How to Write a Serviceman
Send cards, letters or postcards to a service member stationed overseas or deployed to a war zone to show your support. Servicemen and women appreciate letters of support and correspondence from other Americans. The letters tend to remind them of the freedom they are supporting and that they are appreciated for their efforts. Not all service members have supportive friends and family members at home to write to them. You can write to one or more serviceman once or become pen pals.
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Sign up with or contact a service member letter distribution service such as Letters to Soldiers (letterstosoldiers.org) or A Million Thanks (amillionthanks.org). The service will forward your letter by post or email or provide you with the contact details of a serviceman with whom you can correspond.
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Check the site of the distribution service for guidelines and restrictions on what you are able to send. Also check the United States Postal Service Military Mailing Restrictions page if you intend to enclose newspaper articles or care package supplies with your mail.
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Write your letter. Include information about yourself -- your home, work and family. Write about your feelings towards what the service member is doing for the country. Include any information and write about anything you want as long as the letter remains positive.
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Sign your letter and include information on how the service member can reply, if you wish to receive a response. Include your email address, home address or both. The home address you write on the outside of the envelope may not be readable once it is opened by the service member.
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Send the letter to the distribution service, contact person or service member whose address you have obtained. Once he receives your letter it is highly likely that the serviceman will write back.
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