What things did you miss from the USA while stationed in the middle east? ?

BEER.   I was in Jeddah for two months and had no BEER.  

One of the most sought after items in the Middle East, is actually Wet Wipes. 

In smaller, easier to carry , mini paks.....as they will have 100 uses , you can't even imagine in real life,  but to soldiers in the desert,  they are a god send. 

He’ll likely have access to all the creature comforts.  About the only thing he may crave/ miss are local items

Regardless, until he tells/ asks you for something, don’t send it.  He won’t have storage space.  Plus there are many things he’s not even allowed to have in country 

Wait until he gets there and settles in a bit so he can tell you what is missing. Every place offers different things and has different conditions.  Always include extra for the people he is working with as sometimes they do not get things When you do send packages make sure they are the flat rate ones for military and you do NOT put the country he is in on it. Just the FPO/APO for the city and AP, AA, or AE for state. They go through US Post only. You will have to fill out a customs form though. Never send things like chocolate when it is really hot or things that melt. Whenever I sent packages to friends I would send the following 

Individual drink mixes

Seasonings

Individual tea/coffee

Snacks

Cookies

Candy

Insta Noodles

Gum

Chapstick

Wet wipes (small packs to fit in pockets)

Sunblock

Socks

Frisbees

Nerf guns

Water guns

Silly putty 

Books (see if your library sells them for cheap, even romance books are a hit, they will pass them along) 

DVDs

Cards

Greeting cards (so they could send them home to family)

Paper/envelopes 

Pens

Coloring book/pencil crayons

Comic books

Puzzles

Screwdriver

Screws/nails

Command/3M hooks various sizes 

Photos of all sorts of things 

Drawings from kids