What would you have enjoyed in a care package while on deployment in the Navy?

I feel for ya. I spent a few years aboard the USS Enterprise. Underway, we keep REAL busy... 19-20 hour days. I was a Damage Controlman, but I don't know your Husband's rate.

There is a gym on the ship. Does he use it? If so, maybe lifting gloves or something like that.

DON'T send him nudity pictures of you. It's not forbidden, but unless you want some of his shipmates to see what the stork saw...

It's great that you keep him supplied w/ games and the such. But food is always welcome. We don't always get that Home-cooked taste when the galley is making a meal for 5500 sailors! I hope this helps.

P.S.: Congrats on making 3rd Class! I made rate my first time up!

To me, that seems like a lot of money to be shipping back and forth so many times. The postal service is good, but the more the use it, the more likely you are to have a problem. Do you really want to have that problem when you're talking about something that cost you $200? I would suggest that you record your video and put it on a flash drive and send that instead. As an added bonus, it's a lot cheaper to mail a tiny little drive than a whole camera. Then he can record on a webcam and send a video back to you. Just being in the "Military" section doesn't imply perfect knowledge of all military matters, so no, not everyone here would have any idea of the limitations of Naval vessels. Skype is a perfectly reasonable suggestion for some deployments and not for others.

My best friend was in the Navy 20 years and they used to sit 'pool side' with a small plastic blow up pool. Not sure where he's deployed but I know it lightened the spirit. What about some Christmas music or some nostalgic compositions; home made cookies or fruit; lots of reading material - hand held DVD player; movies of you celebrating waiting for him; handmade cards from you to him.

Naked pictures and a note saying I'm waiting for you.A little assurance in battle is sexy.

lots of vitamins