Thanks for the ideas! My son’s on his first assignment with the Air Force in Japan. Got my free priority boxes from USPS and getting ready to send one out. Think I’ll decorate it a bit👍
Lauren Anders Hi there! So for the post office you need the customs form, which you don't have to be super detailed with. and that's it! that's the only specials thing about sending a care package to a ship:) just remember it will take at least 3 weeks to get there if not more.
Is there a cost for the custom forms? Because I just paid $17.40 online and it's only letting me print the custom form. Do we not need a shipping label or did I do something wrong?
Good question! Leading up to deployment my husband was on dets on the boat and several times had items taken out of his rack or misplaced. So I would write our last name in hopes that someone wouldn't take his items or he wouldn't loose something so easily.
I have question regarding sending 🤔 📦 packages and the customs forms you have to fill out. Dos you have to list everything individually? Or list things as example..>> food/ the quantity/ weight of all the food and value as a lump sum.. then had to list meds .. how many ? Quantity and value? I ask all of this because I want to send a care package 📦 to friends I have in 🇻🇳 Vietnam and I have to fill out a customs form and I was very confused as to how 🤔 to fill it out correctly. Your reply will be greatly appreciated.
I never sent anything expensive so I never put the value. The packages were already taped up so I was going off of memory half the time. Never ran into a problem with customs. I know some countries you can't send certain kinds of things to so I would just double check that. Like no pork items to some areas in the middle east.
My husband got out of the Navy around the time you posted this comment hahah! We didnt do videos of him leaving or coming home.....that would have been just me ugly crying lol! I do have pictures on my Instagram account though.
After doing 10 years in the Navy, I gotta say these are a life saver! Thanks for posting!
Thanks for the ideas! My son’s on his first assignment with the Air Force in Japan. Got my free priority boxes from USPS and getting ready to send one out. Think I’ll decorate it a bit👍
Loved this! My husband is about to leave for boot camp and this gives me ideas for the future :)
*~HeidiTate~* be sure to check if you can send food to his boot camp! You couldn't while my husband was in boot camp for the navy.
Thank you!
Thank you this really helped
Thank you! I got some great ideas!
I love this so much!!!
Did the brownies melt? How was it sending meds over? How important is it to write his name on everything?
The brownies held up fine! The meds were fine too. I write his name on everything so it doesn't get misplaced or discourages stealing.
Very good ideas. I’m about to deploy. Maybe next time have someone hold the camera or have it sitting somewhere, I got dizzy lol
Haha I'm sorry! 3 years later though...now I would find a way to do that
I'm so happy I found this!! My boyfriend is about to be on a ship also soon and I'm really lost as to what all I need for the post office to mail it?
Lauren Anders
Hi there! So for the post office you need the customs form, which you don't have to be super detailed with. and that's it! that's the only specials thing about sending a care package to a ship:) just remember it will take at least 3 weeks to get there if not more.
Paige Leatham where do you get the custom forms? From USPS?
PrincessDian the post office :)
Is there a cost for the custom forms? Because I just paid $17.40 online and it's only letting me print the custom form. Do we not need a shipping label or did I do something wrong?
I'm curious, why write his name on each individual item? Is it hard to keep track of items?
Good question!
Leading up to deployment my husband was on dets on the boat and several times had items taken out of his rack or misplaced. So I would write our last name in hopes that someone wouldn't take his items or he wouldn't loose something so easily.
I have question regarding sending 🤔 📦 packages and the customs forms you have to fill out. Dos you have to list everything individually? Or list things as example..>> food/ the quantity/ weight of all the food and value as a lump sum.. then had to list meds .. how many ? Quantity and value? I ask all of this because I want to send a care package 📦 to friends I have in 🇻🇳 Vietnam and I have to fill out a customs form and I was very confused as to how 🤔 to fill it out correctly. Your reply will be greatly appreciated.
I never sent anything expensive so I never put the value. The packages were already taped up so I was going off of memory half the time. Never ran into a problem with customs. I know some countries you can't send certain kinds of things to so I would just double check that. Like no pork items to some areas in the middle east.
Can anyone tell me if i am out of USA how can i send this packet to army?
Is, your husband still in the Navy ? And also is there a video when he is leaving for Deployment ?
My husband got out of the Navy around the time you posted this comment hahah!
We didnt do videos of him leaving or coming home.....that would have been just me ugly crying lol! I do have pictures on my Instagram account though.