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No Pork in Iraq: What You Can Send in Care Packages to Troops Taking the Stress Out of Sending Packages to Troops: How to Properly Mail to the War Zone Send It Secured: How to Properly Pack Your Morale Box for Troops Let's Say Thanks Program – Free Cards for Our Troops Cakes Ready-to-Eat for Our Troops Yuletide Reminder: Cards and Letters Mean Everything – 'Tis the Season for Writing to Our Troops Troop Support Opportunity for Children in War Zones: Beanies for Baghdad Email from a US Soldier in Iraq during Christmas 2008 There are a number of US soldiers, Marines, airmen, and sailors deployed to the war zones of Iraq, Afghanistan, and Kuwait who don't receive any letters or care packages from their families. So many of these troops are fresh out of high school. They put their lives on the line daily for our country, but often can't purchase basic hygiene items. Either they’re stationed in a remote area, or are on long missions "outside the wire," or their PX (military store) runs out of everyday items quickly. While the military provides the troops with the basics, these don't always include enough of the small things we take for granted in America—like soap, shampoo, toothpaste, deodorant, sunblock, clean socks, portable snacks like beef jerky or nuts or raisins, AA batteries, or paperback books. Many of them doing fine, but others are homesick, disheartened, stressed, or afraid. They are proud to be serving our country, but desperately need a morale boost. Sending short, supportive cards or letters, or a small care packages of inexpensive goodies or hygiene items, to our U.S. troops would mean more to them than you'll ever know. And, you don't have to spend a lot of money to do it. 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