We are a network of tens of thousands of volunteers, working together to support the men and women of the US Army, Marines, Air Force, Navy, Coast Guard and National Guard who are deployed to the far reaches of the Earth.

During the first Gulf War, several college friends of the founder of BooksForSoldiers.com were in the reserves and were activated to fight the Iraqis. CNN reported that once the soldiers were deployed, they were faced with massive downtime and were restricted to their base due to the travel limitations set by the Saudi government.

Being a voracious reader and at the beginning of the Gulf War, he had a closet full of paperback books – books that were not being used. So instead of selling them at the used book store, he packed them up in small care packages and sent them out to all the soldiers, sailors, marines and airmen he had addresses for.

Within a few weeks, he ran out of books before he ran out of addresses. Friends and family members began donating their paperback books and in the end, over 1000 books were sent to the Gulf.

After 9-11-2001, we knew we wanted to do the same thing for our troops that our founder, Storm Williams, did back during the first Gulf War, but we knew we couldn’t do it alone. That is when he came up with the idea of creating a self-serve website that puts volunteers directly into contact with the troops serving overseas.

Books For Soldiers was founded on March 1st, 2003, three weeks before the US invasion of Iraq.

Regardless of our feelings on the war, the troops deserve our support and if we can make their deployment easier, then all the better.

Support The Soldiers focuses on helping civic groups to send care packages to our troops.