Reply #17: Soldiers without family and friends

[recovering democrat]

My last post listed various sites that let you arrange to do individual soldier support also. I want to agree with those who post about some soldiers not receiving support from family members and friends. Sometimes, there are family and friends and they just don't care, but many of them just have no close family or friends.

My son joined the Army and at his basic graduation, there were lots of family members for some of the soldiers; for others, nobody. He told us about half of his recruit class didn't even get mail from their families and were just pretty much alone. If you read some of the requests on "Books for Soldiers" they are made by individuals for themselves and for other soldiers by their buddies and commanders when the soldier has no one communicating with them. Last year, we made this a family Christmas project. Being in the military service is rough enough without being alone without any family support.