[TruthNtegrity]

My friend's nephew, returning from Kuwait in Dec. 2003, asked his Aunt, "Do I have to change out of my uniform in the airport?" All he'd heard the entire time he was serving overseas was the constant drum of anti-war slogans and headlines.

I was so saddened by hearing this. I mean, sheesh, she was writing to him and she reads Free Republic. I thought she'd been sending pro-war "Support our Troops" threads, and printing out an occasional Canteen. I guess not.

With every letter I write that goes to Iraq, I enclose positive news, printouts of the Canteen, and personally thank them for their service.

I do the same thing when I visit Walter Reed. I always take in threads from Free Republic to show them that we love them, we support them and we want them to get better fast.

Everywhere you go, when you see someone in uniform, thank them for their service to our Country. It is such a small thing to do but means so much to the recipient.

Just do it.

[TEXOKIE]

Thanks for the ping, TNT. What a great reminder that it only takes just such a small effort to give that simple 'thank you' which can mean the world to the hero who gets thanked. God bless all our troops and veterans.