Free Republic

VFW, Navy MWR, NEXCOM Help Sailors Phone Home During HolidaysStory Number: NNS031220-03Release Date: 12/20/2003 1:00:00 PMBy Ingrid Mueller, Navy MWR Communications GroupMILLINGTON, Tenn. (NNS) -- Navy personnel worldwide will be able to call family and friends free of charge this holiday season. Through combined phone card projects, the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), Ladies Auxiliary VFW, Navy’s Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) Division and the Navy Exchange Service Command (NEXCOM) are ensuring that each Sailor receives a prepaid calling card. The VFW Foundation, through “Operation Uplink,” has made more than 193,000 60-minute prepaid phone cards available to Sailors based...

It's too late to send a Christmas package to loved ones or other American troops deployed abroad and have them receive it before Christmas, but it's not too late to send them season's greetings and show your support. The Defense Department urges the public not to send mail, care packages or donations to service members deployed to a forward area unless you are a family member, loved one or personal friend. People are encouraged to show support by logging on to the following Web sites to send greeting cards, virtual "thank you" cards and calling card donations: www.defendamerica.mil/support_troops.html; www.usocares.org/home.htm; or...