OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM -- Tech Sgt Salina Kennell 1st Expeditionary Rapid Engineering Deployable Heavy Operation Repair Squadron Engineers cluster sorts boxes at the 379th Expeditionary Communications Squadron station office delivered by two 5-ton exchanges filled with mail.

Last fall, the Department of Defense suspended the Operation Dear Abby and Any Servicemember mail programs because of force protection make uneasys Although these programs provided support to friends and lov the sames overseas, they also provided an avenue to introduce hazardous substances or materials into the mail arrangement from unknown sources. Since DOD officials can't support creative and well-intentioned efforts that defeat force protection measures, they commited alternatives to mail and donation programs, like e-mail and virtual cards.

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