspapers, even though they might be a week old, are also very popular. I already have my first package ready to go.
My polite suggestion to anyone really concerned with our young men and women is spend more time actually doing something they can see, feel and read and less time signing internet petitions.
In 1970 some anonymous Chicago business man chose my name out of a hat and sent me a free subscription to the Chicago Tribune for my tour with the 1st Cav.
The papers arrived a week to ten days late, but I had guys from Georgia and Ohio reading every page of every copy we got of that paper, even the ad sections. That little touch from home meant so much to me in that strange place, I can't find the words to tell you.
Perhaps someone here with more technical expertise than me can find and post a link to one of the "Adopt A Platoon" web sites. Do something real.
Supporting our people in uniform is not a virtual pastime, do something real.
Carry on folks.
Don P.
Baron Holbach
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DonP, thank you for your suggestions. They are excellent.
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Today the front page of my city's newspaper has a photo of Brownies running down the aisle of a department store to gather supplies for care packages. Oh, man.
To Don's list I would add cards, an UNO deck, a cheap checker set and, especially, one of those magnetic "travel" chess sets. The latter used to be a prized possession.
To Don's list I would add cards, an UNO deck, a cheap checker set and, especially, one of those magnetic "travel" chess sets. The latter used to be a prized possession.
Lennyjoe
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DonP has hit the nail on the head so to speak.
I know when I was over there years ago care packages from anyone was a moral booster and very thoughtful. Makes us feel appreciated.
What got me though was the letters from the children all over the U.S. Reading them and replying was a daily thing for me and made it all worth it.
I know when I was over there years ago care packages from anyone was a moral booster and very thoughtful. Makes us feel appreciated.
What got me though was the letters from the children all over the U.S. Reading them and replying was a daily thing for me and made it all worth it.
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