I live in Alaska, I want to invite a soldier(s) to my house for Thanksgiving, anybody know where i look/call?
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You can ask the US Army Alaska Public Affairs Office at\nhttp://www.usarak.army.mil/pao/contactpao.cfm\nGood idea!
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i would suggest looking here ;-)\n\nwww.armylocator.com
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Try the Armed Forces Locator Service.  Google is your friend.
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https://www.operationuplink.org - Free phone cards.\n\nhttp://anysoldier.com/ForSoldiersOnly.cfm - To sign up for \nsponsoring soldier care packages for theater.\n\nhttp://www.operationshoebox.com - free shoebox care package.\n\nhttp://www.treatthetroops.org - free cookies.\n\n\nhttp://bluestarmoms.org/care.html - free care packages.\n\n\nhttp://www.booksforsoldiers.com/forum/index.php - free \nbooks, DVD's, CD's.\n\n\nhttp://operationmilitarypride.org/smsignup.html - free care \npackages.\n\nhttps://www.treatsfortroops.com/registration/index.php - \nfree gifts and care packages.\n\nhttp://www.defenselink.mil/news/Nov2004/n11232004_2004112312 \n-  free shipping/packing materials for shipping to troops.
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http://www.anysoldier.com/\n\nits a good thing for him to do, if I was over there I would love to get mail from someone like him.
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Go to operationac.com and you can adopt a soldier, or you can go to anymarine.com and they have a list of soliders you can send to.
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I think this is an awesome website. You can adopt a soldier and send him cards and care packages. They will love every letter, they can get. Check the website out.
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I found some sites with information about a John Willey. I hope at least one of these is the soldier you are looking for.
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Go to Military.com....sign up, plug in the base or name of the person.  It's not very easy because so many people have the same name, but it's worth a shot.  Good luck.
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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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I live in Eagle River.  Are you stationed at Elmendorf AFB?  You can come hang with me!  Just contact me via my profile.
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Contact the local food banks in your area They are in the phone books  Although today might be late for a Thanksgiving give, unless you personally know a sruggling family who will appreciate your gift
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have you looked on us.army.mil? you can go to the My family section, they have a list off all the bases for the us army.  you'll need your hubby's login, but that would be the best place to look.
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Yes, I can help you I am in the Army, we can look people up, I need his name (first and last) correct spelling, and if you has these they would help, rank and where you think they might be stationed, but name definetly. email me  \nninabuck11@yahoo.com
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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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u.s. calavary or brigade quartermasters. don't know their web address, though. also www.cheaperthandirt.com is excellent, too.
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go to www.anysoldier.com i am on there.PFC Alissa Ball-Simard, if you wat someone specific