What did you get overseas that you liked?

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - What did you get overseas that you liked?

Posted: 7/3/2015 8:19:18 PM EDT

So I'm doing a box for a friend of mine over seas and wanted to know what you guys liked receiving? So far I have an F ton of beef jerky, Maxim, and a few other candy type items. Anything special to throw in? The wife says I should add a Playboy to the box but I don't know how that would go over on the receiving end (prohibited or not). Any input?

Posted: 7/3/2015 9:17:31 PM EDT

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Listerine bottle...

Posted: 7/3/2015 10:41:47 PM EDT

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Feed his addictions. Snuff, chew, cigarettes, booze, etc. The best care package I ever got was from my brothers ex wife. It contained booze, porn and a Pin The Boobs on the Babe game.

Posted: 7/4/2015 7:05:57 PM EDT

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Nothing like having minty fresh breath after a hard day patrolling

Posted: 7/4/2015 7:13:58 PM EDT

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please ignore that drunken post

Posted: 7/4/2015 11:53:27 PM EDT

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Pin The Boobs on the Babe game.

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Stupid shit like this or any cheap toy that you can use for group play, Nerf foot ball, hacky sack, toy guns(airsoft/Nerf/marshmellow or air) rubber snakes, spiders and mice (there is always somone deathly afraid) a book on paper airplanes pocket electronic toys(slots/poker/21). Things that kill time and distract from the monotony.

Posted: 7/7/2015 7:46:05 PM EDT

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Hint: do not include any soap or similarly scented items in care packages with food. I liked to get Pez dispensers and small toys that I could give to kids on patrol or that I was treating.

Posted: 7/7/2015 10:38:56 PM EDT

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Leave

Posted: 7/8/2015 10:09:52 AM EDT

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Depends on where they are
There aren't many guys in the middle of nowhere on current deployments
Find out what they can't get at their location and send as much of whatever they're missing that you can afford.
Guys so close to the flagpole its rammed up their ass will tend to be less appreciative of anything you send than the guys in the middle of nowhere who get mail once a month

Posted: 7/9/2015 11:41:08 AM EDT

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homemade cookies/brownies, cigars, drink mix stuff.

Posted: 7/10/2015 6:35:59 PM EDT

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Separation Orders.

Posted: 7/10/2015 11:53:20 PM EDT

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When I got to AFG in JAN 02, we didn't have showers. I told my fiancee (now ex-wife) to send me some baby wipes, as it was the easiest way to keep myself reasonably clean. Between her and both of our mom's, I got enough to keep an infant's ass fresh for as long as they were in diapers. Seriously. We got a shower tent about 2 1/2 weeks after I go there, though the hours were limited, which was about a week after my mail began arriving. And, despite telling them that we now had showers, the wipes kept fucking coming for weeks. When I left, I left behind boxes of wipes for anyone who wanted them.

Posted: 7/13/2015 6:27:47 PM EDT

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carmex. it became a habit. I've had a tube of carmex in my pocket every day since my first trip over

Posted: 7/15/2015 3:04:51 PM EDT

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Gmom shipped me over a home made apple crumb pie. Made it in 4 days with ice packs. I went to the dfac and got ice cream and made it last 2 days. Amazing.

I miss BOOM BOOMs from there tho

Posted: 7/20/2015 9:52:11 AM EDT

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Beef jerky, gun magazines, anything you can share with your crew/squad really.
New video games were always loved

Posted: 7/20/2015 1:51:43 PM EDT

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Dip/smokes and non-perishable/non meltable pogey bait. yes, porn is prohibited. So, DVDs in a box for another DVD (bambi or whatever) and for magazines, remove the cover and staple on a cover for a different magazine.

Posted: 7/23/2015 7:51:59 PM EDT

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When I got to AFG in JAN 02, we didn't have showers. I told my fiancee (now ex-wife) to send me some baby wipes, as it was the easiest way to keep myself reasonably clean. Between her and both of our mom's, I got enough to keep an infant's ass fresh for as long as they were in diapers. Seriously. We got a shower tent about 2 1/2 weeks after I go there, though the hours were limited, which was about a week after my mail began arriving. And, despite telling them that we now had showers, the wipes kept fucking coming for weeks. When I left, I left behind boxes of wipes for anyone who wanted them.

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Princess Pat's? I was at Khandahar in Jan 02.

Posted: 7/23/2015 8:26:59 PM EDT

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When I got to AFG in JAN 02, we didn't have showers. I told my fiancee (now ex-wife) to send me some baby wipes, as it was the easiest way to keep myself reasonably clean. Between her and both of our mom's, I got enough to keep an infant's ass fresh for as long as they were in diapers. Seriously. We got a shower tent about 2 1/2 weeks after I go there, though the hours were limited, which was about a week after my mail began arriving. And, despite telling them that we now had showers, the wipes kept fucking coming for weeks. When I left, I left behind boxes of wipes for anyone who wanted them.

Princess Pat's? I was at Khandahar in Jan 02.

I was with the BDE FSE, 3rd BDE, 101st Abn. I just have the Canada location to pay homage to my Mom's birthplace and to piss off some folks here who insist that locations must be exact.

Posted: 7/23/2015 8:32:28 PM EDT

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Someone sent me the entire Dune series. I thought that was pretty cool.
One time we got a huge box of hand knitted wool caps.
The boxes of hygiene stuff helped save money.

Posted: 7/23/2015 8:36:30 PM EDT

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Personally I would say DO NOT send the concealed booze that some have suggested, Depending on his unit and situation you could be setting him up for a career ending mess. Plus, if he's a grunt at a COP he really doesn't need to be off his game, ever.

He can be an alcoholic when he gets home, like the rest of us.

Posted: 7/25/2015 7:11:33 PM EDT

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Thanks for the replies everyone. I've been getting things together for this box for a bit now. It's going to him for him and his team. My wife went magazine shopping and picked up a couple of Maxim's, Sports Illustrated SE, and Mr. Heffner's publications. I've also grabbed about $150 worth of Beef Jerky and Sun Flower seeds. That was their request, boobs and beef jerky. lol.

The question now is can I just put Magazines on the customs form or do I need to say Sports Magazines or News Magazines or some crap like that.

Posted: 7/26/2015 12:47:07 PM EDT

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My, my how the mighty have fallen. Or, at least have become either less sexually active or extremely PC.

Best things I used to get had long dark hair and almond eyes. Then again, there was the occasional short arm inspections to deal with.

All in all, I'll bet dollars to donuts I had a better time.

Posted: 7/26/2015 12:55:11 PM EDT

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Thanks for the replies everyone. I've been getting things together for this box for a bit now. It's going to him for him and his team. My wife went magazine shopping and picked up a couple of Maxim's, Sports Illustrated SE, and Mr. Heffner's publications. I've also grabbed about $150 worth of Beef Jerky and Sun Flower seeds. That was their request, boobs and beef jerky. lol.

The question now is can I just put Magazines on the customs form or do I need to say Sports Magazines or News Magazines or some crap like that.

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The print skin mags are a violation of General Order # 1, and is generally enforced to some degree from "barely" to very strict. Oddly, everybody in theater has a portable hard drive full of porn, and no one cares.

Posted: 8/11/2015 2:59:13 AM EDT

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I sent my nephew one of those $30 rc helicopter.

Posted: 8/12/2015 12:18:27 AM EDT

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Girlscout cookies were cool. Dip from home. New socks, underear and t-shirts. I am very picky about undergarments now.

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