As most of y’all know, Airman Doors is currently deployed to the Middle East. He is expected to be there over the holidays, which he wasn’t really looking forward to.
I was thinking that it might be a nice thing if we could get together to get some goodies and stuff to them. Since military mail is fairly slow, it’s got to be soon.
I’m thinking along the lines of:
Care packages
Magazines (::looks at twickster:
Small paperbacks (used are OK)
That sort of thing.
I don’t think any of this has to be HUGE; I don’t expect anyone to send enough for everyone. But if enough people participate, there will be enough.
Anyone interested may e-mail me at pettirossa at gmail dot com.
E-mail sent. Does he need anything combat related, like sunscreen or toothpaste or anything? Is there anything that is not allowed? What date do you need the goodies by?
Yikes! That’s not much time! Do you want us to send the stuff to you, or do you want to give us the address to send it ourselves? It’s been a while since Ivylad was in the Navy…I’ve forgotten how military mail works.
I know it’s not much time; the 12th is this Saturday.
The military is no longer allowing packages to be addressed to “Any Servicemember”. I’ll send Airman’s address and packages will go to him. He can then pass them around.
I can get some stuff out in the mail tomorrow or Wednesday at the latest. It probably won’t be a lot, but at least some stuff…I’m sending the e-mail right now.
Is there any possibility he might want to become involved in AnySoldier.com?
Whether Airman Doors can or not, this site has tons of guidelines for mailing things to soldiers, marines, airmen, sailors or coast guard.
And what constitutes porn can be subjective- when my brother was in Afghanistan, we didn’t send Surfer or Longboard mags because of the pics of bikini babes! Better safe than sorry…
I got a box of 50 paperbacks into the mail. only $7.92 to ship. (about 21 pounds).
They said it was no problem to seal it ahead of time and I grabbed a few extra Postage forms for bulk delivery.
The paperbacks are mostly used and mostly Sci-Fi and Fantasy, but there are a few new ones and a maybe 15 that aren’t Sci-Fi/Fantasy.
Would any sort of dry goods be appreciated? My sister used to pack me up a variety of stuff I couldn’t get on the ship. Things like instant soups. Ice tea mixes, apple sauce in the plastic containers, etc.
Robin - there’s no way I’m gonna be able to send anything tangible to you by this Saturday. But can I paypal you some cash to buy stuff (or help pay for shipping), or send you a check?
I don’t think that’s quite correct. My “long form” customs forms on Iraq-bound packages have always gone in a plastic sleeve on the ouside of the box. Three different states, many different post offices. All my packages have been well-sealed before going to the PO for mailing, and I have never been asked to open one up.
Unless something has changed recently, which is always possible.
