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I was a Navy officer working at US Pacific Command HQ in Hawaii, a joint service command headed by a four-star Admiral, staffed with officers assigned from all four services. There was plenty of good-natured kidding among the officers, with the exception of an Army major who was always intense, kind of a know it all, and difficult to team with. He was getting ready to transfer soon and had just found out from his assignment officer he would be headed to Quantico VA to attend Marine Corps Command and General Staff (CGS) school, a desirable assignment. He would soon get a letter from the Marines, and orders to report for training. Naturally, he bragged a lot and was too good of a target to pass up, so I got together with a Marine officer friend, and we decided to take the Army major down a peg.My Marine friend used his connections to get some Marine Corps CGS letterhead stationary. We knew the major was a little out of shape and concerned with working out with his Marine classmates. Using the stationary, we typed up an official-looking letter from the fictitious school commander, Colonel H.S. Sanders, welcoming our friend to CGS, The letter went on to state that the major should report in good shape, as his class would be running the Marine Corps Marathon (a real event in DC each year). Furthermore, they would do so in formation. The honor of carrying the class guidon was rotated between the services, and this year it was the Army’s turn. As he was senior to the other three Army officers in the class, our major would be so honored. For further information, he could call CGS at a number we provided in the letter.The finished letter was then put in interoffice mail and delivered to the major’s desk. We let the other officers working in our section in on the joke, so they were all primed when the major opened and read the letter. The panic on his face was priceless. As we sat at our desks pretending to be busy and glancing over, we could tell that he was thinking, how could he ever finish a marathon, in formation, with Marines, while carrying the guidon and setting the pace? There was no way. He finally got up the courage to phone the contact point stated in the letter to provide some weak excuse to get out of the run. The number was to the KFC chicken outlet in Quantico. He called, identified himself, and asked to speak with Colonel Sanders. The employee told him that was very funny, but Colonel Sanders didn’t work at that KFC. As the major got red-faced and hung up, we all started laughing uncontrollably! He knew then he had been had, and of course, didn’t take it well. When the two-star Air Force general who was our immediate boss heard about it later, he also laughed and said the major had that one coming. And the general was right.

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First, understand the process your letter or email correspondence will go through (and I’m only writing about the U.S. House and Senate, but I’m sure state legislators use roughly the same process): The letter/email is opened by a receptionist or mail clerk, and is logged in immediately. The date, time, your address and other pertinent contact information will be part of the log. The letter may or may not be copied for filing purposes.Depending on the subject matter of the letter (Veterans issues, environment, budget, military, national parks, maritime, state department, etc), it will be given to a caseworker specializing in that area. If you are asking for some personal help (VA benefits, for example), there is a caseworker who handles that kind of request; if you are supporting, or complaining about some legislation, there are legislative staffers who specialize in those matters, and they will have a chance to see your letter.If you are seeking an appointment with the Representative or Senator, there is a staffer who will handle that. If you are seeking an an appointment to a military academy, there is someone who considers those requests. My point is, within a Congressional office, there are staffers who wear a variety of hats, and most staffers are assigned multiple hats to wear and they are busy all the time trying to stay on top of the mail.Not all initial correspondence makes it to the Representative or Senator—the staff has to do sort of mail triage when it comes to incoming correspondence—but most legislators will eventually be made aware of either your specific issue, or issues that are similar. And, you will almost always receive some reply on official letterhead (and, yes, the chances are good that it will be signed by a machine).Your correspondence will always be read, but how you approach the writing of your letter can make a big difference in how timely a response you will receive. Every office I worked for, in the House and the Senate, required staff to respond to mail within a few days at the most, but not all responses are complete—sometimes the staffer will have to work on your issues over time, and the first letter you get from your Representative or Senator may be a brief acknowledgment of your initial letter. You will be given the name and title of the person in the congressional office who is working on your matter in the event you have written about something that takes time to research and reply to.So…here are a few tips about what to put in, and not to put in, your letter to your Representative or Senator (or both, as is often the case).Rude and foul language will not help. If you begin with anything like, “Dear Stupidface asswipe, your latest attempt at being our state’s senator sucks,” it is likely your letter will not make it past the front desk (it may be properly filed, as per rule, but it won’t be seen by the Senator or Representative.Politeness counts. Really. You don’t have to kowtow, but do try to write in complete sentences, with thoughtful or helpful comments.Proper address, as in, Dear Representative/Senator ________. You can get the first and last name spelling on the House or Senate website, and on the Representative’s or Senator’s websites through https://www.house.gov and https://www.senate.gov.Neatness counts. Sending a message with pasted-in letters and words in different colors and fonts (or snipped from a newspaper or magazine), will not be helpful. Also, never, ever, send anything that could possibly look like powder. Please don’t use a small, single-spaced font in your message; congressional staffers may read hundreds of letters per day, and they need all the help they can get with a nice 12 pt font (no fancy typefaces, please), that is double spaced, or at least 1.5 line spacing.Clearly state the issue right up front. “Dear Senator ______, I don’t/do support your bill (S. 123, or HR-1234) to reduce nighttime glare from city lights.” Or, “Because you sit on the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, I am writing to ask for your help in getting a new VA hospital built here in Okaankoke, Missouri.” Or, “I don’t support the president’s budget proposal which appears to reduce benefits to dependent families.”If you have a personal request, don’t beat around the bush and tell a long, drawn-out story. Keep it simple and on point: “My husband, Frank G. Merryweather, a combat Vietnam Veteran who served from 1967–69, is in need of help from the VA for a new prosthetic leg that is not currently covered under his VHA benefits. We have been in contact with ____________, of the local VA hospital, and with ____________ from the Veterans Benefit’s Administration, and they have not been able to help Frank.” Personal requests also include asking for a U.S. flag to be flown over the Capitol, and requests for White House tours.Whenever you are writing to complain about some government employee or agency you’ve been in touch with, try to give as much information about the people you’ve contacted (or tried to contact): names, titles, addresses, phone numbers, dates of contact, copies of your correspondence, etc. Also, if you’ve been assigned some sort of case number by the agency, or if you have received any phone calls from a person at the agency, include that information as well.Be sure to give your best contact information—home phone, cell phone, email address on the first page of your letter or email, and repeat it on subsequent pages. It’s important for a congressional caseworker to be able to reference the original letter and all your contact information will help that process.These are just simple steps to take…pretty sensible and logical.