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For general communications, press information and orders:
Any Soldier Inc.
P.O. Box 29
Hoagland, IN 46745-0029
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TEACHERS: Please read the
"How this Works" on our home page,
"For Teachers" in our FAQ page and
"Need more addresses?" before you send us email. Thanks!
For all donations and billing:
Any Soldier Inc.
P.O. Box 715
Waldorf, MD 20604
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For questions or comments about the Coast Guardsmen on this web site:
Any Soldier, Inc.
Support Team
P.O. Box 1926
Johns Island, SC 29457
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Support@AnySoldier.com
Email questions about:
Note: Due to the huge volume of email, please read the "FAQ" page and "How to Send" pages at a minimum before asking questions already answered on this web site.
Sorry, but we can't answer questions such as "Did they get my package?" or "Can you send me the names of soldiers?" or "Can I email the soldiers?" or "How do I send stuff?"... Thanks!
| Press Release and other Media: |
Any Soldier® 2006 Annual Report HERE in PDF format.
Any Soldier® Press Release available HERE in MS Word format.
Special and grateful thanks goes to Carolyn Moncel, Mondavé Communications, Chicago & Paris, PR and Media Training for providing the above documents.
Any Coast Guardsman
® "Facts at a Glance" HERE. (Real-time information).
 "Tango. Tango Mike!"
produced by Paul French & Partners, Inc. for Any Soldier Inc.
This is a truly wonderful 16 minute video done completely voluntarily by Mr. French and a number of professional actors and producers to help folks understand and use AnySoldier.com. Note: This is streaming video which uses Windows Media Player.
A DVD version (for your TV or computer) of this is available HERE.
AnyCoastGuardsman.com
handouts you can print HERE.
Want a high quality handout?
Here is one for AnySoldier.com (caution, 1.09MB) and AnyMarine.com (caution, 722KB)
Promotional sound clip. Listen HERE. Download (MP3)(Right-click and pick "Save Target As"):HERE. and
Promotional sound clip. Listen HERE. Download (MP3)(Right-click and pick "Save Target As"):HERE.
Courtesy of Kirk R. W. Douthit of The Kroger Company.
Permission granted (Please Do!) to anyone wanting to use these.
Information about linking to AnySoldier.com and Any Soldier® logos is HERE.
| Board of Directors, Any Soldier Inc.: |
Marty Horn
President
| Born in Philadelphia, raised in the Chicago suburb of Deerfield, Marty Horn spent 20 years in the Army as a Military Policeman. After retiring in 1993, he got into Internet technologies. Together with his wife, Sue, they worked the concept of Any Soldier with their son, Sergeant Brian Horn when he was in Iraq. Marty built the web site and maintains it. The success of Any Soldier® has far exceeded expectations and continues to grow with the invaluable help and guidance of our supporters, board members and Support Team.
Member of the
Patriot Guard Riders,
Blue Knights,
HOG,
VFW,
American Legion. |
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Deborah Franz
Secretary
| Deborah Franz is a senior associate with extensive experience in corporate law at the international law firm of Jones Day, where she represents primarily public companies in matters including capital formation and securities offerings, disclosure issues, business transactions, and corporate governance. Deborah graduated from the University of Texas with honors for juris doctor and master of business administration degrees. Deborah is a resident of Atlanta, Georgia. Deborah volunteered her own time to incorporate Any Soldier Inc. and did the work to get our federal tax status. |
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Christina Boblits
Treasurer
| Christina Boblits has been in the business management field since 1986. She is owner and operator of Business Support Services, a company which supports large to small companies in day to day business operations from accounting to human resource management. Her work responsibilities also include serving as Chief Financial Officer for Amerinet Financial, Inc., a mortgage broker, and consulting for small businesses on small business management functions. Christina graduated from University of Maryland with a double degree of Business Management/Accounting and Radio/TV/Film specializing in Public Relations. She currently resides in Hughesville, Maryland. |
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| Mitchell Bell
| LtCol Mitch "Taco" Bell joined the United States Marine Corps in 1986 and left active duty in 1998 to pursue a job as a pilot with a major airline based in Dallas Fort Worth. After a five year break with the Marine Corps, he joined back up and volunteered for a tour in Iraq as the Asst' AirBoss for Al Taqaddum airbase. He became a member of AnyMarine.com to help a few of his Marines who weren't receiving any support or mail. The response was instantaneous with thousands of letters and hundreds of packages being sent from all over the United States during his six months there. He firmly believes in the program, knows first hand the benefit and boost in Morale that comes with it. Now ready to embark on another tour, this time in Afghanistan, he will enjoy posting again in the near future. |
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| Gary Bourland
| Major Bourland is in the United States Marine Corps. As an infantryman, he has spent the last 14 years serving as both enlisted and as an officer. Completing tours in Afghanistan and Iraq he was the first Marine on AnySoldier.com during the beginning of his Afghanistan tour. Knowing first hand what the difference AnyMarine.com can make, he continued the support structure through his Iraq deployment and helped units get support that were in the states about to deploy. Originally from Colorado his career has taken him many places to call home. |
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| Steve Jost
| Steve Jost has worked in Washington, D.C. for almost 30 years in a variety of public policy and private sector roles. He currently works for Congressman Dutch Ruppersberger and assisted in the start up of "Operation Hero Miles". He was raised in an Army family. His father was a career artillery officer wounded in action in the Korean Conflict, and two brothers also served overseas in the Army. He is a fourth-generation Californian but now resides in Maryland with his wife Tracy and three children. |
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| Robert Novak
| CAPT Bob Novak graduated from the US Naval Academy in 1978 and has been a Naval Aviator for the past 30 years. He originally started his career as a P-3 pilot, hunting Soviet submarines when the cold war was at its peak. He has made eight six-month deployments during his career, flying from aircraft carriers, surface combatants and land based sites; primarily in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, Carribean and Red Sea AOR's. For the past 18 years, he as been involved as an operational test pilot, engineer and program manager in the research, development, test and evalation of the Navy's newest aircraft and weapons systems, including the F-18, V-22, T-45, Joint Strike Fighter and Tomahawk missile. He is married to the greatest Navy wife ther is (Mary) and is firm believer in the mission of AnySoldier -- there is nothing more important than taking care of our Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines. |
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| Kyle G. Roberts
| Originally from North Carolina, Kyle Roberts has resided in the Washington DC area for ten years. A long time IRS employee, Kyle became involved with Any Soldier® while coordinating the Baltimore IRS’ Adopt a Soldier community outreach event early in 2004. |
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| Dutch Ruppersberger
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Congressman Dutch Ruppersberger is in the United States House of Representatives representing the citizens of Maryland's 2nd District. Congressman Ruppersberger serves on the House Intelligence Committee and represents the home of the National Security Agency at Ft. Meade, Maryland.
He is the originator of Operation Hero Miles. |
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| Nancy Ryan
| Nancy Ryan is originally from Stratford, Connecticut and now resides in Nevada. A professional stand-up comedienne for over 14 years, Nancy has been in the entertainment spotlight most of her life. Retiring from competitive figure skating in 1992, her new career in comedy spun off at a rapid pace, working all major venues in the U.S. and abroad. |
Employees, Any Soldier Inc.:
Scott Remington
Director, Support Team
| Scott Remington joined the Any Soldier team as the Support Team Director. Scott's background can be summed up as one of service at the national, state, and local levels through dual military and law enforcement careers. A 1985 graduate of the United States Air Force Academy, Scott served nearly six years active duty before switching to the active USAF Reserves wherein he currently serves as a Lieutenant Colonel. Scott has mobilized in support of Operation Noble Anvil (Kosovo) and also Operations Enduring Freedom/Iraqi Freedom. Scott is the proud father of three sons, one serving in the Air Force as a member of the Class of 2008 at the Air Force Academy, another who is a United States Marine, and the youngest who entered the Air Force Academy in 2007. When Scott is away fulfilling his reserve duty commitments, his wife, Martina, effectively substitutes as our primary Support Team member. |
Brian Horn
Support Team
| Brian Horn joined the Any Soldier® team as a Support Team Member. Brian recently completed 8 years of active duty with the Army.
He first served with the 82nd Airborne Division, then with the 173rd Airborne Brigade. Brian had been deployed numerous times to conflicts such as Operation Nobel Anvil (Kosovo), parachuted into Operation Iraqi Freedom (Iraq) as a Sniper Team Leader, and Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan) as a Sniper Team Leader, as well as a peace keeping mission in Sinai, Egypt with the Multi-National Force and Observers. Brian is currently pursuing a Bachelors Degree in Business.
His web site is HERE. |
Any Soldier Inc. started as a simple family effort to help our son, Army Sergeant Brian Horn, who was one of the 1,000 soldiers who parachuted into Northern Iraq on March 26th, 2003. We knew his unit, the 173rd Airborne Brigade was living under very rough conditions, and we were sending Brian care packages as often as we could.
We wanted to help the soldiers who were with Brian, so his father, himself a 20-year Army veteran, started this web site on August 26th, 2003, and asked friends and neighbors to help send their support. HERE is the original web page posted that day. The idea caught on, fast. By Christmas Eve 2003 the site looked like THIS.
The support was massive during the holidays, and many requests came to us to support other military units. On January 1st, 2004, we did just that. At the time, we projected that we would have 50 volunteer contact soldiers by Christmas. We were wrong, by June 2nd, 2004, we had our first 100, and 3 days short of a year we had 1,000!
As of now we have 3,687!!
We were contacted by an Attorney from Jones Day, Deborah Franz, who offered her help in getting us incorporated. She and Bill Zawrotny, also from Jones Day, took care of all the matters needed to get us to become "Any Soldier Inc.", a non-profit corporation registered in the state of Maryland on June 2004.
Our application for non-profit charitable, 501(c)(3) status, was submitted to the IRS and approved on 3 August, 2004.
In August of 2005 we acquired AnyAirman.com, AnyMarine.com, AnySailor.com, and AnyCoastGuardsman.com domain names and started work on offering 5 service-specific versions of the web site.
On 24 October 2006, "Any Soldier®", "Any Marine®", "Any Airman®", "Any Sailor®", "Any Coast Guardsman®" and our heart logo all were approved by the USPTO as registered trademarks of Any Soldier Inc.
On 14 February 2008: Over 1 Million Served!!!
A simple family effort to help the troops of a single Army Sergeant has hit a major milestone today. Any Soldier® started with a very simple web page on 26 August 2003. In just over 4 years, with the help of over 35,000 volunteer contacts and countless supporters world-wide, we have served over ONE MILLION TROOPS!!!
We appreciate everyone who supports this effort and are grateful for those who link to our web site. If you wish to provide a link to this site, then here are some logos for you to chose from. Please link as "http://AnySoldier.com".
We are asked everyday if it is OK if someone tells (fill-in-the-blank) person, radio station, TV, newspaper, etc. about this web site. Simple answer: YES! PLEASE DO!! Getting the word out about this effort is greatly appreciated.
 for our web site hosting.
Mella Tapang (MellaDrama) did the art work on our logos.
Kahlil Dajany, Debbie White and Carol B. for amazing and untiring expert editing work.
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