Based on What Soldiers have requested, here are things you can send to Iraq. Different units have different degrees of support. Personally, I try to find line Infantrymen like the folks in my old unit 1st Battalion 27th Infantry, The Wolfhounds. Not that everyone else doesn’t need support, too. But these guys are the ones out on the streets patrolling.
- batteries
- beef jerky
- Brownies
- bumble bee chicken,
- Camping Food
- Canned Tuna Fish
- cereal (whole grain),
- chapstick,
- chips and salsa (bean/cheese dip),
- DVDs
- energy/Protein bars
- face wipes
- Foot Powder
- Good Coffee, preground.
- granola bars
- Letter Writing Material
- lifting supplements
- magazines (Maxim, MensHealth, FHM, STUFF, Flex, MuscleFitness, Time, the Economist, Kiplingers, Gun and Auto Magazines)
- Minute Rice
- Multi Vitamins
- Music CDs
- Olive Drag Green Wool Socks (Army Issue)
- Oreos
- peanut butter
- Playing Cards
- popcorn (regular, cheese, and caramel flavored)
- Poptarts
- Powdered Gatorade
- Pringles
- protein powder
- Razors
- Sardines
- shampoo
- Shaving crème
- Soap
- Socks, White
- Sunscreen
- Toothpaste
- trail mix/nuts
- Video Games (XBOX 360 …)
- Vienna Sausages
- White socks, with no patterns
Hey great list. Anysoldier.com looks like a worthy cause that I’ll link to on my site. Thanks for stopping by and for the inspirational words as well.