Is there any way to become a pen pal with a gay troop (soldier) to show support?
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FREEKIN FAG FIND A GAY POLICEMAN OR A CONSTRUCTION WORKER; OR AN INDIAN CHIEF YMCA.
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I don't know much about gay organizations, but I live in Fort Worth and if you need a friend, feel free to email me.\n\nTy
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Just send your letter to\nSome Soldiers\nThe Army\nUk
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i dont think you can address a letter to "any serviceman " these days. during the viet nam war[ we just keep having them] you could do that.  check at your post office or school or local public official many communities have organisation that do just that. and good for you
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what happen with engineering_chemical_intelligent?\ndid she/he already offer him/her self?\nby the way, maybe you could have more online friend if you just put your picture or avatar to let people know your gender. and write something about your self, that might attract people to be your penpal.\n\n\nps:\n-if you have a problem and if you need someone to talk with, maybe i could help. but i might not "constantly" available ^_^ mindhead001@yahoo.com
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My husband is currently deployed in Afghanistan so I have a little info for you.  The government is no longer allowing people to send letters to a random person like we used to be able to.  Before, you were allowed to write a letter and address it to "any soldier" and they could write back.  Because of security reasons, they will now throw away any mail address like this (at least that is what I was told).  We were told that if we found people who were interested in "adopting" a soldier so to speak that they should contact a base or national guard post close to them and they can sign you up and actually give you information on how you can write letters and provide support.\n\nHope this helps
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sure i would love to be your penpal my email is ejwestberry@yahoo.com   i cheer for veterans memorial generals [middle]
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Talk to anyone with an Army Knowledge Online (AKO) account to look him up by name. This gives you his official email address and Unit. \n\nIf you don't already know someone in the Army, call a Recruiter and explain your situation..................
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go online to any chat room that is near a military base.  There will be plenty of guys looking.  As for penpals, stay away from the ones that are to support the troops, since those are moral builders, not dating hot lines.
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U must invite them first N request them,\nJUST LIKE PEN PALS./
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Actually it depends in part of the country they are in.  We didn't have wireless service where I was stationed in Iraq.  But Ballad did and so did a few other places near the green zone. Most MWR's have internet access if the base has been around for awhile.  The rainy season is just about over so you shouldn't have a problem talking to someone over there.  My space has soldiers on it . Yahoo has military chat rooms.  Good luck You could also look into adopting a soldier or a plt. Their are a lot of soldiers over there with no body waiting at home for them.
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Here's a great sight\n\nww.anysoldier.com\n\nThey send packages and mail to deployed soldiers and give it to the ones who have either no family, or no support system at home.  It's a chance for you to really make a difference to a soldier who might other wise have no one else to encourage them.\n\nThey are great about writing back and very grateful.\n\nWhat a great heart you have!! Thanks for caring!!
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You can go through the Adopt-A-Soldier program. I linked it below.
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First\nThank you for doing this!!!! We currently sponsor 5 groups of soldiers across afghanistan and Iraq.\n\nwww.anysoldier.com\n\nits the best site we found for being able to search and read descriptions etc.. covers ALL branches of soldier overseas\n\nNow for mailing.. we are pro;s at this now\n\nNo mailing of wax items, crayons or chocolate anything between May and Nov\n\nIt melts and you get liquid pacakges\n\nSoldiers are told not to eat homebaked  or unwrapped items.. so if you send these you take a good chance on having them not eaten.\n\nOur groups are 1/2 way through deployment and we know them now and will be seing homemade xmas foods... but they will take now and would not have 6 mos ago before they knew us.\n\nMost soldiers have some way to email.. some have laptops with daily access others dont have reg access... Include and email address with your packages,, many will email back..\n\nWe love our emails and pictures\n\nDo not send stamps as mail for them is free to send out\n\nDVD's unless  a soldier specifically asks for it are a waste of time as they sell bootleg copies over there for 1.00 new releases!  The Black market  is alive and well in Iraq!\n\nEach soldier will put items out on the site they would like etc... We avoid the long lists or lists with silly items.... The bottom line is... they are thrilled with just letters  , and many dont get mail.\n\nWe look for FOB's Forward operating bases or other more remote soldiers over ones on reg bases... these are the guys who dont have access to PX's ( stores) etc...\n\nMOST have chow halls called KBR's but some dont... \n\nThings we send to our guys are Microwaves stuff anf popcorn.. we also tape to DVD weekly shows they are missing like CSI and NCIS they like those.. we send Hard candy  , does nto melt and can be passed out to local kids..\nwe send Pnut butter, crackers, Powdered drink mixes like gatorade, T pastes, soaps,Jerky,\nChex mix, Pringles as they dont get crushed like a bag would, etc...Cookies\n\nOK so for mailing..... Dont mix food and toiletries.... even if you put stuff in baggies the food will taste like soap\n\nWe have mailed t paste with food though put it in ziplocs\nDont mail anything in a glass jar or that can break.... If it can leak, explode or break... IT WILL\n\nSo how much does it cost to mail???????\nWell you dont pay shippin to Iraq!\n\nYou pay shipping costs from where ever you live to NY. In NY it is handed off to the Military Postal system and they fly it overseas,, then it is sorted again by the APO or location and trtucked off to those places as soon as they can safely get it there.\n\nOur experience is ... about 3 weeks til arrival ..\nThere are 2 types of  ways to mail a package at the post office.. Priority and SAM ( space Avail Mail)  SAM is cheaper but can take longer to get to the soldiers.. SAM means once the plane is full and all 1st priority mail is loaded they shove any SAM mail in that will fit ...\nThe Post office will tell you it will never get to the soldier if you send SAM but thats not true...\nSAM mail is cheaper to send and good if its heavy or you can wait  for it to go... it will get to th em.. we have sent both ways... and sincec most of our guys only get mail runs every 2-3 weeks it did not matter.\n\nWhen you pack it ,,make sure you put stuff on the slip..if for soe reason you DO send DVD's DONT list it on the packing slip.. makes your box a target to get stolen!  If you ask post ofice about this they will say you HAVE to list it... so dont ask.. they dont go through the boxes and if you list it it may not get there... this is advice right from the soldiers.. they know.\n\n ALso there will be a box that says if package is undeliverable what do yu want done?? Instead of putting  our return in there to get it back.. we put another Units Address on there so if hte unit we were sending to is gone or cant be found it goes to another one!\n\n   ALso pack your items in plain cardboard or a pos
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Do you have an FRG Leader you can ask?  If not, I sent my son the following and he loved it.\nBaby wipes, poptarts, canned spaghetti(with poptop lid), Vienna sausages, crackers, sunflower seeds, puzzle books, sun screen (very high SPF), more baby wipes (can't have too many of those) and LOTS of love letters from you.  Your letters mean the world to him right now.  It is hard having him so far from home, but stay true and keep writing to him and letting him know you will be there for him.  My prayers are with you both and my hat is off to the both of you.  Being a soldier is hard, but so is being the woman behind the man.  You get the bad times too, but none of the recognition
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I check the list from time to time - but I know I'll hear about the people I'm looking for from friends before I see them on the net.\n\nBest way to support? Be strong, send care packages, letters, take advantage of video conferencing if your base has a program. My dad and I went in and bought my uncle a spare bullet proof vest, in case he misplaced his - crazy I know, but you never know.\n\nLean like hell on your family and troop support groups. Stay busy, don't read to much news. Alot of it is bad news that looks alot worse then it is.\n\nKeep the faith.
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There are many, many points in this question i find quite disturbing.\n\nBut, if you really want to do it then stick with what you said you'd write. Like general events and news from back home, nothing else.\n\nAlso i hate to put a dampener on things, but please consider how you'd feel if this nice soldier you've been chatting to doesn't come home.  That could be hard to deal with..