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Mmize
Sherri-TJs Mom What practice ya put in your deployment survival bags? I'thou looking for new ideas!
February 23, 2013
kmc1973( transport three/div154)
I have a question I hope someone can guide me equally i dont want to exercise annihilation wrong..lol I want to offset getting my duck in a row to practise some intendance packages for the boys when they motility on to A-schoolhouse. Of course I will transport to my son but I would also like to ship to a few of the boys who dont go stuff:( Can I just exercise this on my own or do I take to follow some sort of procedure to collect items, I volition also have to become donations for coin for postage stamp...am I allowed to do that?
Mar 8, 2013
Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom
I important thing to consider about sending anything to A school is that whatever they accumulate, has to be carried in their seabag a to their start duty station or shipped home. In the' Hospital Corps A school' N4M grouping, we don't recommend sending more than than a box or two - they have to stand and expect in long lines to selection up mail, and they tell their moms it's not worth it, they'd rather exist resting and studying in their 'off' time. I wouldn't worry about them also much; they're busy studying and doing stuff with their shipmates :)
Mar 8, 2013
mama spence
Can someone allow me know what "list" of items a sailor can accept that is deployed in a care package? I have tried to get a list but have not seen or heard from anyone that I know who could help. He just left, only we want to send a package at least one time a week, and so if he has more than coming, he tin can share information technology with others. I but want to make sure that we don't send something that may get him or us in trouble. Any help is welcome.
Mar 12, 2013
Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom
Mama Spence, my son has been deployed on an LHD then I can relate :) He would ask for an assortment of poly peptide/meal replacement bars, specially these PB&J protein bars; and homemade brownies and cookies to share.
During the USS Iwo Jima's last deployment, Molly's Adopt a Crewman adopted the junior enlisted in August, and the wish listing from them included toothpaste, lotion, mitt sanitizer, Purex iii-in1 laundry soap (great stuff, easy to use), nighttime blueish T shirts compatible with NWUs, black over-the-calf tube socks, and black shoe smoothen - these are things the ship store runs brusque of.
They accept access to microwaves, so popcorn is proficient to transport, besides as chips like Pringles in tubes. Playing cards and bill of fare games similar Phase 10 were asked for. The USPS has this list of what'southward prohibited, including aerosols, alcohol, perfume, lithium batteries.
Ziplock bags are definitely the way to go! Don't pack things like soap with food, the odor will permeate the food. Take things out of the original packaging to brand room for more stuff. Take fun!!!
Mar 12, 2013
Helen, T-human'south mom
Okay, my son'southward been deloyed a calendar month. Already sent ane parcel with his favorites, clif bars, beef jerky and advil. I've never been able to transport cookies that weren't crumbs when they got there. Does anyone know how to do that? I can bake lots of cookies, only don't want to send bricks or crumbs. Any suggestions?
Apr 2, 2013
MommaG
The final batch off cookie I sent I placed in a disposable tupper ware container. They made the trip to Japan in pretty good shape. I also place a think layer of bubble wrap over the detail before sealing the box. good protection and did not take up a lot of space.
Apr 2, 2013
fbettyboop
i made english toffee for my son and he love it, and so did the other sailors that he shared it, so perchance some of should think about homemade candy and shipped well
Apr 2, 2013
Angling Quilter
@ Helen, T-man's mom -
I'm an idependent baker, and have sent a lot of cookies via US Mail service, ordinarily the intricate cutout types. Mostly, what I do is pack them in pizza boxes! I can buy them locally at GFS, in a diverseness of sizes. First, put down a layer of chimera wrap. And so a layer of cookies (I usually wrap each one individually in a celophane bag get-go, because generally I'm sending someone'due south wedding favors to them!), and so a 2d layer of bubble wrap. Generally, I can get two layers of cookies in a box, separated with a layer of bubble wrap between each layer and next to the box's height and lesser. They usually make it safely, with almost no breakage.
The adjacent suggestion I would have for you would be to make bar cookies. You bake them in a square or rectangular pan, after lining the pan with heavy duty foil outset. Once the cookies are cool, remove from the pan (foil and all), then cut into bars, only DON'T divide them! Wrap them securely in the foil, and once more in a second layer of foil. Put the package into a large zippy bag, and into your box. If the batch is as well large to fit into a zippy bag, separate it into usually 2 fairly equal-sized pieces, wrapping each in two layers of foil and proceed as above. (You lot can also put the zippy purse into disposable plastic containers for added security, if you lot would adopt.)
Drop cookies are generally a good bet for shipping, as well, but yous demand to make them pretty flat earlier you broil them. The flatter your cookies are, the more securely you can wrap and parcel them for mailing.
And finally, I would propose 2 more things: Starting time, BUBBLE WRAP IS YOUR FRIEND! And another cushion that is less expensive for cushioning some of those irregularly-shaped cookies is popped, dry popcorn (no butter or salt). Secondly, if y'all are packing in pizza boxes, you tin stack several then they fit into a larger box for shipping. Try to select that larger box to be shut in size to your stack of pizza boxes. Wrap the pizza box 'tower' with one more layer of bubble wrap, fit into your shipping box, pad Any empty spaces with more than bubble wrap, crumpled newspaper, or any filler y'all demand, and seal securely. What you are trying to do is make shifting a virtual impossibility for your cookies. The more they shift, the higher the liklihood they will suspension. You can't force the mail handlers/carriers to be gentle (although definitely mark your shipping box "FRAGILE" on every side in large, reddish messages), but proper packing can help for a successful shipment.
I know this is a long post, but I hope that it helps yous to find a style to send the love you take for your Sailors so it arrives as whole equally when you took it out of the oven. God Bless y'all for taking care of them (sometimes from a very far altitude), and God Bless them for their service.
Apr three, 2013
Fishing Quilter
Oh! Forgot to mention: the smaller bubble wrap works best for shipping cookies. This is a place where bigger (bubbles, that is) is not necessarily better! Smaller bubbles hateful a flatter surface for shipping the cookies.
Apr three, 2013
Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom
I beloved these great suggestions, and FQ, how absurd to have a professional'south input! Never thought most dry popcorn. You should post some photos of your specialty cookies merely for fun, would dear to see. Besides, ever like to come across recipes that work - like fbettyboop'southward English language toffee - I loooove English toffee :)
Apr 4, 2013
AngiePNMx2
Beloved all the suggestions too. When I mail to Japan....I put whatever I have baked into a zip lock bag so into a ziplock/glad container..then I fill the balance of the box with socks, t-shirts, softer candies, packages of mucilage, granola bars (unboxed) etc.. to gain maximum employ out of the "care packet" box. He gets them with in 10 days to 2 weeks at the most and he says everything that I have sent have tasted good and not stale or musty. I exercise the same for my other crewman who has been deployed on a ship and it takes well-nigh 2 weeks to go care packages.
Apr 4, 2013
Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom
The USS Kearsarge ombudsman team just shared this, courtesy of war machine avenue.com on Pinterest. How cool to utilize copies of photos to dress up a intendance package for something special like a birthday or merely considering!
April viii, 2013
duhhuh58 Transport 10/Div 267
When my sailor was out to body of water I sent several "theme" boxes including a embankment political party box, Halloween box (including masks, candy and flim-flam or treat bags) movies are good, a thumb bulldoze with their favorite television shows (if they have a figurer) and I even sent a "spa" box (of class they were all girls). It's surprising what you can choice upwardly at the dollar tree and clearence racks
Apr 8, 2013
Helen, T-man's mom
Oh, I love that!! I also idea of sending different card games. Love the thumb drive idea, though my sailor has a lot already on his computer, I can still send some he doesn't have. Big Bang is a big hit on his ship. He has all the seasons and shares them. I guess nosotros're going to accept to get artistic. hehehe
Apr viii, 2013
Helen, T-man'southward mom
Just remembered, my son has his xbox onboard. I saw a couple of guys carrying on flatscreen tvs on the mean solar day of deployment. I'yard certain I'll become a asking for some games.
April 8, 2013
AngiePNMx2
Apr 8, 2013
Susan mom to Niko
I have my nieces and nephews decorate the inside of boxes when they come over to the house... they love to depict on them with markers and glitter mucilage!!
After we decorate the box I let them each option out items from my stash to assistance fill the box... we too choice a them... sometimes information technology is just a color... like all blueish items or all red items... or a beach party... or you are our hero...
Gives u.s. something to express joy near when my sailor emails home trying to judge what the theme of his box was... and it helps to connect him with his younger cousins!!
May 9, 2013
Carol in fla
I love this idea--putting copies of pictures all over the inside of the box! I wrote my letters on the packing paper and drew on the within of the box, merely i like putting photos inside the box! I will remeber this for next deployment.
May 16, 2013
1k2n3j
HI, what a great idea for a group. My son but graduated boot camp 6-07 and is now in Pensacola for his A School. I'm trying to assemble a package of goodies to send to him. Any ideas for me earlier I scour the site? LOL
Jun 18, 2013
Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom
Welcome 1k2n3i! My thoughts are: favorite homemade cookies or brownies to share with his buddies; microwave popcorn; protein/meal replacement bars and a bottle of gummy vitamins (encephalon food); a Visa gift card for buying necessary incidentals at the NEX; and some cash for the taxis they inevitably share everywhere. And maybe a beach towel and some sunscreen - hopefully he'll get some time around the 4th of July to relax and hit the beach!
Jun 19, 2013
1k2n3j
Thank you Marcy~Corpsman Mom. I only saw your postal service, wasn't on at all yesterday. All practiced ideas and I will be using them. All I had in listen were some homemade cookies and beef jerky (he loves that), but the not-food items are just as good!
Jun 20, 2013
Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom
Jul 16, 2013
Cfuz
My son volition be deployed soon. I would similar to make some cookies for him
Tin can you give me some ideas for packing them and then they get in that location in one piece? Thanks much
Jul 21, 2013
Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom
Hey all! Found this interesting tidbit in a Fri's New York Times:
The term "care package" originated later on Earth War II when the Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe (Intendance) began sending nutrient relief beyond the Atlantic. The grouping bought up surplus 10-in-1 nutrient parcels from the American armed services, which had prepared them for an invasion of Japan.
Each packet included a pound of steak and kidneys; 8 ounces of liver loaf; 12 ounces of tiffin loaf (Spam); two pounds of java; and a pound each of lard, honey, raisins and chocolate. In its first ii decades, the organization delivered over 100 million packages.
With such widespread popularity, the proper noun "intendance package" (the acronym was lowercased in popular usage) quickly carried over to any shipment of supplies to service personnel, college students, inmates or anyone away from dwelling.
Jul 22, 2013
Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom
Cfuz, I make my oatmeal cookies (and brownies, when it's non summer!) bite-size and pack them in Tupperware-type containers from the dollar store, and cut pieces of wax or parchment paper to put in betwixt the layers.
BTW, the NY Times story is pretty interesting, nigh how crazy, competitive (and sadly, impersonal) parents get when sending care packages to summertime camp. My son'southward camp in MN only immune messages, which i understood and agreed with. The Care Package Wars
Jul 22, 2013
Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom
FLEET Mail Role (FPO) CHANGES -- Effective immediately for Navy mobile units, the sender must include the full, correct nine-digit ZIP lawmaking on all classes of mail, or the U.S. Postal Service volition return mail to sender marked "undeliverable as addressed."
The Postal Service has consolidated its armed services mail processing from two coastal locations to just i in Chicago. At present, mobile Fleet Post Part (FPO) addresses MUST use nine-digit Zip codes for automated mail-sorting equipment and to reduce manual sorting.
Each Navy mobile unit (ships, squadrons, detachments) has a unique, nine-digit (Nil+four) FPO Zippo code. For example, this is the USNS Condolement mailing accost with its 9-digit ZIP code:
SHIP'Due south COMPANY:
Rate Proper noun
Dept / Div
USNS Condolement (T-AH 20)
FPO AE 09566-4008
MSC PERSONNEL:
Full Name
Department
Military Sealift Command
USNS Comfort (T-AH 20)
FPO AE 09566-4008
Jul 24, 2013
duhhuh58 Transport 10/Div 267
now they just have to go consumers to use it also. my daughter ordered a agglomeration of stuff online and had to accept it sent to my firm because they wouldn't take the whole zip. now i go to send it to japan.
Jul 24, 2013
Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom
I had to do the same thing last week; repacked his stuff into a apartment-rate box and tucked in some cookies too :)
Jul 24, 2013
Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom
(and so again, I was lucky that it was stuff I could jam and cram into a box)
Jul 24, 2013
lmnadelady
Just sent a packet. 9 prune containers fit perfectly in the flat rate box. I filled each with energy bar, drink bundle, glue, breakfast bar, crackers, pudding, candy and resealed them.. So my sailor can share with each..LOL I love to keep them guessing!
Jul 26, 2013
mrsb
Imnadelady, what a great idea! I think I'll do something like that myself, even though he's nevertheless in Groton!
Jul 27, 2013
Sierrascrapper (ETN2)
Hey ladies...I'm not sure if this has been shared already or not. A friend of mine whose son is in the AF overseas sent me a link about making cake in a jar. The idea sounds so cool and would exist Slap-up to send to your sailor for his or her birthday. Hither's the link:
http://spousebuzz.com/web log/2013/07/how-to-make-armed forces-intendance-packag...
Jul 31, 2013
Sierrascrapper (ETN2)
Lmnadelady...what a fun idea! You know what else might be used is the Crystal Light or Wylers quart drink mix containers. I guess I better offset saving them upwardly :)
Jul 31, 2013
Alaskan Mom
I want to know what you lot did with all those prunes, Imnadelady!! :)
Jul 31, 2013
mrsb
Alaskan Mom, I was thinking the verbal same affair!!!
LOL!
Jul 31, 2013
lmnadelady
LOL 2 a twenty-four hour period, makes for a lot of cannisters over a twelvemonth! Oh and my lil granddaughter loves them too.
Jul 31, 2013
lmnadelady
The prunes were a hitting, got a lot of laughs.
Aug 28, 2013
Lisa
Hello, I'm looking for ideas/advice to keep broiled appurtenances fresh while in route.
Aug 29, 2013
lmnadelady
I've broiled a cake (crumb like tipping no frosting) and froze
(I froze them then they would be business firm when I vacuumsealed) baked goods, then vacuum sealed. Prior to that my sailor has never complained the cookies were stale.
Hither is a story for the books, when he first was stationed in Seattle area got his address like the first calendar week of Dec. Hubby and I were and then disappointed he would miss Christmas, we baked 5 kinds of cookies in 1 day. Quick shipped those goodies out. He was newly assigned to a squadron that was deployed (thus an APO/FP address) only returned back in Seattle before Christmas. The cookie shipment traveled from NY to CA in day and a one-half. Then transferred to the military postal service. He never received them for v weeks. Indicate!!!!! They ate always cookie. LOL and that was earlier vacuum sealing.
His packages to Japan and deploys take 8-fourteen days usually. The vacuum sealer was an investment, just I see lots of other options for me to use it.
Aug 30, 2013
SandySea
I too use a vacuum sealer. Freezing the block before vacuuming is an excellent idea. Last year I broiled a birthday block and put it in the sealer--turned in to a birthday pancake! LOL Luckily it bounced correct dorsum when I cut open up the pocketbook. Cookies terminal a long fourth dimension when sealed and frozen, plus information technology makes them tight together so they don't bounciness around and crumble.
Nosotros have had terrible luck with military mail going to the Seattle area too. Ane envelope went form St. Louis to LA in one day, saturday there for about a month, went to NY, then back to our firm as undeliverable. A care pkg went pretty quick to the west coast, then didn't brand it to the deployment area until 4 days before he left (seven weeks trip). But the best one is he got his Valentine pkg from his GF at the same fourth dimension--terminal week of June!
So, send your packages with love and know that whenever they arrive and whatsoever the condition they will still be appreciated and sometimes information technology makes for funny stories later!
Aug thirty, 2013
chriscwick
Thanks for your post on belatedly arriving mail. Soooo there may be promise for my son's Valentine & Easter packages originally headed to NAS Bahrain!
Aug xxx, 2013
Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom
I pretty much stick with cookies - figure they can be 'dunked' if they get a trivial hard! :) Here is some skillful advice about mailing and nutrient safety (and notation that they recommend not sending "cake-in-a-jar") - http://www.clemson.edu/extension/hgic/food/food_safety/handling/hgi...
Aug 30, 2013
PhyllisStreet
My son is in Bahrain - not on a transport - he's aircrew. Any ideas of what I should ship him? Would appreciate any and all comments as I am clueless. Also, any idea how long it takes for him to receive stuff?
Sep 4, 2013
chriscwick
Welcome aboard Phyllis! I've been a sand mama for three years, merely am Stateside now on the left coast! The folks here let me hang around nonetheless!
Mail takes a little more than a week, sometimes two. Depends on the season & "needs of the NAVY". We've all heard that one!
These are some of the things (little luxuries) we sent to our Chris during his sandy stay (things tin be expensive there):
An egg crate foam mattress topper
Soft sheets from Target
Pillow
Melita single cup brew prepare (cup, filters & brew acme)to microwave a cup o joe
Starbuck's instant coffee packs & favorite blend
Nestlé creamers
Insulated travel mug
Tervis insulated water bottle
A small, pre-lighted (3 ft) artificial Xmas tree from WalMart
Towel gear up
Flannel lounge pants
Snuggie
Toiletries, sunscreen, eyewash, visine, lip balm
Netflix membership
If Apple user - iTunes gift cards
Small digital Photographic camera
Periodical
Hope this gives you lot some ideas! Over again, welcome.
Sep 4, 2013
Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom
It'southward merely September but it seems it's time to think about holiday mailing deadlines! "The Naval Supply Systems Command's (NAVSUP) Postal Policy Division mail-past dates for pre-December. 25 delivery of holiday cards, letters, and packages were released Sept. 3." 2013 Vacation Season Mailing Deadlines to FPO/APO Addresses
Sep 4, 2013
erinalanna
I am currently in the centre of sending my get-go intendance bundle! Does anyone know the correct address format to make sure the parcel gets to the right person?! He is a footling officer. Do I demand to address the package Petty Officer and and then my boyfriends first and last proper name? Or just last? Or fifty-fifty put Little Officeholder at all? The address in full general is weird to me, maybe the post part could help? If anyone has any suggestions please let me know! :)
Sep 8, 2013
Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom
Skillful link! Erinalanna, simply remember that as of earlier this year yous MUST apply the send or unit of measurement's nine-digit ZIP code or else your mail volition be returned - so as a sample FPO AE 09000-0123,
Sep 8, 2013
NavyBrat
Due to availability issues books and magazines are often passed around by the coiffure.
Even the sailors who aren't known for reading a lot, volition like comic strip books like Calvin and Hobbes and other such books. Things can become a little tiresome when off duty. The comic strip style books will be shared with others and the humor will be a welcome relief.
Oct 2, 2013
NavyBrat
PhyllisStreet. Bahrain? Rum cookies aren't a good idea. I incertitude they make pocket translators for that. News from dwelling is e'er appreciated especially about the family the sailor misses very much. Y'all know those little heart shaped candies they sell for Valentines and other occasions? Should travel well equally long as they are kept dry.
Oct 2, 2013