son being deployed ..

[SuperX]

My son is being deployed soon. He is combat search and rescue with the 129th.
What are some good things to send him while he is there ? I dont want to bother him with a lot of questions before he leaves. I do want to send things he can use or maybe this he will just miss. Any thoughts for those of you that have been there ? Thanks in advance... TM

[rero360]

Good socks, toiletries, magazines, snacks, but don't go overboard on any one thing like my mom did my last deployment. I asked for canned pineapple, she sent a flat rate box filled completely with nothing but pineapple. Then there was the boxes of nothing but peanuts, 5 pound bags of jolly ranchers, tootsie pops, I shared a lot with others, was responsible for probably dozens of cavities from all the candy I gave away to the local kids where we patrolled.

[64physhy]

Baby wipes, snacks, toiletries, socks, underwear, sun block, magazines.

[Tubbie]

Godspeed to your boy and our men and women of the Arm Forces.

[Mr.Caketown]

Hygiene products that you dont need water to use. the waterless hairwash shampoo is amazing when you are outside the wire for a couple of days. Baby wipes , powdered drink mix , trail mix , beef jerky , gum and Copenhagen Longcut Wintergreen. Oh and find out what his favorite candy is , after a long day sometimes its a big comfort.

oh... water balloons ...

[RobertSmith]

LINK: WalMart beef jerky. Mega Pack for $9.98

From a very emotional man on this topic, thank you and your wife for your dedication. Thank you son for his service. May God guide his hands and keep him close.

[BroncoBob]

Thank your son for his service. Baby wipes are a big, good socks,foot powder and non perishable snacks. These are the items my son asked for.

[mdib870]

theres a list floating around out there on google

[SGT Loco]

I think everyone else hit it pretty well. The best things to send are those that will be most useful. High end socks and foot powder, good dry high-energy snack foods, hygiene products.

I know everyone loves cookies and candy, but Jesus folks, we can only eat so many dumb-dumb suckers, tootsie rolls, and chocolate chip cookies. The Taliban is just going to start waiting until we all die of diabetes

[navycorpsman]

Sun flower seeds, beef jerkey, Baby Wipes(crucial to stay fresh when showers not around) ipod

[SuperX]

Thanks all for the idea's... He's CSAR door gunner so it's not like he will be hooofing it much. But you are probably right, can't go wrong with good socks.

[SGT Loco]

Thanks all for the idea's... He's CSAR door gunner so it's not like he will be hooofing it much. But you are probably right, can't go wrong with good socks.

Definitely, in that case. Thick, warm, winter ones. Gloves too maybe, if you can find fire resistant ones. It gets COLD up in that *****.

I also recall seeing super-cool-guy ballistic face masks designed for gunners...

[drifter001]

Godspeed and thank your son for his service!

[SuperX]

Definitely, in that case. Thick, warm, winter ones. Gloves too maybe, if you can find fire resistant ones. It gets COLD up in that *****.

I also recall seeing super-cool-guy ballistic face masks designed for gunners...

Oh yea.. he has the super cool darth vader mask too... I was impressed the the amount and quality of the equipment he has been issued! The air crew/operator status really get the top of the line stuff.

I will pass on the good wishes and prayers to him.. we do appreciate all of them!

[bishop2queen's6]

Baby wipes, powdered drink mixes (gatorade, coffee's, lemonade), non-chocolate candy (think about stuff that doesn't melt), good socks, waterless shampoo, toiletries (toothpaste, tp, toothbrush, floss, Q-TIPS (always forgot those)),