[Beagle8U]

I have a nephew in the Marines that has served one tour in Afghanistan and one in Iraq. ( will be back in Iraq soon).

He is in special forces so his location is seldom disclosed.

He said that anything and everything sent to our troops are appreciated and really make their day, but...

What they most like to receive in packages are, beef jerky, kippered herring (often called kipper snacks, its canned smoked herring), slim-jims, and chew(skoal etc.)

All of those stand the trip well(better than broken cookie crumbs), and even if they don't use it they can swap it with a buddy for something else.

[patriciaruth]

Thanks for the great tips.

We have sent beef jerky and Slim Jims, but haven't tried kippered herring.

Technically we are forbidden to send tobacco products to military, although one of our group sent some skoal to a civilian gobetween this past month.

When your nephew gets back to Iraq, perhaps you could get us an APO for him. I have a couple generous donors who especially want to send packages to Special Forces and Marines, and are waiting for a confirmed contact.

God bless your nephew!