Why/When did a statement of support become actual support re: the troops?

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I don’t know if the people of facebook are doing it, or if it’s the government, but my military benefits are nothing to complain about lol. I never actually thought about that until I read the question, but a lot of soldiers are taken care of. On my deployment, we received care packages from some random group of people that simply felt like doing a good thing (this was 2007 though), I appreciate their hospitality. I get support in local communities where ever I’m stationed, discounts, free drinks, no entrance fees into clubs etc. So the support is there, but whether it’s from a facebook status message I highly doubt lol.

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