Our Troops Need Your Support

Our Troops Need Your Support
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Richard_Gaison] Richard Gaison

Our men and women in uniform need our support.

So you think the war on terror is pointless, immoral and criminal? That’s fine. The current U.S. administration has it’s reasons for involving military forces in foreign nations. The war draws on and the fighting continues. Collateral damage mounts and the media paints horrific pictures of bodies and lamenting women. We must remember that, through all the horrors of war, our sons, daughters, fathers and mothers in uniform are suffering.

Our military personnel have been fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq since October 2001. Fathers leave their families and sacrifice their lives for their country. Sons and daughters leave home for combat and an uncertain future. All of our troops throughout history have risked everything they hold dear to secure the freedoms that the people of the United States enjoy.

It is a difficult job. It is physically demanding and emotionally draining. If there is one thing that keeps our service personnel from the brink of collapse it is the contact they receive from home. Friends and family writing letters and wishing them well. Each and every one of us, whether we have family and friends serving abroad or not, need to do what we can to support our service men and women.

There are many ways that you can support our troops. The USO, founded in 1941, has been the leading force in keeping up the morale of our troops. They provide an invaluable service by bringing to the troops a piece of home.

Support our -etroops. Make a small donation to the USO and do your part to protecting our freedoms. [http://www.thebook-reviewer.com/2008/05/support-our-troops.html]Our Troops Need Your Help. Show them that America still cares. Give what you can today.

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[ed. Note Supporting our troops is exactly why we created this blog in the first place.  We wanted to thank the men & women of our (volunteer) military how much their service to our country means to us.  There are a few ways that you can support our troops by use of this blog:

1- Make a direct donation to VET Foundation.  The PayPal donation button is found on the left-hand column

2- Shop from our shop page, where we then donate a percantage of our revenue to military causes & charities.]