Support (verb): To hold up or add strength literally or figuratively. To advocate, assist or help. Operation Gratitude’s partners and...

Every week, we hear from enthusiastic people across the country, like you, who want to join us on the journey...

For Deployed Troops, sometimes reminders of home can be few and far between, so letters and Care Packages from people who care are tremendously valuable and can help reduce the stress of a tough deployment and being far from home.

My career in the Marine Corps was marked by two bookends — from my first deployment as a young Second...

The story in today's post is very personal to me, and I am sharing it with you because it illustrates so clearly what many young men and women experience when they are deployed — many of them separated from their families for the very first time.

"I realized that my letter writing didn’t have to be complicated. It needed to be a piece of positivity. This pandemic has created so much loneliness. People just want a bit of human connection." - Jake Kelly

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Sign up to get this Operation Gratitude Weekly Brief delivered directly to your inbox every Tuesday! This R.E.D. Friday, as...

As part of our year-long “Sweet 16” celebration, last month we invited our community of volunteers and supporters to compete...