What are the best things to receive while in boot camp?
OK. Any packages recieved druing basic training are shared amongst the platoon, so if you send something send stuff that can be shared. Traditionally people send big zip lock bags of home made cookies. This is VERY sweet, but what you get is a big zip lock bag of cookie crumbs. Unless you can pack better than the post office can break, avoid that. A big bag of candy is often good, but be careful about chocolate. Chocolate can melt. He’ll still eat it, but you wind up dealing with very strange goo. If he likes jerky or slim jims they work a little better. Pringles sometimes work because they are packed in a tube, and thus harder to break. Those big tubs of Planters cheesballs work really well. They are easy to share around and and even the post office can’t seem to destroy them. Sports magazines are good. You get pretty much ZERO exposure to the outside world while you are in basic, so they are a good reminder of the outside world. Pictures of you are good for that too. Do NOT send anyt
