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WASHINGTON, May 24, 2007 – The American public has sent more than 201,000 prepaid phone cards to servicemembers through the Army and Air Force Exchange Service’s "Help Our Troops Call Home" program. "Making sure our deployed troops are in a position to hear voices from home is critical to morale," AAFES Chief of Contingency Operations Army Lt. Col. Steven Dean said. "By working together, the American public and AAFES, through "Help Our Troops Call Home," have provided nearly $5 million in calls home since the program began in April 2004." As a military command with a retail mission, Army...