thousands of miles away. here's lester holt. >> on any given weekend this retired navy veteran is rolling into town for a good cause. >> we've had a farm aid, a gulf aid, a katrina aid, a sandy aid. me being 21 years military retired, it's just time that as we a nation stand up. >> mark woods created operation troop aid, its mission to bring the comforts of home to military personnel deployed around the world. >> phone cards, beef jerky, toiletries, cds cookies candy. >> to date they've blifrd $7 million in care packages over the last decade. >> one of the biggest reasons i'm doing that to get the word out that hey, we still have military deployed all over the world. >> earlier this month operation troop aid was in fort worth partnering with the chris kyle foundation to raise awareness for veterans. >> letting our troops, boots on the ground know that people here