' A Furious Mind Blog ': Letters to the Troops

I stumbled upon this blog page that is set up to send e-mails to 6,000 U.S. Marines. One e-mail for each Marine in this commanders unit.

As a former Marine I cannot begin to tell you how much your mind can deteriorate with all the stress and violence you are subjected to. For each moment of stress or violence that you witness, it can reduce your mental toughness by 1%.

A letter, whether it's e-mail or written, from a supporter at home can increase your mental toughness by 10%!

If it was my time in bootcamp or being on the ocean in a ship for 6 months or being in Afghanistan or Iraq, I cannot begin to tell you the most important part of all Marines day was mail call. You'd almost be sad if you didn't receive a letter and you would share what you got in your packages with your fellow Marines and recruits.

So please take the 30 seconds it would take to send a simple e-mail or a detailed e-mail to a Marine who could use the morale boost. Thank you all in advance and Semper Fi!