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Calgunners in Service This forum is a place for our active duty and deployed members to share, request and have a bit of home where ever they are. |
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Good luck! Too bad you won't be home for the holidays, but someone has to be out there. And I`m glad it's a good calgunner! I have several car magazine subscriptions, and a lot saved up.
If you or any service member wants them, I'll send them on over. |
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As well and what I did for my Marines while I was in Iraq was registered at anymarine.com.
There is also anysoldier.com and anysailor.com You can go to anyone of those websites and get the deployed address of service members and send them care packages or their units. I know you all are looking for calgun members, but if it falls short and you want provide support those are a couple other options. |
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Starbucks brand stainless steel / solid metal French press coffee maker + some coarse ground coffee was the most amazing thing EVER...
Made strong, palatable coffee - arguably the best coffee I ever had. Now, I use a jet boil with the French press attachment... Left my French press overseas with another guy (ref: bribe) If you know any guys down range that are coffee finatics, the Starbucks stainless steel press was damn near indestructible. Granted, they'll probably only be able to boil water on post at FOB / COB / firm base. Jet boil also makes an amazing French press attachment to their stove. |
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Ahh looks like the always lovely Manass
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Without a doubt Kyrgyzstan.
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2nd brigade 10th mtn just deployed, since it's recent, I'll wait awhile and contact some buddies to see what they need in the future. If this thread is still going, I'll update with an address. Good thinking!
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I am willing to send some stuff I just have a few questions,
1- how big is a unit? like How many guys so I can send a package for the group? 2- what is restricted? 3- who needs stuff? (What address) Thanks
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They make you send to a specific person now; no more "any soldier", etc. |
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Who told you that? My old unit (1st BDE) just deployed .
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If you need anything else let me know and I'll see what I can do. Be safe.
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I follow both 2/15 far and 2nd brigade on Facebook. If you look 2nd brigade they show the casing of the colors.
I dont know how to post the link, but heres a copy and paste from that post. Quote:
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I am sending out two large bulk rate packages today. Hope it gets to you quickly. Lots of hand warmers, Starbucks instant coffee, jerky, gun magazine and car mag, baby wipes, foot powder, fabreeze, Tylenol, tuna, mayo, lip balm, lotion, body wash, deodorant,cookies, snacks, head lamp, eye wash and bug repellant. Stopping to find sunflower seeds and a few other things on the way to the PO. Good luck, Sgt Ramos. Our hearts are with you.
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Damn, they both deployed? 3rd must be living it up (well as much as one can do at Drum)! Magrath is probably empty.
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I dig the idea so Im willing to help out.
anyone else need/want some stuff? I could send movies on flash drive (formatted for windows unless specified) , magazines, wipes, candy, maybe travel size board game, condiment packets, playing cards, blah blah blah. Im willing to send stuff just need to know who needs stuff and where to send it. If you want something in particular let me know.
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Look back on the first page. There's at least 3 addresses to send stuff directly to Calgunner's in service and other's have posted ideas on what to send.
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I'm deployed but not for much longer so I'm good on care packages.
Here's a few tips I have: - Ziplock anything that can break or leak. Keeps everything else in the box from getting messed up. Really wrap everything in its own thing to protect it from the other stuff also boxes can get messed up by someone else's poor packaging skills. - We get lots of Peanut Butter and Jelly, even Nutella time to time. But almost no crackers. - Soldiers get a fair amount of time to work out down range at a gym or something make shift (like a pole with ammo cans for weight lifting), so anything that one would need for going to the gym would be nice. Small towels, supplements, exercise mags (even a few months old), etc. - Magazines, even a few weeks/couple months old. Sure Maxim and Stuff are good go tos for guys but those only last a few days because someone can read it front to back and back to front in a couple days. News magazines are nice and anything hobby related (firearms, craftsmanship, automotive, outdoors, etc). Also Gossip mags like US, People, etc are enjoyed too. - If you're worried about stuff being crushed, pack stuff into a box that would give it some structural integrity like putting rigid things in the middle and sides. - TV shows and movies. Not everyone gets AFN and what they do show is junk most of the time. New episodes of shows are generally weeks later and people who work different shifts might not catch it. Nearly everyone comes here with a laptop or tablet or knows someone with one so anything on the medium will be loved. - Blank postcards. Sometimes people make them out of the backs of the cartons that come in MRE's or buy them at a PX if their base has one (generally 25 cents to a dollar for one, mail is free to send). But throwing a few in would be good way to get people to write a post card home. - Ziplock bags. Those are hard to find here and they come in handy. Even a few empty plastic bags from the grocery store. Use them to compartmentalize items in the box and soldiers here will reuse them for all sorts of tasks. - Chocolate is best to send during the cooler months like November to February. After that it gets warm and they will start to melt, even M&M's. Switch out to other kinds of non-chocolate when it's Spring to Early Fall. - If you're gonna send hot sauce, send something other than Tobasco. We get so much of that here. People want some variety. Siracha is very popular as well as Tapatio and Cholula. The more exotic the better. I like to get Buffalo Wing sauce to eat with the chicken or turkey we get because they are pretty plain otherwise. |
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I can smuggle cough* im mean send some stuff too. as long as it can get there to someone that needs/wants it im willing to send it. I just wanted an address that is current so i know it will be received and not lost in the mail. So if youre going to be somewhere for a while hit me with an address already
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if you know someone that would like to get some stuff let me know. If can do movies on flash media or discs for sure but If you can find out what format its need in. mp4, avi, dvd? I dont want to send movies or shows and guys not able to watch them.
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what kind of movies would be wanted? I was thinking comedy, westerns, drama, and some action movies. Quote:
whats your fancy? anything in particular?
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