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I think that we all need to think about this.
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A very real way of helping the troops directly is to organize a "BBQ club". Four or five homeowners set up a club, each person agreeing to host a party (not necessarily a BBQ) for a few people every month or two.
The idea is to go to a local military installation or Reserve and National Guard post. With the permission of the post authorities, provide a simple list of when each small party is to be held, where it will be, and how many military personnel can be greeted there as guests. The senior post NCO will then let it be known to anyone who is interested and decide who can go.
On the day of the party, the one homeowner who is the host drives out to the post and picks up three or four service members, then drives them to his house for a small party. When it is done, then he drives them back to their post.
A group of just four or five homeowners, each having one party a month, can morale boost 15-20 military personnel a month, with all sorts of home cooked food, family delicacies, and other guests to rub elbows with the troops and give them encouragement. Plenty of pictures should be taken.
(As a rule of thumb, though, little or no alcohol should be served.)
This is all based on where you live, though, as not everybody lives near to such an installation or post. But if you do, a BBQ club is easy, inexpensive, and a great way to hear war stories. Plus you're doing something real and positive and direct for our military.
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You wouldn't happen to be Captain Gus's son, would you?