Heres a thought!

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If you are located in a state that has no military bases and large numbers of deployed National Gaurdsman such as PA, Idaho, Montana, there is a better recommendation. Each state has a family service coordinator whose job is to support those familys of deployed soldiers. I would look upi each states TAG (The General of each states Gaurd unit) and contact his aid to see if they could proovide a number. I have a friend who helps with a program called "operation troop appreciation" (it is on the web if you google it, I will try to get her to give me more info for it to post here) who takes donations and sends them over seas. They have sent a ton of stuff to the soldiers and might even be willing to send who ever had a collection of stuff magazines for you. The magazine idea is a great idea cause decent reading material is in short supply so car , truck and motorcycle mags are always popular for the news and short articles you can read in between rocket attacks .

There are also a ton of wounded guys who came back, young with family who have lost legs or arms or worse. One of my NCOs I admired most in the world and a good friend was wounded by a sniper while in Iraq and I would ask that every one who wants to see a defintion of a hero read his story on this web site his wife does to describe the whole situation.

http://www.jarodbehee.com/index.html

His wife and daughter are my heros.