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<br />What does it mean to "adopt" a unit? <br /> <br />Through the ASA Adopt-a-Unit Program, communities throughout the United States can "adopt" a <br /> <br />military unit. By doing this, the community is agreeing to send letters and care packages to members of <br /> <br />the "adopted" unit. Residents of the community also engage in a variety of other activities with members <br /> <br /> <br />of the unit and their families. The community agrees to be involved with its "adopted" unit during times <br /> <br /> <br />of war and peace whether the unit is at home or deployed abroad. <br /> <br />For more information see Adopt-a-Unit Program Information, Suggested Adoption Activities, and <br /> <br />information about YCAP, or Youth Civic Action and Education Program. You can also visit our City & Unit <br /> <br /> <br />News page and read about what various adoptive communities have done with their adopted units. <br /> <br />If you live in a community that might be interested in adopting a unit, please fill out our online Adoption <br />Inquiry Form for Cities, and someone from ASA will be in touch with you. <br /> <br />If you are a member of or otherwise connected to a unit that might be interested in being adopted, <br /> <br />please fill out our online Adoption Inquiry Form for Units, and someone from ASA will be in touch with <br /> <br /> <br />you. <br /> <br />What are "adoption activities?" <br /> <br />Adoption activities are the different activities a community might engage in with its adopted unit. These <br />can vary greatly from community to community, but all are intended to boost the morale of soldiers <br />serving in the adopted unit and to build a deep, mutual understanding and respect between people in the <br />community and members of the unit. In this way, ASA-sponsored adoptions both support individual <br />servicemen and women and strengthen the bond between military and civilian sectors in direct, personal <br />ways. <br /> <br />To learn more about specific kinds of adoption activities, please visit our City & Unit News page, our page <br />on Suggested Adoption Activities, and our Youth Civic Action and Education Program (YCAP) page. <br />