My suggestion
Send Troops who have just returned from Iraq, Afghanistan...etc out to give speeches/interviews. I'm not thinking so much Generals but lower ranking personal.
Unfortunately the media would bury that news.
Price: Troops' Morale In Iraq Is High
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1628408/posts
"My job was to try to cheer the soldiers up. But in most cases, they didn't need it. … It was an amazing experience. I went to Iraq looking to raise morale. But in the end, it was the soldiers who had done that for me."
Price observed to a Pfc. Meyer, "A lot of folks would say this is awful. You folks have to be here for so long. Is it hard?"
"It's hard being away from your family," Meyer admitted, "but we have a really tight group, and every day I wake up smiling. I'm happy to be here doing what we're doing. I really am; really excited about being here."
In base after base, Price said, most troops had a clear sense of mission.
Sgt. Mark Massey, an Army vehicle commander, is on his third tour. "They don't really hate us as much as we think they do," he told Price. "That's something I'm proud of, that I volunteered to train these Iraqis, because I got to see the culture and I got to see how these real people operate — not what you see on TV."
Returned troops have been speaking at schools and organizations for a few years. The media had buried it, but thousands of children have heard them.