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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October 23rd, 2008 at 10:52 am
You raised an excellent point. I think one way strangers could address this is to organize a group that reaches out to others. I will talk to a local group that is already doing this and see if they would like to extend efforts. I will let you know how it goes. Have a great week.