Support group for family and friends of soldiers overseas...?
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My brother just returned, a few months ago. I stayed in touch with his girlfriend, by email and the occasional phone call, they live together in another state. You may want to contact the chaplain for his unit and see if a group is available. Also you could talk to some of the other significant others and bring up a weekly or monthly meeting, just to pass on news and share some time. I spoke to my brother about once a week while he was there by webcam and instant messenger. My brother was in Al Asad, it was bad but we were all able to see him. When his kids were here for a visit, I even had the webcam on them and he was able to see and chat with them, it was really great, considering. \n\nGood luck, fcabre@yahoo.com
910106
I sent you the name of a unit in Afghanistan to your email through Yahoo. Thank you for your and your restaurant for your support. Wish you could send real food. HAHA.
445213
My husband was deployed for 14 months so I know what you are going through. Thank goodness my husband is home now and I wish your husband a safe and quick return also. You can e-mail me at thetravelingmartins@yahoo.com. I will be more than happy to talk with you. I few suggestions to make the time pass are send your husband a care package every week or every other week. Take a calendar and put an X through each day that has passed by. Use the time to discover more about yourself. E-mail me and I will give you some ideas of what you can send him to show that you care for him. Trust me, your husband will appreciate this. Many of my husband's friends came home from Iraq and discovered that their wives had left them and taken all of their money. Anyways, I hope this helps.\n\nNote- to the person who wrote about the FRG. Not every FRG is a good group. Mine was nothing but a gossip and husband bashing group.
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I have a Husband who is in the Air Foce and is deployed right now. I also have a brother in law who is Deployed. I have Alot of friends in the military as well that are deployed. My cousin too. My whole family has in ome point been military.
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Hi. My husband was in the marine corp. and now he is in the army. You can call or email the USO  or the post office and ask them if they still do care packages for troops. You can go to school/church/or around your community and collect snacks, toiletries, international calling cards, big quantity of items can be sold in Sam's club. for women and men to Iraq. Thank you for thinking of our soldiers and troops. God bless you!
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I've been there! My husband has been deployed 2 of the last 3 thanksgivings/Christmases. \n\nThere are several options. You could volunteer. You could treat yourself to a movie (thanksgiving is actually a big day for theaters). \n\nAnother option would be to contact your husband's unit commander and ask if they are doing anything for the wives/families of the deployed. I know it is tradition in my husband's unit for the commander's family to open their doors to all singles/deployed family members/people who can't go home. That may be your best bet for a traditional Thanksgiving meal. \n\nHang in there. I know how tough this is. Thank you and your husband for giving to our country.
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Tell him how proud we are of him. Tell him that we are praying for him and all of our soldiers and to remember always that we will not forget that they are there and that we want them all home as soon as possible. Send him a little quote from the bible that he can meditate on that will him get through what he faces there everyday. Most of all, tell him THANK YOU, AND GOD BLESS AND PROTECT HIM. We are thinking of him and all of our men and women in the military and we are so very proud of them. God bless!
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The best way to do this is technically adopt a Soldier - you can choose who you adopt. They post a 'want' list of different items. I had a few Solier's Angels while I was deployed and they were awesome - and became good friends since. The website is posted in my sources - GOOD LUCK!
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YES YES YES... there are TONS.  I am not sure what branch you are going into but my husband is in the Marines.  He is currently deployed to iraq for the second time and I am a pro when it comes to the support chain!\n\nwww.corpswives.com\nwww.redcross.org/news/af/general/030317support.html \nsummitcounty.redcross.org/Military Support Groups.htm\nwww.lovingyou.com/content/groups/military \njade.theostrohafamily.com/support.htm \nwww.lovingyou.com\nwww.mfso.org\nwww.military.com \nwww.spiritisup.com/military.html \nwww.geocities.com\nwww.americasupportsyou.mil
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The DOD website "America Supports You" has a ton of useful information... here's a page called "Helping Troops Help Others" that should steer you in the right direction.\nhttp://www.americasupportsyou.mil/AmericaSupportsYou/help_troops.html
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A specific soldier, or any soldier? \n\nYou can send your message of support to any soldier via this form: \nhttp://anyservicemember.navy.mil/\nSnailmail addresses are here: \nhttp://www.defenselink.mil/specials/abby/
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my husband is over there. been over there for 9 1/2 months. and it really depends on where you are, but for the most part i get to hear from him every day, although where he is the phone conversations are allowed 20 min each to allow other people to get on, so then he has to sign back on, and so on. sometimes a soldier or marine will die where they are so they have to shut down the phone lines until the family's notified, and when they're really busy he can't call. when he first left they were really busy setting everything up, so if you don't hear from him in a while, try not to worry! I know it's hard not to! :) stay strong!
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You cannot get a list like that due to the many possible negative uses.  However, thank you very much for your desire to show your care.  I am very sure that all of the men and women of the United States Department of Defense, in all branches and divisions, appreciate your thoughtfulness as they continue the defense of our nation and our allies.  Here is a list of some places that might be a positive way for you to offer your support for our troops:\n\nhttp://www.anysoldier.com/\nhttp://www.forgottensoldiers.org/\nhttp://www.mysoldier.com/
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hey man MANY THANKS for being away from family and friends. i had a cousin and his brother in law over there not too long ago and my husbands cousin who had to leave her young 1yr old daughter with us while she left. its gonna be hard but stick in there and you will be sooo proud of yourself when its all said and done. good luck and thanks again for supporting those of us who will miss you while your away. MAY GOD BLESS AND KEEP YOU SAFE THE WAY THROUGH.
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My dad was deployed on a lot of holidays when I was growing up.  My mom invited soldiers over whose family was in the States or somewhere else.  Thanksgiving isn't just about family its about being with friends too, so she just made sure that if anyone didn't have a place to go they were at our house!
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Try military.com. Great place to look for buddies and join groups. Also if you go to Good Old Days and place a posting in the wanted section you'll find lots of people willing to help you.
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I have not seen one, but the British Army does have a soldier support web site. I linked it below for you. Thanks for your support.