He recieved the second box Monday. Guess what? NONE OF THE THINGS I SENT HIM WERE IN IT!
He opened the box expecting saltwater taffy, salsa, crackers, a cd of me singing, some magazines, and a few other things. He recieved instead a Tupac cd, some Christian music cd's, two bottles of water, some weird blue bag with liquid in it, and black men's hair gel.
The only thing that I am really upset about is the cd of me singing to him. That really pisses me off. The other things are just food and are replaceable, but he was really looking forward to it all.
Fucking assholes that did that! Now both Ryan and whoever was supposed to get this other stuff got screwed!
Stupid assholes! Learn to read the goddamned shipping label!!!!! 
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Nae said this about your mom:
I sent two care packages to my husband in Baghdad. He recieved the first box, no problem.He recieved the second box Monday. Guess what? NONE OF THE THINGS I SENT HIM WERE IN IT!
He opened the box expecting saltwater taffy, salsa, crackers, a cd of me singing, some magazines, and a few other things. He recieved instead a Tupac cd, some Christian music cd's, two bottles of water, some weird blue bag with liquid in it, and black men's hair gel.
The only thing that I am really upset about is the cd of me singing to him. That really pisses me off. The other things are just food and are replaceable, but he was really looking forward to it all.
Fucking assholes that did that! Now both Ryan and whoever was supposed to get this other stuff got screwed!
Stupid assholes! Learn to read the goddamned shipping label!!!!!
<hugs NaeNae> Sowwy. 
Do you have a copy of the CD that you'd be able to send at least?
It was a one of a kind cd, with me singing on it, and wishing him sweet dreams and stuff like that. Just something for him to listen to before he went to sleep. I had made it for him when he went to Pakistan last year, and he asked me to send it to him because he forgot to take it with.
That really does stink. Hopefully the original package can be found or somthing.The Iraqi customs agents took everything out of the box, and repacked it with someone else's stuff.
Ryan got the box and it had my writing on it and had the shipping label that I wrote out, describing everything that was supposed to be in the box.
Shit, the water that they put in the box even had Iraqi labels on them.
That blows... Big time...
it means so much to service men to get those letters and packages.i recall when i was over seas i got a care package it had been dunked in some liuquid and all my goodies were moldy
we had a PC that had a nasty habit of slacking and tended to abaondon his post alot. one day i got a message that i had a care package and i went to go get it but despite it being his asigned time to be there he was apparently AWOL
man i was pissed i had to wait a extra day for my goodies, may not sound like a big deal to you but when you been out for 9 months at sea and you get ANYTHING from home you wnat it then and there.
i understand he fell down a ladder not long after that. poor guy had no luck becuse after that he got transfered to a aircraft carrier where apparently he then fell overboard, or so the story went Somthor fucked around with this message on 05-12-2004 at 01:11 PM.
That really sucks, though. Do you have the recording as a file somewhere? Maybe one of us could burn it for you. 
Does that mean we should label all the items inside care packages with the Airman/Soldier's info, as well as the box, so if someone else receives the stuff, they know who should receive it?
And I guess it's time to make another CD, can you do that easily from you computer?
It's been a problem for a while though. If customs agents read the shipping label and see something they want, they might just take it.
Try labeling the rest of the packages you send him "Health Food." =)
Nae
They screwed up a package for me, too. A year or so ago, Ukko sent me some pens to help my drawing... he sent three. I only got one. And it was broken, badly. The package was ripped open and what was left of it and the last pen was stuffed in a plastic bag 
Is there any chance at all of you getting at least the CD back though? :x
So...uh...at least you didn't send him naked pictures of yourself?
I am not going to attempt to send anything else to him because he is leaving next month, and I would be afraid that he wouldn't get it before he left. It has been taking several weeks for things to arrive there.
However, if I were to send anything else, I surely would put his name and address on each and every item. I don't know if it would help though.
It's just demoralizing that this had to happen.
I remember, cause I lived in Saudi for 5 years, and going back and forth for vacations in the US was hell.
