My office sent 6 boxes last week to Sean and his guys: one box of tolietries, 4 boxes of microwavable food, coffee, crackers, etc. and the last box contained a coffee pot. I received an email last week from him and will share it with you: (the buffalo is our company mascot)
Dear Deb Wooley, Co-Workers, Friends & Family,
We got your packages today it was like christmas for the platoon! It was a real motivator cause we just came off of a 16 hour mission and we were all tired and sore. We love all the food it will be fun to try and make some food from it. And once i am able to get a new camera i'll take pictures of the buffalo around the area and on the base. Now you told us not to be shy on requests so i went around and asked what people wanted.
List as follows:
Noodles (like ramen perferibly in the cup)
Microwaveable canned food (we got a microwave now)
A way to make all the coffee Anything else you never know we might want/need something we dont know yet
but thanks again for the packages! Look forward to hearing from you!