If you’re a servicemember who has returned to your community after combat duty, what gestures of support were most helpful to you or your family? If you’re a family member, friend, coworker or neighbor, what are your best ideas for helping servicemembers’ re-entry to their home communities be as smooth as possible?
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I was deployed with the Army and returned. What helps most is real, concrete help - help around the house, yardwork, petsitting, babysitting, trasnportation for folks who have transportation problems. If you ask what is needed, may will say they are OK even if they need something. Empty words may make some feel better, but are all basically fluff.
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