The Blog | Burt Bacharach: To Cher with Love | The Huffington Post: ". . .I want to salute Cher, who has all my respect and my love for not only what she has done, but the way she has done it. Her campaign for 'Operation Helmet' - done quietly and putting the cause, not herself, out front - is great. She has chosen this issue of trying to eliminate any more of the head and brain injuries our military in Iraq sustains by explosive devices because their helmets aren't good enough to protect them. 'Operation Helmet' is a non-profit public service organization that provides our troops with upgrade kits to make their helmets safer.
For some soldiers, it is too late. Some have suffered brain damage and other serious injuries because their U.S. military-issued equipment isn't effective enough to protect our young men and women. Cher tells us the fact that most of these injuries are happening to the Marines because their helmets don't have proper padding. Also, their helmets are often too loose, leaving them vulnerable to even more head injuries. The military is fighting for us, and Cher is fighting for them. It's hard to believe that private citizens need to provide helmet upgrade kits, but it's necessary and being done. Cher's support has brought badly-needed attention to the situation, and every day more soldiers are being equipped with better helmet padding . . ."
Amen. And thank you.
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