package for the neighbor boy.........
told the wife yesterday we should send neighbor boy something he is in afganastan? in army and will be till at least spring. I told her to let the close neighbors know and if they wanted to send something to let us know and we would put it in big box from neighborhood. a couple didn't even know he was gone, he has been for a few months now. well most didn't know what to get so they gave wife money and ask if she would just get him some things, we ended up with $145. gone shopping this afternoon and will go to post office in morning to send it off, I figure we may end up with more than one box! almost all the neighbors signed a card to send along too. bet we get some strange looks at the store with all foot powder and beef jerkey 
, water flavors, chapstick, hot sauce, and we had one lady give us 2 pints of homemade jam/jelly. besides mail anything else you all used to look forward to at mailcall????
, water flavors, chapstick, hot sauce, and we had one lady give us 2 pints of homemade jam/jelly. besides mail anything else you all used to look forward to at mailcall????
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Good for you Sir.
How about a Tupperware container of Homemade Brownies?
Cans of Beenie Weenies? Soup? +1 on the Jerky.
Some nice Tactical wrap around sunglasses?
Nicely done.0 -
Personal wipeys? 0 -
Write him a letter and ask him what he wants/needs.
Other than that....canned ham?
His grandma's pecan pie?
Headlamp?
Reminds me of a cartoon back when I was in.
2 GI's were in a firefight. All they have in the way of supplies is c-rats and ammo and both are running low.
A C-130 flys over and drops a crate on a chute.
Under a hail of gook fire one guy recovers the box while his buddy lays down cover fire.
In the relative safety of a rice paddy ditch they eagerly pry open the box.
Its full of blank Air Force Requestion forms.
My point is.. You never know what a guy could use.0 -
Packages from home have always been the greatest support of our troops no matter what land they are deployed to. The Federal Government lives and dies by budget constraints while we, the American people, are only limited by our hearts and generosity for our children overseas.
During the build up in the Middle East (early 2000s), our soldiers often wrote home imploring us to send them AR magazines, springs and followers. Industry knew nothing about these requests until some us in the industry made them aware of the needs. While the manufacturers could not override the Fed, they chose wisely to allow us, civilians to buy at cost. We organized the purchase of 10s of thousands of parts then broke those shipments down into the smaller packages which were acceptable for individual troops. At the same time we started a campaign to bombard our so-called representatives with letters demanding better attention for the troops giving their lives for us.
It doesn't matter what time of year it is, but Christmas seems to rally the citizenry around our troops, attempting to supply them with much needed or wanted articles of comfort. For years my church has organized the shoe box brigade for the troops. Now though since shoe boxes have fallen by the wayside, we found a box board manufacturer to work with. We buy goodies, pack and ship hundreds of shoe boxes destined for individual troops whose names we have from deployed personnel, mostly local or statewide. Every box gets a handwritten card of thanks and support for each soldier. All it takes is a few people, a couple of days of time and the desire to help to get all this done and picked up by the shipper.
Magazines are still treasured gifts for the young men and women. If you can't send stuff, send a note, a card, a letter, anything they can receive and read from home. The joy is boundless!
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To all that want to send something to the folks that are in harm's way- may God bless you. Small goodys from home make a tremendous impact of the morale to the service member.
Pleae do NOT send pork, porn or booze to anyone deployed in an Islamic country. It is contrary to our Status of Forces agreement, WILL get tossed if it gets caught, WILL get a GI in trouble if it gets thru.
I have raided the local Dollar tree a number of times- toothbrushes, chapstick, sunglasses, AA batteries, cookies, Kool-Aid, candy, footpowder, bottle of vitamins, candy, . But go by the toy section as well. Couple of balls, chess/ checkers, frisbee, balsa wood airplanes. Pens and writing paper. Throw in a few paperback books and the Sunday funnies from the paper. Even sent a few of the guys an NRA bumper sticker (now adorning the barrel of a 155 howitzer and an M240 machinegun!)
Run by the Post office and get some of the flat rate mailing boxes, and be sure to get the customs forms you will need.0 -
Fill a water bottle with booze (JW Red or Black Label). Put that in a pringles can with padding. The X-Ray machine cant see through the tinfoil on the inside of the pringles can. 0 -
My mom sent me several loafs of her banana bread and a box of those plain sugar cookies every year. I gave out the cookies but no one knew I had banana bread.
I sent my niece's husband a personal mister (pump up sprayer) while he was in the sand box. He loved it in the summer.
I think there are list on line for what our wonderful service people would like.
Thank you for all that served and to all the people that supported them MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!0 -
Christmas lights are always a big hit with deployed troops. 0 -
All good suggestions. +1 on the personal wipes jimdeere, can make a major contribution to personal comfort. Sam06, any suggestions? 0 -
I remember the most popular guy in my basic training flight was from Hawaii. Every single week he received a care package from home filled with the most exotic eats I have ever seen or even heard of! He was a very generous fellow and shared with those of us that were brave enough to try new things. I had my first taste of freeze dried octopus way back then!! :P
Kudo's to you hillbillie and all who send nice things to our troops that are serving! Even those who are state side and unable to be home with family during holidays appreciate gifts, cards, and letters from American supporters!0 -
Foot powder?
A year in S.E. Asia & never used any nor anyone else I know of.0 -
drobs wrote:Fill a water bottle with booze (JW Red or Black Label). Put that in a pringles can with padding. The X-Ray machine cant see through the tinfoil on the inside of the pringles can.
Good man!0 -
KenK/84Bravo wrote:Good for you Sir.
How about a Tupperware container of Homemade Brownies?
Nicely done.
+1000
During my year stationed on the Sinai I got a boot box full of my step sisters home made brownies every month that lifted more than just my spirits.0 -
Peanut butter and crackers are always a big hit. Canned fruit, especially if they are forward-deployed, MRE's tend to constipate. I bought a bunch of Amazon rechargeable flashlights on sale 6 bucks a pop. You can order from Amazon.de (in English) and get 220 chargers with the flashlights and have them shipped directly with a note. Being without light sucks, flashlights constantly get misplaced or broken. Pay a months Prime look for items that are Prime free shipping.
I also bought a case of German Army wool knee socks that were a hit.0 -
jimdeere wrote:Personal wipeys?
Wet wipes/towelettes always come in handy. Anytime I asked the forward-deployed guys what they wanted, wet wipes were on the list. Snacks came in a close second. Peanut Butter and cracker snack packs, portion wrapped.0 -
Very nice of you guys to do that for a neighbor. 0
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