How many of you can describe some support you received from friends and family back home during your military service?

my hometown Menahga,Minnesota supported all of the troops when they came home a 100%.

always had support because most all of the family was in the military in one form or another...

I'm appreciative that my Brother also serves so I have someone to talk to about stuff. We've written each other more then our family has written us, and Skyped more as well. I've tried to include them by telling stories about things I've experienced with my Unit or from Basic and I get a lot of blank stares or sometimes things are said like, "Well you joined the Army". Clearly missing the joke or point of the story.

They definitely care and are willing to assist with many things, just don't seem to know how to respond about anything involving the military. We are sort of a military family, where I have grandparents, cousins and uncles who formerly served and some who still are. Though it is a bit spread out in the family.

I could always depend on a letter from my grandmother every two weeks while she was alive.

I was atop a telephone pole in Korea when a jeep raced up with a telegram from my mother. It read: "Happy Easter"!

My grandmother bless her heart sent me chocolate chip cookies secured in a false bottom in the box that went undetected when the DI made me open it in front of the platoon. Pencils, pens, writing tablet and a pack of gum concealed the rest of the shipment. My squad enjoyed nearly fresh cookies that evening.

I stayed on a small COP with just our Troop on it. Some of the platoons were able to rotate to the FOB every now and then but I often missed out on being able to do so. Because of this, I wasn't ever able to go and get myself cigarettes. To keep up with my habit, I had a whole group of friends and family that would send me multiple cartons of Marlboro Reds every month to make sure that I didn't lose my mind. After a while I had a stockpile of cigarettes that had actually came from the states and everyone would ask if they could just buy one pack from me so they wouldn't have to smoke the disgusting smokes that were over in iraq. Just saying, it was awesome. I was the guy to know when you ran out of smokes :P.

We received care packages in Vietnam back in 1967 from elementary schools in the Midwest I've always been sorry that I never took the time to find out the school,but in my defense we were in the field at the time and we had other things going on.I still appreciate their thoughtfulness even after all these years,and if by any chance someone reading this post did something along these lines,thank you for caring about us kids far from home long ago.

SFC,
My Aunt and I would always write letters to each other. My brother too. I was overseas for 2 years and four months. It felt good to come home. But, the Marine Corp 2ed Division squared away everything about me.

I am very thankful for that.

M. Morris RVT

SKYPE helped a lot, too.