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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: 1pLUs44 on March 01, 2012, 04:53:29 PM
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A buddy of mine just left this past Sunday with the 143rd Airborne Regiment (Texas National Guard) for Afghanistan and I'm about to start sending him packages. He wants me to send him dip and things like that, but another friend said that I wouldn't be able to send him dip. So I was just curious if anyone here would know and if not, what should I send him?
Thanks
:salute
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I craved canned tuna and bacon when I was overseas working for Uncle Sam.
Not sure what is allowed now but I did get cans of tuna and canned bacon in a care package from home. That was a great day.
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I sent both my sons dip in their care packages while they were in Iraq. Hell I even sent one of them a nice wrist rocket slingshot which I heard ended up being very popular in his unit. Never had any problems. However the last package I sent was in 2007 some things may have changed since then.
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All they do is ask what's in the package and how much it cost. They don't check it.
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A book, candy, pringles (not bagged chips, the bag will bust), beef jerky, mints, scratch off tickets from the convenience store, with a self addressed envelope to mail the ticket back to you in. Tell him you hope he wins a million bucks. :) lollipops
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You can get a bug zapper tennis racket. Hours and hours of fun, tons of bugs to kill, and tons of other people to shock (no major damage can be done, just a shock)
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Magazines(SI, maxim, etc). Movies, especially kids movies. Don't get new ones, just buy used ones from the local game/trading store. Put some twizzlers in with the movies.
Shifty, the slingshot is genius!
Whoopie cushion.
Crystal light individual lemonade powder packets.
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Another good thing to send are those chemical heat pouches that they can throw inside their boots.
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silly string, a real slinky (metal not plastic), books (run down to 1/2 priced books and spend $10. It's worth it). Load up a bunch of music, tv shows, movies, etc, on a cheap flash drive and shoot it over.
There are other things I've *cough* sent but probably NOT a really good idea in retrospect :)
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Dip is fine to send but there is a max amount you can send in one package.
Currently Pakistan is being quite rude and taking all of AAFES stuff coming into Afghanistan, Dip and cigs go through air so they have that in abundence at PXs.
5 hour energy drinks are awesome for a heavy patrolling unit because they don't dehydrate you quite as much as a monster of redbull.....I had my mom send me 2 4 packs of redbull a month(I know I know I payed her back :) ) just because I couldn't always get to the PX.(Since I was on a COP)
TxMom has definately done the care package deal before...Pringles are the only chips that will make the journey, beef jerky, cans of tuna, candy like swedish fish or sourpatch kids, and books....movies are easy to get bootleg over here.
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Okay, thank you guys very much! It is definitely appreciated and I will mail him this stuff ASAP! :salute
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Tabasco and hines 57 makes a bad meal better. And pop some unsalted unbuttered popcorn to pack everything in.
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Kleenex w/Aloe. Chap-stick. Thick thermo socks. Beef jerkey. 10 packs of Yoo-Hoo chocolate drink. Books. Head cover (ski caps to sub for helmet liners). Hydrocortisone cream.
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Get original Listerine, drain the bottle and fill with Jose Cuervo. They'll thank you for it. :devil
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I sent both my sons dip in their care packages while they were in Iraq. Hell I even sent one of them a nice wrist rocket slingshot which I heard ended up being very popular in his unit. Never had any problems. However the last package I sent was in 2007 some things may have changed since then.
I have to ask. Did he bring the slingshot on patrol?
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Sent a blowgun and a slingshot to my brother during his first deployment (apparently there were a lot of birds on his FOB), my dad would burn current tv shows onto dvdr disks and send those over as well. A good question to ask him once he is there is "what is something that you don't personaly want but could be easily traded for something you do?" and send lots of that item. My brother doesn't like beef jerky but would ask us to send it so he could trade it away for other stuff. If there is a food or drink that he likes that is only local to the area he grew up in, send that if you can. Another thing my family did was to send audio tapes of us talking about our week/month, and the goofy stuff that happened to us. of course it was a one way conversation, but he said it helped him feel more connected to home while he was away.
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A buddy of mine just left this past Sunday with the 143rd Airborne Regiment (Texas National Guard) for Afghanistan and I'm about to start sending him packages. He wants me to send him dip and things like that, but another friend said that I wouldn't be able to send him dip. So I was just curious if anyone here would know and if not, what should I send him?
Thanks
:salute
Is it Jeb?
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I have to ask. Did he bring the slingshot on patrol?
He said he wouldn't leave the FOB without it.
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You can never send them enough beef jerky - either one package or the whole cow will do (for like maybe a week).
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if you ask the post office they'l give you a whole list of crap you "cant send" dip is fine. We have been sending my cousin a bunch cuz his mom wants him to quit and she wont send it lol. Than and beef jerky... mmm....
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My brother asked for redbull.
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BABY WIPES! You will be as good as God himself if you send baby wipes.
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Though I have no experience with military service whatsoever, I've hiked ever since I was little, and I can imagine that he'd want Icy Hot patches and cream along with hydrogen peroxide, gauze, disinfecting wipes, cotton balls, foot deodorant, Advil, thermal underwear (boxers, shirts, leggings), supportive braces, and any piece of gear that will fit him better than the stuff he has. Focus on things that will keep him comfortable before, during, and after his long walks in the desert. Even the little things can get to you after a while, so tell him that there's nothing too small to fix. Also consider getting him a red head-mounted flashlight, it will allow him to read while he walks without harming his night vision or revealing his position.
-Penguin
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Also consider getting him a red head-mounted flashlight, it will allow him to read while he walks without harming his night vision or revealing his position.
-Penguin
It will also allow him to get his bellybutton shot off or step on a booby trap because he's not paying attention.
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Get original Listerine, drain the bottle and fill with Jose Cuervo. They'll thank you for it. :devil
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Any clear liquor and some food color... ummm never mind :uhoh
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Is it Jeb?
Yeah, I just wasn't too sure if I wasn't allowed to send certain things. I talked to him on the phone today. He called me right after he woke up and said that he hasn't gone out to his FOB just yet. If you PM me, I can send you his address cause he'd sure like to hear from a lot of his friends here.
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He said he wouldn't leave the FOB without it.
Shooting afghan kids with rocks is a good time hahahaha
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Though I have no experience with military service whatsoever, I've hiked ever since I was little, and I can imagine that he'd want Icy Hot patches and cream along with hydrogen peroxide, gauze, disinfecting wipes, cotton balls, foot deodorant, Advil, thermal underwear (boxers, shirts, leggings), supportive braces, and any piece of gear that will fit him better than the stuff he has. Focus on things that will keep him comfortable before, during, and after his long walks in the desert. Even the little things can get to you after a while, so tell him that there's nothing too small to fix. Also consider getting him a red head-mounted flashlight, it will allow him to read while he walks without harming his night vision or revealing his position.
-Penguin
Some good ideas penguin but the aide station is loaded with the otc stuff. Oreos were always a hit. Send extra stuff, no matter the rank we always gave stuff around. In winter you can send chocolate. Books are good for the down time. Baby wipes are gold!!!! Record tv shows WITH comercials, especially the super bowl. AFN comercials are horrible. War movies go over well as do video games. It is funny some of the stuff we crave over there.
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It will also allow him to get his bellybutton shot off or step on a booby trap because he's not paying attention.
I meant to say that he could read things like signposts and maps, not books. Besides stepping on booby-traps, he'd be stubbing his toes and twisting his ankles all the time because he missed a rock, not to mention accidentally wandering off from the patrol. I didn't intend to suggest that he read while he walks.
Would baklavas help? Those nights must sure be chilly.
-Penguin
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I meant to say that he could read things like signposts and maps, not books. Besides stepping on booby-traps, he'd be stubbing his toes and twisting his ankles all the time because he missed a rock,
They have those things covered. They have for years.
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Shooting afghan kids with rocks is a good time hahahaha
I hope you're kidding.
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I hope you're kidding.
Yes I am...normally kids being around ment we weren't going to see contact that day :aok
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Yes I am...normally kids being around ment we weren't going to see contact that day :aok
There were incidents where the guys would hand out candy to the Iraqi children that came around during their patrols. Sometimes young adult Iraqi males would take the candy from the children even to the point of knocking them down or striking them. The guys figured if a fella needed a Jolly Rancher that bad the wrist rocket was the fastest way to serve it to him so he'd leave the little kids alone..
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Why not just stand between the dude and the kids? It would seem like that would be deterrent enough, seeing as you are armed, and, well, dangerous. Shooting people with Jolly Ranchers seems like a way to provoke them further, but maybe there's something I'm not understanding about what happened (likely).
-Penguin
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Why not just stand between the dude and the kids? It would seem like that would be deterrent enough, seeing as you are armed, and, well, dangerous. Shooting people with Jolly Ranchers seems like a way to provoke them further, but maybe there's something I'm not understanding about what happened (likely).
-Penguin
There's a lot you don't understand.
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Insulting me gets us nowhere, and I never said that I understood you fully. Please explain where I went wrong.
-Penguin
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I didn't insult you I just stated a fact. For all your pontificating and intellectual posing you're just a kid who still depends on your parents. You're not even ready to make your own way in the world much less comment on how people in high stress and life threatening environments conduct themselves. I don't need to explain anything to you besides you're too self important to even attempt to reason with. You've probably never been in a simple fight much less had to operate in a place like Iraq during the height of the insurgency. So no explanation to you is in order, nor is your view on how to handle the situation of any interest to me.
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Insulting me gets us nowhere, and I never said that I understood you fully. Please explain where I went wrong.
-Penguin
If a guy is beating a kid in front of you, it's probably going to be better if we leave then he beats him to death....intimidation is a weapon used by our enemies on the people of the countries we fight in, not by us.
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If a guy is beating a kid in front of you, it's probably going to be better if we leave then he beats him to death....intimidation is a weapon used by our enemies on the people of the countries we fight in, not by us.
Oh, so the guys jump the kids while you aren't looking or have moved on. Gotcha. Now I see how that wrist rocket helps- it's an ironic alternative to to pepper spray or the butt of a gun.
I didn't insult you I just stated a fact. For all your pontificating and intellectual posing you're just a kid who still depends on your parents. You're not even ready to make your own way in the world much less comment on how people in high stress and life threatening environments conduct themselves. I don't need to explain anything to you besides you're too self important to even attempt to reason with. You've probably never been in a simple fight much less had to operate in a place like Iraq during the height of the insurgency. So no explanation to you is in order, nor is your view on how to handle the situation of any interest to me.
Saying so is stating a fact, however, if you intend it that way then pot, meet kettle. Look around, neither of us know or will know very much outside of the areas that we study. Furthermore, by your logic saying "You're fat" to a fat person is perfectly okay. As for fights, I'm no Rocky, but I've fought. Does that make me capable of understanding everything about fighting? No. However, when I read the story I thought that the soldiers were just driving along plinking people, so it seemed rather strange.
-Penguin
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Furthermore, by your logic saying "You're fat" to a fat person is perfectly okay.
Yep.. Looks better everytime I read it.
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Look around, neither of us know or will know very much outside of the areas that we study.
-Penguin
Peng,
Shifty does, in fact, know of what he speaks. Take a step back and learn some things from what he's trying to tell you little bro.
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That's what I'm trying to do. He won't let me. I tried to make it clear that I wanted to know more about what happened. Once I did find out, I agreed and still do agree with him about how a slingshot filled with Jolly Ranchers is an innovative way to keep little kids safe from violence; however, what I got from the OP was that U.S. soldiers were doing Jolly Rancher drive-by's on hapless pedestrians. That's not what happened, though, so we're arguing about nothing here.
-Penguin