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Support for Our Troops and Their Families

 

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Here are a few suggestions from Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones on how you can support our troops

 

HELP FAMILIES STAY IN TOUCH

Donate a calling card to help keep service members in touch with their families at Operation Uplink ;

 

WRITE A LETTER TO THE TROOPS

Send a greeting via e-mail through Operation Dear Abby, www.anyservicemember.navy.mil;

 

SAY THANK YOU

Sign a virtual thank-you card at the Defend America Web site;

 

SEND CARE PACKAGES

Donate to "Operation USO Care Package,"

 

Support the American Red Cross Armed Forces Emergency Services,

 

 

CONTACT MILITARY RELIEF SOCIETIES:

 

Army Emergency Relief;

 

Navy/Marine Relief Society,

 

Air Force Aid Society, www.afas.org;

 

Coast Guard Mutual Assistance, www.cgmahq.org;

 

HELP OUR VETERANS

 

Volunteer at a VA Hospital, www.va.gov/vetsday,

to honor veterans who bore the lamp of freedom in past conflicts.

 

The Congresswoman also issued the following caution:

 

Please do not flood the military mail system with letters, cards and gifts. Due to security concerns and transportation constraints, the Department cannot accept items to be mailed to "any service member."  Some people have tried to avoid this prohibition by sending large numbers of packages to an individual service member's address, which however well intentioned, clogs the mail and causes unnecessary delays

 

Support numbers for families with loved ones serving overseas

ARMY

1-800-833-6622

AIR FORCE

1-800-435-9941

NAVY

1-800-FSCLINE or 1-800-372-5463

MARINE CORPS  

For Marines stationed East of the Mississippi River (minus Wisconsin) 1-800-336-4663

For Marines stationed West of the Mississippi Rive (plus Wisconsin) 1-800-253-1624

NATIONAL GUARD BUREAU

1-888-777-7731

Defense Logistics Agency (DLA)

 

US COAST GUARD

 

1-800-872-4957, EXT 932  (this is the Coast Guard EAP for HQ - Work-life program) 

 

DEPLOYMENT HEALTH SUPPORT HOTLINE:

 

1-800-497-6261