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Comment by missionmarcher on July 22, 2011 at 2:33pm

Hi yall. My son is on his first deployment aboard his ship overseas. This will be my first carepackage to him. What should I send and what should I not send?? I stopped by the post office and got a box for military personel and a custom's form. What else??

Comment by Pam on July 21, 2011 at 10:08am

I am making rice krispy treats for a Corpsman friend of my son that has just been stationed in Cuba.  Can anyone tell me if sending in a ziploc bag with most of the air removed will make it ok to Cuba?  And does anyone know how long it will take to send a priority FPO box to Cuba from the States?  We're in Atlanta.  I send them to my son in Italy and it takes an entire week to arrive.

Comment by TexasMomof2 on July 20, 2011 at 10:21pm

I've been reading about the brownies.....and I see how to package them...and I see that they traveled well at Christmas.  But the thing that's been in my mind is how do they hold up to heat?  I particularly ask this because I was going to send them to my son for his birthday which was just last week....he's in Norfolk.   I ordered him a watch for his present and after it arrived at my house and I opened it and it was HOT to the touch, I decided not to chance brownies.  I mean, I don't know how long the watch sat in the UPS truck but it truly was hot.......it's stainless steel.  It is in the 100's here.  So, do you think brownies would be okay?  And not spoil in the heat?

Comment by mommabelle on July 20, 2011 at 9:26pm

Carla. That is really good to know. It would seem easier to package this way as well. Thank you.

Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on July 19, 2011 at 8:02pm

Welcome Diane!

Comment by NJNavy (IC,CS) on July 19, 2011 at 7:55pm

 

Hello Ladies,

Glad I could join your group our Sailor has just been stationed in Guam.

 

Diane

Comment by mommabelle on July 19, 2011 at 1:52pm

I'm so conflicted... Brownies in the jar or in the foil pan :) I have both ready to make them this weekend. My daughter-in-law and mother sent cookies earlier this month and they got there in less than 2 weeks! Of course, my other packages have taken about 3 weeks give or take. Perhaps I do both and see which ones end up better! My son can be the judge! Thank you all for all the great info. You are all so wonderful. I will keep you posted.

Comment by AngiePNMx2 on July 19, 2011 at 1:42pm

Thanks...some times it takes 3 weeks or more to get packages to a ship so things that are homemade need to sealed really well so that they aren't buggy,stale or moldy by time they get there...it is also very hot where a lot of ships are and packages can sit on a flight deck or cargo bay until things get sorted....I love your idea for my other saillor who is stateside right now and I know that the package will get there with in a few days and will get goble up by his shipmates!  Thanks again! =]

Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on July 19, 2011 at 12:49pm

As far as I know, there's no problem with the foil pans...  I put a piece of of waxed paper right over the brownies, and then layered homemade oatmeal cookies & wax paper right up to the plastic lid so there's no airspace, then wrap once with plastic wrap.  Right now it's so hot in A'stan & Iraq that brownies aren't a good idea, but would be fine to a ship, I think.  By the way, I sometimes also put everything into the very heavy duty ziplock-style storage bags at the 99 Cent Store that are in the housewares aisle where hangars etc are - they're NOT the food storage kind.  They come two to a box.  The bag sits down into the priority box pretty well.  I feel like you can't do enough to seal stuff :)

Comment by AngiePNMx2 on July 19, 2011 at 12:32pm

If I understand right ....the foil pans would not be good for  shipments over seas or to a deployed ship.....or are you sealing them in something first?

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