Pretty sure it is policy to not accept home made cookies for the troops. I’m sure they appreciate the thought.
It looks like she sent them to her husband. If he chooses to share them out (and with 1200 cookies, he’d better, or he’ll go into a diabetic coma), that’s his business.
Now that I’m thinking about it, I remember that a few years ago one of our priests got called up from the Reserves, and I sent him several hundred cookies with no problem at all. I think you just have to have an actual connection to the person.