As someone who spent 24 years in the uniform of the U.S. Army, I can say without hesitation that every soldier, sailor, airman, and Marine greatly appreciates the support of Hollywood. Military personnel, often deployed far from home for the first time in their young lives, yearn for bits of American familiarity – for recognition from their fellow Americans of a job well done.
The Second Annual Troop-a-thon is a wonderful chance for an entire industry to raise money online to send needed care packages to those Americans overseas who are defending our Constitution and our way of life. Any deployment can be an intense and lonely experience. Mail can be scarce. Contact with home is sporadic. Receiving a package from a stranger who cared enough about your mission can be a big boost in morale – literally, a life-saver.
The men and women serving us overseas cared enough about you to join the military. Your support of their choice to serve won’t cost you much in the way of time or money or inconvenience or danger – but it will mean much to them.
Please support those who serve as they are already supporting you. Participate in the Troop-a-thon.
Chuck DeVore
California State Assemblyman
Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army retired Reserve
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