espirita Posted November 21, 2005 Posted November 21, 2005 I have a friend/coworker serving in Iraq, and he'll be there until probably next October. We are getting a care package together to send to him... I was just wondering if any of you have served in the military abroad, and if so, what kinds of things did you like in your care package? Or even if you weren't in the military, do you have any great ideas? Something not so obvious? I could always bake him cookies, but I'm sure many others will do that. THANKS! Quote
Greta Posted November 21, 2005 Posted November 21, 2005 Ill address your question....assholes. I hear that those small travel packs of wet-wipes are well received. With sand in every crack and orafice, you know. Quote
selkirk Posted November 21, 2005 Posted November 21, 2005 Wankers one and all, well almost anyway. Had a buddy who got back not too long ago and we sent lots of non-perishable, non-crunchable muncies. Beef jerky, peanut butter, tinned cookies, etc, along with a few magazines and lots and lots of books. They're heavy but they went over really well. They ended up in a kind communal library that got passed around. Quote
SandPounder Posted November 21, 2005 Posted November 21, 2005 This is a great website for your question. http://www.operationshoebox.com/ Quote
Gary_Yngve Posted November 21, 2005 Posted November 21, 2005 A snippet from an email... the first part was mentioning that they get a lot of "thoughtful" packages with useless crap. "...So if anyone you know wants to be thoughtful of soldiers in Iraq let them contact someone and ask what they need. If you would ask me I would say the one most important item and one that they do not sell in the PX is rechargeable batteries and small quick chargers that work on both 110 and 220 current for NIMH batteries. Soldiers use a lot of CD players and flashlights and never have enough batteries. Just some thoughts for those at home." Quote
archenemy Posted November 21, 2005 Posted November 21, 2005 You are not allowed to ship batteries to the troops in Iraq. Quote
underworld Posted November 21, 2005 Posted November 21, 2005 stash them in the peanut butter and in the tinned cookies Quote
archenemy Posted November 21, 2005 Posted November 21, 2005 make sure the peanut butter is the crunchy kind Quote
Cobra_Commander Posted November 21, 2005 Posted November 21, 2005 You could hide them in a barrel of uranium. I would bet they wouldn't want to look in there. Quote
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