When you were Deployed what was your fave items to get in a Care Package?

2019-07-21T15:29:03-04:00

Response by SGT Bonnie B. made Jul 21 at 2019 3:42 PM

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Letters, Cards photos

Response by SGT Philip Roncari made Jul 21 at 2019 6:07 PM

2019-07-21T18:07:29-04:00

My tour( deployment) was October 1966/July 1967 RVN and our favorite item by far was letters from home,followed by cookies,sweets any other treats not damaged by rough handling and heat,one especially prized was Koolaid packages used to mask the taste of the local water we had to treat with Halizon tabs.

Response by CAPT Kevin B. made Jul 21 at 2019 6:49 PM

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Way back in the day, letters were typically a month plus old and arrived in batches. Some of the stuff I liked to get: Mother's Oatmeal Cookies, Kraft Mohawk Limburger Cheese Spread, Vienna Fingers Cookies, and most unusually, a man size bib to wear at dinner to catch drippings from my defrosting beard. Several of us who works outside all the time in Antarctica had them. Mine had clowns and balloons on it courtesy of the conniving wives. On a practical note, a roll of duct tape, decent cigars, and a replacement Leatherman were great prior to my retirement. There are a couple groups that were sending cigars until it got political and ruined it for many.

Response by Sgt Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 21 at 2019 7:27 PM

2019-07-21T19:27:36-04:00

Shannon Modisette Nothing beats a letter from home. As mentioned by SGT Philip Roncari, Kool-Aid sure helped the taste of the water. Plastic always came in handy to try and keep our items dry. I enjoyed receiving paperback books, because I always carried one in my pack.

Response by CDR Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 22 at 2019 9:05 PM

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#1, my wife's cookies. (She would pack them with slices of bread, so they wouldn't be too stale by the time they got to Djibouti. The rest of my office also viewed their arrival as a high point.)
#2, beef jerky
#3, hickory farm style meat/cheese/cracker packages. (We'd share them in the office as special occasion snacks.)
Letters/cards were always great, but my wife/family would usually send them separately.

Response by MAJ Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 23 at 2019 6:18 AM

2019-07-23T06:18:15-04:00

Coffee, but also some creamers. And definitely cookies

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 23 at 2019 11:41 AM

2019-07-23T11:41:31-04:00

Tobacco, it's hard for anyone at outstations or small camps to get.

Response by PFC Shawn West made Jul 23 at 2019 5:24 PM

2019-07-23T17:24:48-04:00

A handwritten letter from some family members always meant the most to me. Yes, the material things, snacks, books, movies, whatever, they're great but in my humble opinion, a hand written letter always made me feel great and I always had it to read again. They took the time to actually write it, that alone makes it more personal. Anyone can go buy some cookies and dip and send it to you but a hand written letter, that means they actually took the time to sit down and write something specifically for you, something unique that no one else has because they're the written words of one person.

Response by SFC Dennis A. made Jul 24 at 2019 8:43 AM

2019-07-24T08:43:09-04:00

My wife always sent me pictures of the kids and home made chocolate chip cookies.