We sent a big box to a friend of mine on a boat in the Gulf. I went crazy at Costco in the snack section and filled the box with mostly that and socks and
stuff. Since I know him from a Vegas board, we stuck in a huge stack of those porno "escort in your room" cards they hand to you when you walk down
the strip. I heard they were very popular.
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Lots of good suggestions in this thread, thanks guys. |
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Posts: 2310 (06/30/08 12:28 PM) Registered user |
Make sure he knows there's a "special" water bottle in his care package. But don't include that message in the box itself in case it gets
checked. Send him an email messge or mention it in a letter.
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Posts: 5910 (06/30/08 12:30 PM) Registered User |
The VFW is always asking for silly string for the care packages. The guys use it to check for trip wires.
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Posts: 2463 (06/30/08 12:33 PM) Registered User |
I sent my brother booze in the propel bottles -- cherry was vodka, lemon was rum, berry was gin.
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Posts: 8330 (06/30/08 12:35 PM) Registered user |
Do not send phone cards. Most of the FOB's don't take normal phone cards anymore. Hot husband brought 50 home with him from Iraq. All that hygene stuff
they can buy in Iraq, even if they're in the middle of no where.
It depends on what he's doing over there. If he's combat arms send him snack food. If he has a desk job send him weird things to play with (a remote control car would be loved either way). The best thing you can send is burned copies of movies and TV shows, video games, CD's. Entertainment stuff. |
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Posts: 8331 (06/30/08 12:40 PM) Registered user |
Clean sheets are always welcome. A small dustbuster for all the sand.
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Posts: 2464 (06/30/08 12:49 PM) Registered User |
My brother said his favorite things were the single use contact lens solution vials and floss picks -- he couldn't get either in Iraq.
He loved getting individually wrapped candy to hand out -- I used to send tubs of twizzlers. |
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beef jerky and q-tips
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I alwasy add 4 big bags of Jolly Rancher candies.
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Posts: 2316 (07/01/08 2:39 PM) Registered user |
MMMadcow wrote:
How does that work? If it does work, why doesn't the army supply them with it? |
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Posts: 11845 (07/01/08 2:48 PM) Registered user |
we send lots of toiletries. I guess toothbrushes and toothpaste are like gold there. they said that whatever they can't use, they just put on a communal
table and other people always take it.
oh and we've also used cheryl's cookies before. they send individually wrapped cookies and they hold up really well. they have a free shipping special to military bases right now. http://www.cherylandco.com/ |
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Posts: 8344 (07/01/08 3:01 PM) Registered user |
When the war first started strange items like silly string weren't supplied by the army because the supply chains for things like that weren't too
solid.
Now they are. My husband could order anything he wanted for his company before they left and when they were there. One of his LT's took a huge supply of legos with him for "planning" The warm delights cakes from Betty crocker (microwave cakes) are a nice treat. There are plenty of microwaves and they can make a "fresh" cake. Although my husband gained weight the last time he was there so he certainly didn't need them. |
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Posts: 11316 (07/01/08 3:02 PM) Registered User |
Cheryl's cookies are pretty yummy, and they stay fresh for quite a while. The brownies are good too. A guy I used to work with said that the one thing he
really, really missed when he was in the "first fake war over there" was homemade cookies.
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