Sergeant Brian Horn from LaPlata, Maryland, an Army Infantry Soldier with the 173rd Airborne Brigade was in the Kirkuk area of Iraq when he started the idea of Any Soldier to help care for his soldiers. He agreed to distribute packages, that came to him with “Attn: Any Soldier” in the address, to the soldiers who were not getting mail.
Brian recently completed a tour in Afghanistan and is now home, but Any Soldier.com continues.
Any Soldier Inc. started in August 2003 as a simple family effort to help the soldiers in one Army unit, thus their name. However, due to overwhelming requests, on 1 January 2004 the Any Soldier effort was expanded to include any memberÔ of any of the Armed Services in harms way.
Any Soldier Inc. has helped approximately 91,188 Service Members including 2927 Military Contacts (2053 Army, 543 Marine, 178 Air Force, 143 Navy, and 4 Coast Guard).
They have Soldier contacts on their Where to Send page. Click through the names and select the one(s) you wish to support. They list what the folks they represent want and need. They even have a search capability so you can easily identify what the troops need most.
All the Soldiers involved in this effort are military volunteers stationed in areas that are in harm's way. You send your support (letters and/or packages) addressed to them and when they see the "Attn: Any Soldier" line in their address they put your letters and packages into the hands of Soldiers who don't get much or any mail first. Everything is shared.
They have What to Send and How to Send pages to help you properly send letters and packages, and a FAQ page, please read these. This effort is 100% voluntary. You send your support, and maybe some stuff, directly to whatever unit or units you want.
For more information see http://anysoldier.com/.