Writing Letters To Military

October 16, 2016

A great way to practice handwriting is to write to the military. They would always like to here from folks to let them know that you are thinking of them. Like all of us, they are especially happy to see that the letter has been hand written.

Anyone know of a worthy cause which allows you to do this?

October 17, 2016

Just make sure you're writing to a specifically named soldier/sailor/airman/Marine at a specific unit and a specific address. Letters to "Any Recovering Soldier at Walter Reed Hospital" (for one example) go right into the trashcan, for security reasons.

October 17, 2016

Remember that military members (with exceptions) are generally well-connected to society via Internet access, so it isn't like the old days where the only way to get outside contact was via mail or the occasional phone call. Some military members even do online classes and watch YouTube videos while deployed. While letters are nice, I'm not sure many of my coworkers would be especially excited to get hand-written letters from random people, but I could be wrong.

Perhaps the Red Cross could help you with this? A couple of years ago, a Red Cross person was handing out Christmas cards at the gate when I was coming in for work. The cards were written by school kids, and it was touching as I was feeling a bit lonely that year.

October 21, 2016

I had picked up information (might have been a thread here) one year. There was an organization who had set something up for soldiers that were deployed during the holidays. Now I can't find the information. I thought I wrote it down somewhere.

October 21, 2016

USO in the US will point you in the right direction. There are similar service organizations in other countries.

November 19, 2016

Through Adopt A US Soldier you can get connected to a deployed soldier who wants mail. They may or may not be able to write back but that's okay. Just keep sending those letters.

http://www.adoptaussoldier.org/

November 23, 2016

Its a great thing to get into. I always make a few care packages around thr holidays. Always include batteries, spaghetti os, and tobacco with your letters if you can.