Logistics and Legality of shipping beer to Afghanistan

[neumann]

My dad just recently shipped off to one of his last deployments of his Naval career. His first stop is Afghanistan. I've got a mailing address for him and I wanted to put together a care pack or what-have-you. It's going to have beef jerky, trail mix, and anything else I can think of. I thought it would be cool if I could send him some of my homebrew, seeing as he has never tasted it. So my question is, would I be breaking some federal law by shipping beer to him? I'm willing to bet we have a few service members on the board and I wonder what they would think. If it turns out I can do this legally, I've got a nice AIPA that I think might make the trip in a decent condition.

 

[MeatyPortion]

Not going to work. I assume he's on active duty orders and under General Order #1B no alcohol or components can be shipped, consumed, produced, etc. while in theater. Your dad would be in deep **** if he got caught.

 

[neumann]

Got it. Definitely don't want that. Just have to wait till he gets back stateside. Thanks for the info.

 

[MeatyPortion]

Got it. Definitely don't want that. Just have to wait till he gets back stateside. Thanks for the info.

NP, I've been on 3 tours to Iraq and every single time someone just has to have a drink. Next thing you know they get caught, fined, given extra duty, have their pay withheld, and lose rank. It's not pretty.

 

[neumann]

Well tell me what items did you miss from home that could be shipped to you. I don't want him in trouble but I want to make the time there as painless as possible.

 

[mud390]

For me, I always loved get my magazine subscriptions. My wife would send them over along with half a dozen other magazines about cars, trucks, motorcycles, etc. Made my day when I got that package in the mail. Other than that, beef jerky is a good choice. Favorite candy perhaps. If you are sending any baked goods, it takes mail about 2 to 3 weeks to get there, so it will probably be stale by the time it gets there unless you seal it really well.

Kris

 

[Airborneguy]

Sunflower seeds and tobacco, if he's into that.

 

[MeatyPortion]

beef jerky was always a big one. also that puppy chow mix you make with peanut butter, chex, powdered sugar, and chocolate. guys kill for that. nerf footballs are fun, magazines, homemade cookies, etc,