J has been in the Army for an entire year on the 20th of this month. That was when he was supposed to make PFC (E-3). I got an email this morning. His Sgt decided since he has been busting ass since joining his unit a couple of months ago, he was going to have him promoted early ( Read more... )

this is probably a dumb question, but can i send a squirt gun to my brother? he's stationed in the middle east... i assume it would be fine, since it's pretty obvious that kind of thing is a toy, but...

and apologies in case others have asked this!

First off, I love our mods ( Read more... )

Bath and Bodyworks ships to Bases over  there.

My boy loves when I buy him stuff from their C.O. Biglow line. Just thought I'd share.  

hello ladies...i'm sending my guy homemade sugar cookies (to japan) and i'm wondering if i can just send them in regular ol' tupper-ware. yay or nay?

 Hey all ( Read more... )

hey girls! hope everyone is doing good :) my boyfriend is in the air force and he's shipping out to Qatar next September. i'm so excited to send him care packages! i know there are a lot of rules i'm still unsure of with what you can and can't bring into the country, but i'm trying to learn ( Read more... )

 I have a hot date with my Ma to see "Stop-Loss" in a couple of hours ( Read more... )

So my SO is deployed. This is his first deployment. He only gets 15 minute moral calls, which are supposed to be kept to a minimum of 2 times a week. I imagine that this is common but On top of that his internet connection is not great. We've done a pretty good job of keeping touch but the 15 mins goes by so quickly! If I decided to send him ( Read more... )

Hi, I'm Rhiannon. I'm seventeen years old, a senior in high school in Los Angeles, and I adopted a soldier yesterday.

Basically, I joined a program that was created for soldiers who don't recieve a lot of mail and support from home. The Angels in the Soldiers' Angels network write letters and send care packages to those overseas to remind them that ( Read more... )