Need to get a care package to a soldier, but unclear of the avenues afforded you to do so, then STOP!
The solution is the American Legion Family (Post & Auxiliary Unit #113).
No one is immune from scams, not even the our current troops and military veterans. We're learned that scammers don't have a scrupulous bone in their body, so I don't suppose we should be surprised that they don't even spare the folks that we're supposed to hold in the highest esteem.
Sometimes, when a soldier comes back to East Texas from serving in the Middle East, they're milked for money.
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While on tour of duty in Afghanistan, soldier Donny Eslinger adopted an adorable dog that he named Smoke-pup Barbarian. But after he was critically wounded during a mortar attack and shipped to Germany, Eslinger was forced to leave the pooch behind.