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Today is my son's 21st birthday. He transferred over to A school on Saturday and we spent a great weekend with him, although he was very tired. Anyway, while we were with him, we didn't really do anything about his birthday! Dumb, right? But we were just so happy to see him.

Is there ANY way I can get something, maybe a small cake, sent to his barracks TODAY? I would even send a larger one to share if you thought that was better. I thought I saw something on N4Ms or a FB page about this.

Thanks so much.

RTCsmom

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No. Nobody told me if it was allowed and if it was, how to do it. I'm just trying to at least talk to him tonight after they go on Liberty for the night.

21 views and no one knew if it was allowed.

Direct delivery to a barracks, to an individual sailor, is next to impossible.  Base security policy sees to that.  Packages via the UPS or FEDEX go through the mailroom, just as if they were USPS.  Pretty much you have to know another sailor who knows yours to get it done, or have them pick something up.  It is actually easier to send something to them when they are deployed!

I would love to know too, because I'll be in school several states away during my sailor's birthday. Can we send non-melt items in care packages? Like cookies??? His birthday is end of august.

I have sent several care packages to my daughter.  It does take 1-2 weeks from the time I mailed to when she received the boxes because it goes through a central mail delivery service and security.  The only rules were that the food was prepackaged individual servings since she does not have access to a refrigerator and there is the concern of bugs. 

She does have a closet where she can store personal items with some security so we have sent her cell phone, laptop, game system, a few books, personal clothing and she bought a small TV.  She was told to be careful of what she bought since the space on ship could be smaller so anything that cant fit will either need to be shipped home or discarded.

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