When my son was in Iraq, the care packages we sent were filled with Cliff bars, Tim Horton’s coffee (his favorite), and DVDs. And some NY Yankees paraphernalia during baseball season. He liked them!
A friend was in Iraq and I sent similiar stuff, plus fly paper for the tents (he said the flies were really bad there) and multiple copies of South Parks “Team America”. The movie became a cult favorite in his camp LOL.
When this same friend was in Bosnia I sent Jim Beam in the smaller plastic bottles, didn’t realize at the time that it was a) illegal to send hooch through the mail and b) that he was on a dry base LOL. He wanted it, so I sent it!
When I still had my Hobby store I sent Magic The Gathering Decks (A two player or more card game that is popular among college age kids and up) and a Popular War game called Warhammer to some of the guys that lived in my area and got stationed over in the sand (as they called it).
The first package went out in September By the time Christmas rolled around I had everybody in their gaming click several Decks of Cards and at least a full army of Warhammer each.
People from around the area got wind of the gaming crew and come in droves to donate money to buy those guys stuff. Then we started sending DVDs and CDs and all kinds of food they requested. My store became the collecting point and we would box it all up and then walk to the post office sometimes it took ten or more people top get all the packages to the post office during the Holidays.
Then all of the sudden we couldn't get packages through we tried for about three months straight. (We used priority mail and the box would come back marked undeliverable no reason given) It fell apart then but we had a good run of nearly three years.
“And some NY Yankees paraphernalia during baseball season.”
Being a Texas Rangers fan I can honestly say, I think I would rather have the Hello Kitty T-Shirts! LOL!
My son-in-law is a Marine and while he was in Iraq we sent him Rifleman magazines (he is a gun nut - worse than me even) and lots of baby wipes!
If you have ever been in a forward operating unit, you will understand the need and interest in BABY WIPES! They are like cigarettes in prison: pure Gold!