Those people are great! You can submit your soldier for a free ac unit, the soldier can submit himself, or you can adopt a soldier.Relying on donations only - they have an easy to use donation platform imbedded.Who they are:"non-profit Delaware company operating on donations only, sends 110v single phase air conditioners to our troops in Iraq. They also send medical supplies to the Combat Support Hospitals for both injured American Soldiers and for the staff, as well as various basic items the soldiers request and desperately need."
"Check this out from Stars and Stripes. This is a book I've sent several copies of to 'son of klaatu' to pass around in Iraq: "Modern Iraqi Arabic," with 6 audio CDs. Or "Your First 100 Words in Arabic," which is cheaper ($9.00), and has tear out flash cards with pronunciation."
Australian Forces
British Forces
Canadian Forces
The Canadians are currently based in Kabul, Afghanistan, with a contingent of around 1,700 plus 200 elsewhere. They are part of the ISAF multinational force, and are easily distinguished by their green camouflage uniforms. Here is the Operation Athena Home Page.
Danish Forces
Ole Sanvig writes:
Polish Forces
Army Activates Family Assistance Hotline (FAH): USACFSC activated the 24 hour Family Assistance Hotline (FAH) 21 March. The FAH (800-833-6622) is a "safety net" for family members of active and reserve component soldiers seeking information or assistance while their soldier family memeber is forward deployed. USACFSC mans the FAH 24 hours a day. 1-800-833-6622
Some of the organizations in this roundup will take your donation of money or goods and take care of the shipping themselves. If that isn't the case...
Want to know what to send, how to get it there, etc.? Anysoldier.com has the information you need. They have grown to 3,616 Military Contacts (approx. 2959 Army, 414 Marine, 179 Air Force, 64 Navy, and 0 Coast Guard) who are helping approximately 113,714 soldiers!
Note that OMP do not appear to be a registered charity, but they are listed on the U.S. Department of Defense America Supports You site and I receive their e-newsletter.
CiviliansIn Iraq is a Yahoo! group that has come together as a support service for civilian contractors who are working in Iraq.