“Even in this age of e-mails, instant messages, and video chats, nothing provides the morale boost to a soldier, sailor, airman, or marine like regular packages or letters from home,” says Rep. Tom Davis, (R-Va.), chairman of the Government Reform Committee. Legislation approved by his committee would direct the Pentagon and Postal Service to run a one-year test for troops serving in Afghanistan or Iraq. The troops would receive, each month, a voucher they could send to family members, who would be able to mail one letter or parcel to the service member.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's recent direction that the military services return to a more old-school approach to basic training—with instructors "tossing bunks" and "putting their hands on recruits”—will likely require the Air Force to rewrite policies for military training instructors it has modified over time to cut down on such…
