Posted on Mar 2, 2015
What is the funniest / strangest thing you ever received in a care package in OIF/OEF?
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Just curious to what stands out the most, trying to get away from some of the more serious topics that have been trending.
Sometimes we get stuff from well intentioned (but poorly thought out) civilians...that makes us just laugh, or just say "why?".
For me, it was 168 twinkies....don't know where they came from or why....but they were tasty with our morning coffee.
Sometimes we get stuff from well intentioned (but poorly thought out) civilians...that makes us just laugh, or just say "why?".
For me, it was 168 twinkies....don't know where they came from or why....but they were tasty with our morning coffee.
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Bubbles. One day, I sat in the shade and started blowing them. As I watched those small, magical orbs drift towards the 1SG's office, I heard his voice... "What the Hell is this Jack-assery?" I quickly hid the bottle and pretended to be doing something else. It was incredibly hard not to laugh when he came looking for the source.
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Popcorn. I requested it.
The first time my mother sent a CARE Package to me in Vietnam, she included packing material to keep the cookies from crumbling.
I wrote back that she should use popcorn because an edible packing material tasted better than the crumpled newspaper she had used (and protected the cookies better, too).
The next cookies arrived packed in popcorn.
She was bewildered when I wrote back to thank her but asked for salt in the next batch.
"You're eating the popcorn?"
Of course...
The first time my mother sent a CARE Package to me in Vietnam, she included packing material to keep the cookies from crumbling.
I wrote back that she should use popcorn because an edible packing material tasted better than the crumpled newspaper she had used (and protected the cookies better, too).
The next cookies arrived packed in popcorn.
She was bewildered when I wrote back to thank her but asked for salt in the next batch.
"You're eating the popcorn?"
Of course...
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A guy in my platoon, during Desert Storm, received (from his girlfriend) an auto-erotic device called a "pocket P****"
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SGT Richard H.
**Mods - feel free to delete if this looks as wildly inappropriate to you as it does to me**
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MAJ (Join to see)
Oh, and SGT Hanner...yes....wildly inappropriate-ish......but my filter has been on backorder for a while now.
You could reword your post as - "received (from his girlfriend) an enhanced portable electronic selfie time device made to remind one of the opposite sex and used during free time"
You could reword your post as - "received (from his girlfriend) an enhanced portable electronic selfie time device made to remind one of the opposite sex and used during free time"
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Our unit was given a pallet (Yes, a PALLET) of RedBull. We all developed a sincere dislike of the energy drink after the first week.
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MAJ (Join to see)
.......Must ask......what compelled you all to drink a pallet of Redbull anyways? It's okay to say no to Redbull. Or....was that your unit's hydration technique?
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SPC Cameron Haverkamp
My favorite energy drink in Iraq, hands down, would have to be Wild Tiger! It had nicotine added into it, and tasted wonderful with the nasty dried up European Copenhagen that you were lucky to come across.
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Last Easter I sent a buddy of mine several boxes for him and his crew full of Easter eggs that were camo (woodland is all I could find) with candy and Bible verses my kids hand wrote about courage and faith. The boxes were also packed with Easter basket grass.
I hope they found it as cute and funny as my kids did when they were putting them together.
I hope they found it as cute and funny as my kids did when they were putting them together.
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SPC Cameron Haverkamp
Love when individuals remind others what Easter is actually about. Good job, also I'd like to add that I am proud of how you're raising your kiddos. Keep it up brother!
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SSG Christopher Parrish
We try. You will never hear of one of my kids disrespecting anyone who put their life on the line to defend/serve others; and if somehow you do let me know and it will get fixed quickly!
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When I was in Iraq one of the guys received the remnants of a care package in a bag. The mail truck was hit by an IED. Somehow the address label wasn't destroyed so what was left of the box, to include shrapnel, was delivered.
When I was in Afghanistan I received a Christmas Tree. I cut up shop towels to make AK-47 wielding paper angels, decorated the tree with MRE tobasco sauce bottles, and took a sewing kit to a sandbag to make a christmas stocking.
When I was in Afghanistan I received a Christmas Tree. I cut up shop towels to make AK-47 wielding paper angels, decorated the tree with MRE tobasco sauce bottles, and took a sewing kit to a sandbag to make a christmas stocking.
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
ENS (Join to see) I was going to say if you were in Hawaii you'd be pretty popular with that box of Spam.
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Going off topic, sort of, as usual. I have to say the BEST care package I received was an Ipod Touch sent from a high school friend(it was 2010 and I graduated in 1987...that awesome friend. I was in Kabul and didn't have an Mp3 player or anything for those nights of looking at the ceiling and wondering what the next day would bring.
She rallied our common FB friends and classmates to contribute and send the Ipod Touch.
She rallied our common FB friends and classmates to contribute and send the Ipod Touch.
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MAJ (Join to see)
That's a great item to get....never had one...I'm convinced the machines are plotting our demise so I will not purchase/support their spread throughout society. Mother F'in Deceptions.
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A well packed, large, and still sealed bottle of Listerine that tasted like Chivas sent to me in Africa.
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This wasn't over a deployment either but during AIT I received a box from my sisters of a delicious Thanksgiving feast. Turkey Jerky for the Turkey, croutons for the stuffing, Pringle original for the mashed potatoes, craisins for the cranberry sauce and so on. They thought of different nonperishable food ideas for each main staple of our Thanksgiving feast at home.
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MAJ (Join to see)
That's a smart and thoughtful sister!
My sister on the other hand sent me chocolate to the desert....awesome thoughtful college educated sister.
My sister on the other hand sent me chocolate to the desert....awesome thoughtful college educated sister.
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