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Intense training, rapid changes, and the hazards of combat generate high levels of stress. Leaving families and jobs behind compounds the problem. Combat stress is so great that, typically, one soldier is lost to stress for every one lost to enemy gunfire. Home front support is critical in helping soldiers overcome these stressors.

Employers, supervisors, co-workers and friends can all help by relieving concerns about what's going on at home. Here are five easy ways to help reduce the stress and win the battle.

Cards and Letters

Send handwritten cards and letters on a regular schedule. There's something very reassuring about hearing your name announced at mail call and walking away with a card or letter that you can read and re-read -- far better than e-mail.

Schedule letter writing, and write often. Don't expect prompt replies because the fast pace of combat duty and daily fatigue prevent such a luxury.

Write about the weather. Tell about business routines and extraordinary achievements. Give the town gossip. Keep them up to date on their favorite television show. Talk about customers and suppliers. Pass along break room jokes and news about employees they know.

Your GI friends are hungry for a touch from home -even if it is in an envelope. Frequent letters can reduce stress significantly.

Phone calls

With today's technology you can talk with soldiers at war. You can get a pin number for inexpensive international calling cards on web sites such as Noblecom. Call your soldier friends in Afghanistan or Iraq for about thirty cents a minute. Calls to some countries cost as little as a penny a minute.

Not every soldier has access to a phone. Ask if they can get to a land line or cell phone, and ask about the time difference. They'll tell you the best time to call.

No matter how dangerous the work, a voice of a good friend alleviates stress. Your calls will be remembered for years.

Gifts and packages

The gifts you send aren't as important as the frequency. Your soldiers will tell you what they need, but they might not tell you what they want.

Send packages often. Infantry soldiers cannot carry a lot of stuff at any given time. They already have 40-60 pounds of weapons and ammunition. But send enough goodies for them to share with buddies on the front line. You might be the only friend who sends enough for them to share with GIs who never receive anything from the home front.

Send favorite foods, snacks, and homemade goodies. Send a product that's new on the market. Find out whether they need AA batteries.

When I was an infantry company commander in Vietnam, my wife once sent a whole case of popcorn that could be popped over a campfire. After months of jungle patrols and tasty C-rations, the popcorn was a touch of home for everyone in the company. Who would have guessed that popcorn could relieve stress?

Dale Collie (collie@couragebuilders.com) speaker, author, and former US Army Ranger, CEO,and professor at West Point. Selected by "Fast Company" as one of America's Fast 50 innovative leaders. Author of "Frontline Leadership: From War Room to Boardroom," and "Winning Under Fire: Turn Stress into Success the US Army Way." (McGraw-Hil) Courage Builders

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