1. Donate to the Online Troop Support Registry supporting the 1-28 Infantry Battalion in Baghdad. Click on the PayPal link on the home page at www.TroopsNeedYou.com and get them what they need to improve the quality of life for local Iraqis, leading to increased cooperation.

2. Encourage deployed troops to sign up for an Online Troop Support Registry at www.TroopsNeedYou.com. Every combat unit in Iraq should have a direct connection with the American people.

3. Call on the your senators and congressmen to support the Troops Need You plan. Most importantly, the battalions on the ground need $100k per month to be able to finance a local job creation program. More jobs equal fewer insurgents, and jobs programs must be localized to be effective.

4. Call on the Secretary of Defense to implement a Unit Blogger program, modeled on the war correspondents from WWII, to get authentic, visually compelling stories from our deployed troops to the national media. A Hometown Hero program should complement this, focusing on local media outlets nationwide. We must contest the adversary’s Flaming Car Bomb-a-Day campaign that dominates global media coverage of Iraq.

5. Write to Generals Petraeus and Odierno in Baghdad (addresses are in the book) and ask the top generals in Iraq to read and heed the plan from the troops. General Petraeus is the right man for the job, but the thousands of staffers who work in Saddam’s Baghdad palaces can better learn the needs of the troops who patrol the neighborhoods.

6. Contact battalions at bases in your home state, including active, guard and reserve, and let them know you want to help, whether with pre-deployment training or as a local media surrogate who shares stories of the troops’ progress when they are deployed.

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