GI Special 4L17: Volunteers Wanted Now - December 21, 2006
Thomas F. Barton
Vermont soldier at the center of a national effort to help active-duty military personnel find ways to tell members of Congress they want the United States to pull out of Iraq is now handing out care packages at several military bases around the country that make it easy for troops to speak out. The care packages include informational flyers and baked goods, as well as copies of the movie, Sir No Sir, a documentary about military resisters during the Vietnam War, and The Ground Truth, which follows soldiers from basic training to deployment to Iraq to their homecoming and reintegration. "The main purpose of the care packages though, is to carry an appeal for redress in a pre-addressed envelope to the troops," said Liam Madden, a Bellows Falls native, and U.S. Marine sergeant. Madden said if 100 care packages can be distributed at each of the bases, he would consider that a success. The idea was kicked around on a conference call regarding the appeal for redress several weeks ago. An "appeal for redress" is a legal means by which service members can appeal to members of Congress to urge an end to a U.S. military occupation...
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Vermont soldier at the center of a national effort to help active-duty military personnel find ways to tell members of Congress they want the United States to pull out of Iraq is now handing out care packages at several military bases around the country that make it easy for troops to speak out. The care packages include informational flyers and baked goods, as well as copies of the movie, Sir No Sir, a documentary about military resisters during the Vietnam War, and The Ground Truth, which follows soldiers from basic training to deployment to Iraq to their homecoming and reintegration. "The main purpose of the care packages though, is to carry an appeal for redress in a pre-addressed envelope to the troops," said Liam Madden, a Bellows Falls native, and U.S. Marine sergeant. Madden said if 100 care packages can be distributed at each of the bases, he would consider that a success. The idea was kicked around on a conference call regarding the appeal for redress several weeks ago. An "appeal for redress" is a legal means by which service members can appeal to members of Congress to urge an end to a U.S. military occupation...
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