It's Friday, and time to publicly show support for all of our military, wherever they serve by flying our flag and wearing Red. And this week, it wouldn't hurt to display the Union Jack as well.
There are many fine organizations through which we may:
Support Our Troops
Send an Operation USO Care Package
Any Soldier.com
Sergeant Brian Horn from LaPlata, Maryland, an Army Infantry Soldier with the 173rd Airborne Brigade was in the Kirkuk area of Iraq when he started the idea of Any Soldier to help care for his soldiers. He agreed to distribute packages, that came to him with "Attn: Any Soldier" in the address, to the soldiers who were not getting mail. Brian is in Afghanistan now, and Any Soldier Inc. continues with your support.
Adopt a Platoon and their associated site Moms Across America
A-Company, 1st Platoon, 4/5 Air Defense Artillery, 1st Cavalry, deployed to the Balkans from Fort Hood, Texas 1998/1999 started the AdoptaPlatoon Soldier Support Effort™. Their goal was to have no soldier who would stand for mail-call and be forgotten. Today, AAP continues to serve our military around the world with the same goal knowing that they and they alone are our Nation's heroes."
These are just a small representation of the individuals and organizations that daily let our troops know that not one of them is forgotten. Let's let them know that we are fully aware of what it costs to keep us from the horrors inflicted on London, New York, Madrid and the millions in Iraq, Afghanistan, Kosovo and elsewhere who want to live under the same freedom we take for granted.
Let us also send our prayers and our hopes to the families and comrades of those lost, especially to those of the U.S. Navy Seal missing in Afghanistan.
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." -- Edmund Burke
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