Any mail from anywhere near home, especially about home is good. Do it.
Nothing sucks more then walking away from mail call empty handed.

 

ummmm Cookies.

 

I was always the mail man when deployed. Care packages with cookies, but the no-bake cookies are always crumps by the time they arrive. Socks, underwear, and jerky are favorites. No ****. When I was mail man in Saudi, no Santa, no Easter Bunny stuff, or ****.

 

Mail is GREAT, Cookies are better!!!!

 

Getting any kind of mail from home takes your mind off the war or wherever you are. When I was in Vietnam, it always felt great to get anything at mail call. My parents subscribed me to the local newspaper. Sometimes I'd go days without getting it and then I'd get 4 or 5 at once. I was able to keep up with what was happening back home and it really helped. There were also church or other social groups that would put together care packages and send them to us. Some had candy, gum, cigarette lighters (non-butane), magazines, books you name it. Small stuff can mean a lot. A comb, toothbrush, pens, notepads or stationery could make your day.

 

currently i view sending mail to guys iknow overseas, the same as i do to the guys i know in lock up, not matter how insignificant you may think it is to the guy receiving its a piece of home, a piece of freedom, a reminder of goodtimes. just keep the subject matter appropriate and not in violationg of any laws or unit reg's and he'll appreciate it, maybe get your daughter in on sendign one too

 

Been in for 18 years and love getting mail when deployed. Better yet ever couple of months get a box together for him with some magazines and stuff!

It means allot!!!!!

 

I was stationed in Panama during "Operation Just Cause". Christmas was right smack in the middle of the invasion. Seems I was just about the only one that got any Xmas presents from home. I got probably 30 gifts from my wife and other family members and friends. I knew how important this was to the moral of my Brothers and Sisters at that time in there life. I took my gifts and gave most of them to the people that didn't get anything from home. Whatever was in them was theres to keep. One of the guys got my hard as a rock cookies and another got my Focking roll of Copenhagen, Basturd. At least he shared with me.

It just tells you how important mail call is, no matter who it comes from.

Send it, he won't forget.

 

Mark,
You just said he was "overseas", that could mean a lot of things.
I'm currently stationed on Okinawa. Way different than Iraq or Afghanistan.
For me, an email is cool, when I was in Iraq, a hand written letter was the ****. Like stated before, send him a care package and throw in some hometown news papers. Does not have to be much.

S/F
Freefall