"Thank you for the chance to serve... "

The "Submit a Soldier" (for adoption) form on the Soldiers' Angels website contains a field for the soldier to make any specific requests of his/her new Angel.

Here is a recent entry.

I'm really not the type of person to ask for things for myself. But I am overwhelmed by the fact that a site like this exists.

I'd like to say that as a soldier, I am touched by the fact that you - whoever you may be - thought enough of us that you to want to send a soldier anything.

Thank you for your generosity and thank you for the chance to serve to protect the rights and values of a country that I hold dear to my heart.