SPECIAL REQUESTS
April 2026
Listed are special requests from some of the individuals and units we are currently supporting
Adopted Units are transparent. Available troops are in red text. Please email military@milvet.org with the individual or unity you wish to adopt and please drop off the items/box at MilVet on a Tuesday afternoon 1-5pm or at one of our many drop off locations found at www.milvet.org/military-care-packages. Thank you for supporting our troops!
Santiago C. - Marines
Favorite Snacks/Requested Items: Peanut butter
Jasmine C. - Navy
Gender: Female
Favorite Snacks/Requested Items: Sour Patch watermelon, Slim Jim’s, Beef Jerky, Degree Deodorant, Lysol Wipes
Additional Info about the Servicemember (Optional): Mother of 2 girls, first time deployed and first time away from kids for an extended time. Going to be in a high stress area and is getting very interested in fitness
Leandra A. - USMC
Gender: Female
Favorite Snacks/Requested Items: Beef Jerky, Jalapeno Chips, Cheese puffs, Protein Bars, fruit snacks ,and any candy. She will be grateful to receive anything for females from stateside!
Lance Corporal Stone C. - Marines
Gender: Male
Favorite Snacks/Requested Items: Pringles, Cheezits, Doritos, trail mix
Joseph B. - Navy
Favorite Snacks/Requested Items: Any healthy snack
Pablo T. - Army
Favorite Snacks/Requested Items: Loves letters, coffee ground or kcup, protein powder/protein bars, nuts, cookies like Oreos and chocolate chip, goldfish, energy bars, any and all snacks
Jaylen M. - Marines
Gender: Male
Favorite Snacks/Requested Items: Cheese ITS, Goldfish, Beef Jerky/meat sticks, Tuna, Mayo packets, Ramen cups, Protein bars, Liquid IV/powder Gatorade, propel packets, Trail mix, Peanut butter packets/cups, Crackers, Candies (sour patch, skittles, good n plenty,twizzlers,m&m), Razors, Foot spray Athletes Foot, Socks, Deodorant, Toothbrushes, Tooth paste, Sun screen, Bug spray/wipes, Gold bond powder, Body wipes, Shaving cream, Zip lock bags, Cooling towels
Blister pads, Liquid bandaid, Chap stick, Playing cards
Joseph H. - USMC
Favorite Snacks/Requested Items: Beef Jerky, Black Licorice, baby wipes
Henry A. - Army
Favorite Snacks/Requested Items: Corn nuts, beef jerky, sunflower seeds
Diego C. - Marines
Favorite Snacks/Requested Items: Protein snacks
Marcos C. - Marines
Favorite Snacks/Requested Items: Hispanic and anything else
Christoper D. - Army
Favorite Snacks/Requested Items: Almonds, Beef Jerky, Sunflower seeds, tuna packets
Christopher P. - Navy
Favorite Snacks/Requested Items: Jerky, Cheez Its, brittle, chips
Jonathon N. - Army National Guard
Favorite Snacks/Requested Items: Beef jerky, protein bars, protein powder, gummy bear type candy, sweet and sour candy, peanut butter crackers, honey, meal kits, homemade treats, toilet paper, cleaning products, paper towels, socks, oreos, crackers, cookies, small games/activities
Brandon S. - Navy
Gender: Male
Favorite Snacks/Requested Items: CARDS, TAJIN , HOT SAUCE, CHALULA, CARD AGAINST HUMANITY OR GAMES, SNICKERS, LAUNDRY PODS
Additional Info about the Servicemember (Optional): 17 YEARS IN THE NAVY I HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED MULTIPLE TIMES. I HAVE VOLUNTEERED WITH MILVET WHEN BACK STATE SIDE
Jaden R. - Navy
Gender: Male
Favorite Snacks/Requested Items: CARDS, TAJIN , HOT SAUCE, CHALULA, CARD AGAINST HUMANITY OR GAMES
Anthony R. - Navy
Favorite Snacks/Requested Items: powder coffee creamer either chocolate or caramel, oreos, thin mints, original chips ahoy, bbq chips, m&m’s, skittles, chocolate, peanut butter, anything oreo really, brownies, granola bars, snack cakes, honey buns
Additional Info about the Servicemember (Optional): he’s a 23 year old male, loves holidays, NY giants, sports and snacks, drinks a lot of coffee
Andrés G. - Navy
Favorite Snacks/Requested Items: Healthy ítems
Huong G. - USN
Gender: Female
Favorite Snacks/Requested Items: Spicy Chips, Coffee, Energy Drinks, Juices, Gummies, Ramen Noodles, Gum, Slim Jim's, Mexican Candy
Santiago A. - Marines
Gender: Male
Favorite Snacks/Requested Items: Energy drinks, protein bars, Boxed meals, instant ramen, microwavable meals, Mexican snacks and candies
Craig A. - Marines
Favorite Snacks/Requested Items: Sudoku books, breath strips, trail mix, sunflower seeds, instant soup, Letters of support and encouragement
Coury M. - Army
Gender: Male
Favorite Snacks/Requested Items: Sour candy, Water/ Gatorade, Rips licorice candy
Ashni T. -Army
Gender: Female
Favorite Snacks/Requested Items: Sour candy, Spicy snacks
Additional Info about the Servicemember (Optional): Loves pink
PFC Hiram T. - Marines
Gender: Male
Favorite Snacks/Requested Items: Hygiene products (toothpaste, deodorant, laundry detergent, smell goods, chapstick) cool pens, notebooks, snacks such as cheese-it’s, popcorn, granola bars, peanut butter. Socks
Additional Info about the Servicemember (Optional): I like to read and write
Ryan B. - Air Force
Favorite Snacks/Requested Items: Fruit roll up and cookies
Pablo L. - Marines
Favorite Snacks/Requested Items: Food -Mexican candy, beef jerky, protein bars, Pop-Tarts, gum, cookies, boxed meals, and pretzels. Drinks - Hot chocolate. Items - Baby wipes, word search puzzles, playing cards, stress balls, dental floss for braces, and Q-tips.
Tobyn C. - USMC
Favorite Snacks/Requested Items: Enjoys Healthy options, protein bars, beef jerky
Molly D. - Navy
Gender: Female
Favorite Snacks/Requested Items: Chips, beef jerky, popcorn, sanitary pads, canned foods, and trail mix
Braeden J.- National Guard
Gender: Male
Favorite Snacks/Requested Items: Bare bell protein bars, Built puff protein bars, Poptarts, Keebler coconut cookies, Beef jerky, Protein powders, White monster energy drinks, Rice crispy treats, Cookies
Joselyn R. - USMC
Favorite Snacks/Requested Items: snacks, female hygiene products. military socks
PFC Jarome C. - Army
Favorite Snacks/Requested Items: Healthy, jerky, nuts. Etc.
Additional Info about the Servicemember (Optional): 19 year old male . Lifts weight, works out.
Jamie C., 3D Maintenance Batallion - Marines
Gender: Male
Favorite Snacks/Requested Items: Peruvian or mexican candy
Additional Info about the Servicemember (Optional): Peruvian roots
Hunter S. - Air Force
Favorite Snacks/Requested Items: candy, Pringles
Additional Info about the Servicemember (Optional): 1st deployment, fire crash rescue, with a squad
Katie G. - USN
Gender: Female
Favorite Snacks/Requested Items: MILANO DOUBLE MILK CHOCOLATE COOKIES, LIME LAYS CHIPS, POPCORN, MEXICAN CANDY
Zache W. - Army
Gender: Male
Favorite Snacks/Requested Items: anything for a sweet tooth but there are 25 of us serving over here so anything helps!
Additional Info about the Servicemember: I’m the leader of an U.S. Army Air traffic control unit
Charles S - Navy
Favorite Snacks/Requested Items: Healthy Snacks, trail mix, jerky
Patricia P. - Navy
Favorite Snacks/Requested Items: Rind dried fruit, that’s it fruit bars, back to nature plant base snacks (cashews almond pistachios)
Allan D. - Army
Favorite Snacks/Requested Items: Chocolate, gummy bears. beef jerky, pringles, girl scout cookies, trail mix
Airman First Class Damien B - Air Force
Favorite Snacks/Requested Items: Crackers, Ramen, Chocolate cookies, chips, and energy drinks
Additional Info about the Servicemember (Optional): Introverted person, gaming and reading are his hobbies
SGT. Grant L. - Marines
Favorite Snacks/Requested Items: he'd be grateful for any thing, but likes beef jerky, anything with peanut butter, Reese's Peanut Butter cups if possible, Cheez Itz crackers, oreos
Gary G. - Army
Favorite Snacks/Requested Items: Jerky cookies red bull
Additional Info about the Servicemember (Optional): Awesome humble young man
Dalton R. - Air Force
Favorite Snacks/Requested Items: Coffee, Jerky, Cookies
Colt W. - Navy
Gender: Male
Favorite Snacks/Requested Items: Protein Bars, Beef jerky, coffee
Joshua B. - Navy
Favorite Snacks/Requested Items: beef jerky, gum, peanuts, trail mix, candy
Angel T. - Marines
Favorite Snacks/Requested Items: Microwavable Meals, Soups, Mexican candy, Body Wash, Entertainment, Playing cards and card games, Small electronic games, Stress balls, Letters of encouragement for our troops, Cookies, Candy/Sour Candy, Instant mac and cheese, Squeezable apple sauce, Corn Nuts, Kraft Easy Mac, Canned ravioli and spaghetti, Canned pop-top fruit, Candy, Chewing and bubble gum, Mints/Breath strips, Hot chocolate, shampoo, lotion, Mouthwash, Socks, yo-yo, dice, neck coolers, sun glasses, board games, cards.
Additional Info about the Servicemember (Optional): He always likes to smell good.
Robert G. - Marines
Favorite Snacks/Requested Items: Books, magazines, hygiene, cologne, socks, protein bars, entertainment items etc.
Additional Info about the Servicemember (Optional): Good evening over here from Japan, my name is Zeke Gomez but most people call me Gomez, I’m 20 years old and I’m a mechanic in the Marines I’m really into photography, working out, thrifting, Scrapbooking, painting, surfing and skateboarding, and I would say I’m more of a dog person than a cat person even though I own 2 cats Lmao. I grew up in Murrieta California and joined the Marines straight out of high school at 17 years old been stationed in Okinawa coming on 2 years
Roman R. - USMC
Gender: Male
Favorite Snacks/Requested Items: Chips, candies, games
Kevin S. - NAVY
USS Nimitz (CVN 68)
Favorite Snacks/Requested Items: Goldfish, jerky, Sun Chips, Gatorade, hint water, coffee cakes
Additional Info about the Servicemember (Optional): Loves God, Likes to fish, anything ariat, carhartt, bass pro or cabelas
Jenna D. - Army
Gender: Female
Favorite Snacks/Requested Items: Hot Cheetos, Big’s sunflower seeds (spicy flavor and taco flavor), shelf stable almond milk, mouthwash, toothbrushes, EOS body wash, cocoa butter, Blistex.
Charles A. - Army
Favorite Snacks/Requested Items: Ramen, cups of mac and cheese, and cup of soup. Toiletries such as toothbrushes, toothpaste, deodorant, razors. Beef jerky, protein bars, trail mix, nuts, dried fruit, and packaged crackers. Small travel sized packages. Personal Hygiene Essentials, Nonperishable snacks and drinks, entertainment and leisure items, clothing and accessories, first aid and health products, personal comfort items, seasonal and holiday items, communication tool
Additional Info about the Servicemember (Optional): service member has been serving for almost 17 years in the Army
Kirk F. - Marines
Favorite Snacks/Requested Items: Protein bars, peanut butter, any drink/juice powders
Additional Info about the Servicemember (Optional): He is Vegetarian, anything without meat. That’s it, thank you for taking care of him
Matthew M. - Marines
Favorite Snacks/Requested Items: My son likes meat snacks, chips, microwaveable meals, cookies, peanut butter, crackers, tuna, mixed nuts and candy
Dayne F.- USMC
Gender: Female
Favorite Snacks/Requested Items: Milano cookies, pop tarts, Mac and cheese, canned pasta, hygiene products, jerky
Additional Info about the Servicemember (Optional): My daughter has been deployed for almost a year now. I would appreciate the help. Thank you.
Jason S. - Army
Favorite Snacks/Requested Items: Gummy candy, sour candy, salty snacks, Jerkey, veggie straws
Andrew B. - USMC
Favorite Snacks/Requested Items: Miss Vickie’s salt and vinegar chips, Buffalo pretzels, Gushers, Popcorn, SunChips, Reese’s, Granola bars, Cowboy cookies, Chocolate covered pretzels, Chex mix, Nature Valley bars, Welch’s fruit snacks, Pirates booty, Cheese it’s, Trail mix
Proby. - Army
Favorite Snacks/Requested Items: Peanuts
Celestino M. - USMC
Gender: Male
Favorite Snacks/Requested Items: Protein snacks/bars, gummies, gum, beef jerky
SFC Cody R. - Army
Favorite Snacks/Requested Items: Beef jerky, cherry pop tarts, rice Krispie, red licorice like twizzlers
Saturday C.- USMC
Gender: Male
Favorite Snacks/Requested Items: Pop corners, Beef Jerky, hygiene items, snackers, Electrolytes packs, Rice, Noodles, Cans good
Peipei X. - Marines
Gender: Male
Favorite Snacks/Requested Items: ketchup chips are the best (if you haven't heard of them try them). The fellows are requesting some Mexican candy, the spicier the better!
UNIT REQUESTS
The USS TRIPOLI (LHA 7) Air Department - Navy
Gender: Both (for Units)
Favorite Snacks/Requested Items: Anything except wet wipes
Additional Info about the Servicemember (Optional): I am the Air Boss onboard the USS Tripoli. I am requesting support for the folks that work under me in the Air Department. Anything that you can provide would be appreciated and used to support our most Junior sailors first. As you probably seen in the news, we were recently ordered to the Middle East to support ongoing efforts.
221 OD CO - Army
Gender: Both (for Units)
Favorite Snacks/Requested Items: Protein and energy Bars, Body Wash, Gatorade/Powerade, Sun glasses, Cheez its, Energy drinks, other snacks, Distilled water (for CPAP users)
KFOR 36, HHC 53 - Army
Gender: Both (for Units)
Additional Info about the Servicemember (Optional): I have an intelligence company of dozens of soldiers
NSF DG SECURITY - NAVY
Favorite Snacks/Requested Items: DEODORANT, SOAPS, CARDS, GAMES, SWEETS, PROTEIN BARS, FIDGETS, LAUNDRY SOAP, DRYER SHEETS, WATER FLAVOR PACKETS
Additional Info about the Servicemember (Optional): WE ARE AT A VERY SMALL ISOLATED ISLAND. THE SECURITY DEPARTMENT IS CONSISTANTLY BUSY HERE. SINCE THE ISLAND IS SO ISOLATED IT IT HARD TO GET THE COMFORTS THAT YOU WOULD USUALLY RECEIVE BACK HOME OR EVEN ON A MAIN LAND. ANY AND EVERYTHING SENT IS ALWAYS APPRECIATED.
3d Maintenance - Marines
Favorite Snacks/Requested Items: Peanut M&Ms
C-146 SOTU-DJ - Air Force
Gender: Both (for Units)
Favorite Snacks/Requested Items: Jerky, Gum, Deodorant
Additional Info about the Servicemember (Optional): We are a Special Operations Task Unit staged out of Africa consisting of members who have worked extremely hard during our rotation to advance U.S. initiatives in the region.
Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron FOURTEEN - NAVY
Gender: Both (for Units)
Favorite Snacks/Requested Items: Salty snacks, Potato chips (including kettle-style)
Pretzels, including soft pretzels and seasoned twists, Cheese crackers, Tortilla chips, often paired with salsa or guacamole, Popcorn, Sweet snacks, Chocolate bars, like Snickers, Trail mix, sometimes with a focus on specific items like M&Ms, Granola bars or bites, Jelly beans, Healthier options, , Nuts, , Roasted butternut squash dippers, Hummus with vegetables or pita chips, Ready-to-eat and convenience snacks, Snack trays with cheese, crackers, and salami, Chex Mix, Cheetos or other cheese puffs, Goldfish crackers, Beef jerky
Additional Info about the Servicemember (Optional): HSC 14 is a Helicopter Sea Combat
Air Force Aircraft Maintainers
Gender: Both (for Units)
Favorite Snacks/Requested Items: Anything! Surprise us!
Additional Info about the Servicemember (Optional): Unit of aircraft maintainers, who inspect and repair aircraft.
75th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron - USAF
Gender: Both (for Units)
Favorite Snacks/Requested Items: Rice Crispy Treats; Beef Jerky; Coffee (whole Bean); Mac N Cheese cups; Ramen; little debbies (all the kinds)
COMPHIBRON EIGHT - USN
Gender: Both (for Units)
Favorite Snacks/Requested Items: Fig Newton, Rice Krispy Treats, Cheez-Itz, Potted Meat, Oreos, Nutter Butter, Doritos, Cheetos, Slim Jims, Ravioli, Mac N Cheese, Sanitizer, Nilla Wafers, Vienna Sausages, Ramen, Graham Crackers, Board games, Card Games.
Additional Info about the Servicemember (Optional): CPR8 is a small, tight nit community. We greatly appreciate anything you can afford to send us!
470th MCB - Army
Gender: Both (for Units)
Favorite Snacks/Requested Items: Hi-Chews, Sour Patch kids, twizzlers, pull and peel, pop tarts
1-16th, CCO - Army
Gender: Both (for Units)
Favorite Snacks/Requested Items: beef jerky, cheez-its, cookies, drink mixes, gummy candies, gushers, fruit roll ups, popcorn, chips, granola bars, rice krispy treats, sunflower seeds, suckers, gum, playing cards, blankets
