What to Send to Deployed Marine

This is an important issue to send Marines items, which he may to carry with himself. Keep it small. If it can fit in a pocket, that's perfect. travel-size or sample size works better.

TOILETRIES:

• Baby Wipes for personal hygiene
• Toothpaste, toothbrushes
• Shampoo
• Deodorant
• Soap, anti-bacterial soap
• Waterless soap, liquid body wash
• Hand Sanitizer
• Lotion
• Shaving cream
• Disposable razors, electric razors, battery-operated razors
• Toilet Paper
• Kleenex (Travel size packets)

PERSONAL-CARE ITEMS:

• Laundry soap
• Sunblock, Aloe Vera
• Throat Lozenges
• Gum, Lifesavers, Mints
• Eye Drops (to relieve irritation from blowing sand)
• Chapstick, Vaseline,
• Aspirin, Motrin, Tylenol, Pain Relievers
• Saline spray/drops for sensitive nasal passages
• Q-tips
• Feminine hygiene products for women Marines
• Anti-itch spray or gel
• Boot liners/insoles
• Foot care (Lotrimin AF, foot powder, ointment or cream, NOT the spray kind)
• Moleskin

(Small single-load packages, trial sizes, or 'tablets' those are easier to manage and store.)

OTHER ITEMS AND SUPPLIES:

• Envelopes, paper, pens
• Small pads of paper
• Pre-addressed labels and/or envelopes
• Notebooks
• Single-Use Cameras
• Batteries (AA, AAA, C)
• Cigarettes, chew
• Local Newspapers, Books, Magazines
• Sunglasses (goggle-type)
• Eyeglass wipes
• Underwear, socks (green boot socks), T-shirts
• Tactical Duct tape: military green, tan, black, gray, Electrical tape
• Flashlight with a red lens

FOOD ITEMS:

Pork and pork by-products are NOT allowed to be shipped to Middle East locations. That includes many packaged meat products. Fruit and yeast are not allowed either.

Try to send non-perishable foods only. Better to send small containers of items. Large packages won't stay fresh and are harder to ship.

• Lemonade mix, Kool-Aid mix, Gatorade mix (pre-sweetened)
• Gum, Lifesavers, Mints
• Nuts, sunflower seeds, peanuts, trail mix
• Power bars, protein bars, nutritional bars
• Beef jerky, beef summer sausage (non-perishable; labeled USDA Beef)
• Small bags of snacks or individually wrapped snacks
• Pop Tarts, cereal bars, "milk & cereal" bars, granola bars
• Cookies, Homemade Cookies
• Candy and candy bars (chocolate will melt)
• Crackers and cheese dip.
• Nuts, sunflower seeds, peanuts, Coffee, hot cocoa mix, coffee mixes, tea