what's a good way to show your support of the troops in the war?
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if you want to support them directly, adopt a soldier.  all it means is just send them some letters and care packages.  it means the world to them.  \n\nif you have kids, see if your kid's class wanted to have some as a pen pal.  its helps everyone.  \n\nyou could help at a uso.\n\nif you know someone who has been called up, offer support to their families.  \n\nall the money from those $0.99 yellow rubber band bracelets go directly to uso's\n\nthere's a million ways to show your support.  some take as little as a hand shake and a thank to a returning troop.  thank you for supporting the men and women who serve now and  who have made the ultimate sacrifice.
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It's good to know there are more positive people around like you. Even if things aren't exactly going the way we want them to now, we need to support our soldiers all we can.
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Its not a matter of supporting the cause, its a matter of supporting the people that we have sent. They basically have no choice, they go where they are ordered. Whether or not I support the cause, I always support the troops.
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Honestly - and I am speaking from experience - the best way to thank a veteran is to look them squarely in the eye, shake their hand and say, "Thank you."\n\nWe don't ask for or expect anything more, and that simple recognition has been known to bring tears to servicemembers eyes.\n\nOr, in my case, you can thank me with a Best Answer selection! LOL! JUST KIDDING!!!   :-P
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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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Our soldiers offer to give up their lives so that we can be free. It is their gift to us. And all they ask for in return is that we never send them into harm's way unless it is absolutely necessary. \n\nThe best way to support our troops is to hold to account the Government who put them in harm's way based on a lie.\n\nWe must support our troops by demanding that they're pulled out away from murder and murdering on behalf of politicians who couldn't be bothered to even join up themselves.
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I would suggest that you use, at the very least, a flag! A building front with a second story window, men in Confederate uniforms, rifle, grey wig would also be helpful.
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First, thank you for your service.  I honor all of our Veterans.  Second, I'm not a current service member but am married to an Army Veteran, have two currently deployed, with our youngest son leaving for Basic in June.  \nSupport?  Oh yes!  All one has to do is visit a post office on any given day and just observe the requests for 'custom forms'.  \nI belong to many support groups who send out a minimum of 25 care packges weekly.  We sponsor the 5 major hospitals in Iraq, our MAOs and many Veteran Hospitals here in the States. \nAs for me and my family, we will serve, honor and pay our respects to ALL Military members as well as our cherished Veterans.\nBTW, I lost a son in September.  This Mom knows the high cost of freedom and we choose to HONOR his memory by carrying on his dreams.\nAgain, thank you for YOUR service.
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Protection of country and we need to support our troops no matter what. I gained respect for them and am very proud of our Troops.  \n\nGod Bless America
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I just found a GREAT website to let you do just that.  See below so you can just click on it.  I applaud you and everyone else that sends mail to them.  Actually, I found 2 sites.  \n\nGOD BLESS THE USA AND OUR TROOPS ABROAD!
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try putting an advert in soldier magazine.. it could prove helpful, or look on biscuits brown.com..
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Support our Troops! - Bring them Home NOW!
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The troops banner has been in a few newspapers. However if anyone truly wants to see their uniwue way of sending their personal message to Kerry, feel free to email me. I HAVE THE REAL DEAL from my nephew who is in the army.\nThursday, November 02, 2006\nU.S. troops in Iraq stick it to Kerry with funny photo\nBAGHDAD (CNN) -- A widely-circulated photo from soldiers in Iraq pokes fun at the recent "stuck" in Iraq comments by Sen. John Kerry, with a U.S. military spokesman telling CNN on Thursday "it was a humorous response to ongoing remarks."\n\nThe picture was taken on Wednesday morning in Iraq by service members of the 1st Brigade 34th Infantry Division at Tallil Airbase, which is near Nasiriya in southern Iraq.\n\nEight soldiers are shown holding a banner that says "HALP US JON CARRY -WE R STUCK HEAR N IRAK. The "k" in "stuck" is the written backwards.\n\nSpeaking at a campaign rally in California on Monday, Kerry said: "You know education, if you make the most of it, you study hard, you do your homework, and you make an effort to be smart, you can do well. If you don't, you get stuck in Iraq."\n\nHis remarks created a firestorm across the country, with people incensed over what was taken as a negativecharacterization of the U.S. troops in Iraq.\n\nKerry said he didn't mean to say that, pointing out that a prepared statement was "mangled." He issued a written apology Wednesday, saying he "never intended" to disparage U.S. troops with a "poorly stated joke."\n\nThe U.S. military spokesman said: "They were having some fun."\nPosted 11/02/2006 10:17:00 AM | Permalink
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I am totally against the war in Iraq, but I have spent a lot of time over the last couple of years packaging up care packages for the holidays to send to them.\n\nDon't worry too much about lunatics that make those kinds of remarks.  We can all feel what we feel about the war itself, but the fact is that many of our soldiers are over there actually making life better for some of the Iraqis.  \n\nWhat I did was I scoured the paper for articles about local family members with loved ones overseas.  At this time of year, there are a lot of personal interest stories, since many of these families will be spending their 3rd or more Christmas without their loved one.  I'd then go to the phone book or 411 and get the phone number for the family.  I'd introduce myself and tell them what I wanted to do.  They would give me the name and address of their soldier and I'd send a care package.\n\nYou could also call a military base near you and ask if they have a "clearinghouse" for holiday cards.  They may have something set up where you can take the card/package there and then they'll forward it.\n\nI also asked around at my church.  Many many people there either had family or knew people who had family overseas.  They're a great wealth of knowledge.\n\nIn Tampa we have a group that does shoeboxes - people take a shoebox, fill it with everything from toothbrushes to Visine and take it to the Shoebox headquarters.  Those shoeboxes are then sent over to the troops.\n\nIf you're interested, a great shoebox would have:\n\nDiaper rash ointment\nVisine\nHard candy\nCrystal Light\nMagazine(s)\nSomething from your hometown (a city guide brochure, postcard, whatever)\nA picture of you and your family\nMoisturizer\nGum\nA restaurant gift certificate for when they come home\nCDs \nA handwritten message\nBaby powder\nSoap\nToothpaste\nToothbrush\n\nUse your imagination!  Imagine yourself stranded in an awful, hot, sandy place with nothing to do - what would you like to get? \n\nJust remember, cookies will be shattered to pieces by the time they get there and chocolate will have melted.  Try to keep any treats to hard candys, Twizzlers, gum and stuff like that.\n\nGood for you.  Regardless of your feelings about the war, many of the men and women over there are good, kind and decent human beings.  It means the world to them to get something - even just a card - to let them know they're remembered.\n\nIt was really cool - I sent this HUGE care package to a young man who was a platoon leader - I wrote him a note saying that he was to "play Santa" with the box and hand the stuff out to his buddies.  I had gotten his name from the paper, contacted his mom and gotten the address (I stood up at church one day and asked people to bring stuff for the box - and BOY DID THEY!!).  Anyway, several months later, I got a phone call from a local reporter.  This young man's mom had called him when I did the package and told the reporter about me.  \n\nIt turns out that the young man was coming home, LOL, and the reporter wanted to arrange a meeting between us :)  So, we met at my church and they did a little 60-second segment on the meeting.  It was very cool :)  It was nice to meet the young man and know that the stuff that was sent was needed and appreciated.\n\nIt does make a difference :)
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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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www.anysoldier.com    You can send packages or letters. You can pick a female or male soldier. There are plenty of them on this website.\n\nThank you for supporting the troops!
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Write one and tell them how you appreciate their service.\n\nGoogle "Any Soldier"