i dont know what he can bring over there or anything. i wanted to do sumthin nice for him before he left too.. any suggestions?
2007-09-25 07:15:16 · 23 answers · asked by JLiN 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
A laptop with a hard drive full of porn and pictures of you. Crude, but true.
Get his mailing address as soon as he gets one. Write everyday that you can. Don't ask him about things you hear in the news. Half of that crap is...well, crap, and he probably can't talk about it anyway. Tell him about your day, things that your mutual friends are doing. Tell him how much you miss him and can't wait to see him. Send him things that are hard to get overseas, like good coffee or Copenhagen with a tin lid.
Don't spend his money if you can help it. When you go out, go with people you trust to keep you on the straight and narrow.
Be there when he steps off the plane. Give him the hug you always see in old news footage of troops coming home.
2007-09-25 07:26:15 · answer #1 · answered by J P 2 · 4⤊ 1⤋
A picture of YOU of course! or you and him together: sacrifice a piece of your frilliest lingerie and cut a small square as a mat for the picture, it goes in behind the photo to edge around it inside the frame. It will be sexy but tasteful. To give it some structure you might glue this to a pretty colored cardstock, then glue down the photo, then slide it all into the frame.
An mp3 player with his fav music on it would be great.
You might be able to make a care package of things to keep him company. A small bible, a journal, a deck of cards, a digital camera, basics like deodorant and pens. I don't know if it would get confiscated on the trip but maybe razors, a sewing kit, a finger and toenail trimmer. Nice toilet paper, baby wipes, jolly ranchers, tootsie rolls. Socks and extra underwear, Gold Bond powder.
A hydration pack would be very useful. I don't know if the military gives these out but it was the number one requested item in the desert storm conflict. You find them at sporting good and camping stores. Look for Camelback. Get him a few extra spare pieces like bite and suck tips (the piece that goes in the mouth gets a lot of wear and tear), a shower head attachement, and a patch kit. And you can clean them with denture cleaner so a box or two of those.
2007-09-25 14:30:34 · answer #2 · answered by musicimprovedme 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My husband just left for Iraq a little over a week ago. He should have a list of everything he needs...so try to get that. As soon as he leaves send a package... make sure he has socks and underware!!! Those are two of the biggies!
You will always think of things to send like baby wipes, sunblock, candy and gum, disposable camaras...
You can google care package lists and they will tell you things that are needed over there.
If your wanting to do something for him before he leaves, you could throw him a cookout...
I made a small scrap book of us and put it in his pack...
Those are just some ideas...
Im sure you'll think of something.
2007-09-25 19:37:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Before my fiance left for Iraq, I asked him what I could get him. He told me he didn't have a nice watch to wear (not a dress watch, a sport/combat watch) so thats what I got for him. It had a compass and everything, and he loved it! As far as care packages, wait and see how long it takes for him to get packages. Some people say it takes a long time, but he was getting them in five days or less. I sent him brownies, cookies, all kinds of stuff.
Hope this helps!
2007-09-25 17:53:38 · answer #4 · answered by cait 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Plan now for his return unless there's a few weeks before he leaves. Go to the following web site, check it out. Then when you find out about when he's coming back, click on the left column CONTACT US...and we will set up a welcome home he'll never forget. No, it costs NOTHING...He will already have paid for it by serving our country in Iraq.
Check out the photo gallery. We don't just do funerals, but we also do WELCOME HOME missions and FAREWELL missions. We, here on the S.E. U.S. coast even did a wedding last summer on Maryland's eastern shore. My grand daughter isn't quite 10 and she's a member of the Patriot Guard and goes to any missions she can make (weekends and after school).
We particuarly love WELCOME HOME missions! We meet the troop at the airport or where ever and escort him home to his house! Can you imagine 10 - 50 or more motorcycles coming down your street leading your guy? We even met a ship last March (we were there for one sailor in particular, but we were there for the rest of the crew, too). It's always such a joy to see the expressions (and tears) of those troops we're there to welcome home. We even 'ambushed' a U.S. Marine at a rest stop in North Carolina as he came up from his unit to Virginia. Over 30 bikes escorted him up to his drive way, and his neighbors had flags stuck in the ground leading up to his house at the end of the cul-de-sac, and they were out there cheering him home! Lot of old crusty bikers had a hard time seeing through the mist as we pulled into the curbing.
We met a whole unit up in Richmond a couple of weeks ago, with MANY MANY bikes standing by.
If you want to know more about us, email me and I'll try to answer any questions you might have.
Blessings to you, lady!
2007-09-25 21:59:49 · answer #5 · answered by AmericanPatriot 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Alot of times it depends on where he will be at in Iraq. My husband only took the basic stuff with him (what the Army told him to pack). When he got over there and we knew they were recieving packages I sent him a video camera (to send videos of himself back home to his family), he bought a laptop at the PX over there, an ipod, a PSP, and lots of video games to go along with it. My husband is able to go to a FOB that has a PX every couple of months, there he buys any thing he needs.
Things are not as bad over there as they were when our men and women first deployed. Where my husband is at they have phones, hot meals, internet connections, a PX, and even some resturants like Burger King and such. My husband kept his debit/credit card with him and can use it over there and several places. Hope this helps and good luck.
2007-09-25 17:17:52 · answer #6 · answered by Amanda W 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Foot Powder, Soldier Bible, Pictures, and have a nice big bar-b-que for a send-off party. Some chocolate chip cookies too. It will be awhile before chocolate anything can get sent through the mail to him cause it will just melt.
2007-09-25 15:07:19 · answer #7 · answered by goldenpheonix 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
my husband has been gone to iraq for 3 weeks now. he has a psp and an ipod. they have charging stations for both items there. most guys bring lap tops but they do have internet access on the bases.
oh and phone cards he will be able to make 2 to 3 15 minute calls a week.
2007-09-25 14:23:06 · answer #8 · answered by ilovedragonflies6 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Before he leaves just be with him as much as you can and let him know you love him. He will remember your good times often when he is there and it will encourage him to make sure he does everything right so he will come back to be with you. as soon as he gets there and sees what is going on ask him what you can send. It's hard to tell what situation he will be in, so getting something now might mean you won't have as much money later to get what would help him more.
Please thank him for helping defend my freedom, Lots of us appreciate it, and hope that after his duty is done you and him will enjoy many decades of the freedom he helped protect for us all.
2007-09-25 20:05:41 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When our son deployed to Germany for a 3 year stay, I made him up a photo album with pictures of all sorts of family and friends. I gave him a calendar with everybody's birthdays and anniversaries listed and I filled in the address book section. That way he could stay in touch with anybody he wanted to whenever he could. All the time he was there, I sent him packages from home once a month. These packages always included home baked goodies, and notes and gifts from anybody who wanted to put something in.
Before he left, I threw him a party and invited family and friends so he could say goodbye to them all at once. And when he came home I threw him another party.
2007-09-25 14:23:49 · answer #10 · answered by kj 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋