Care packages for troops on duty overseas are not only needed, but they are still the best way to say 'thank you'. While most basic needs of troops are already provided, there are always certain items that are in short supply.

Advil
After shave
Antacids
AntiPerspirants
Aspirin
Baby Wipes (unscented)
Band-Aids
Baseballs
Batteries (mostly AA, AAA, and
3-volt lithium)
Beef Jerky
Blank Greeting Cards (They send them home)
Blowup Swimming Pools (in Summer)
Books
Breakfast Food (Presweetened Cereal, Cereal Bars, Pop Tarts, etc.)
Brownies
Bulbs (40 watt)
Bug Repellant
Candy
Canned Bean Dip
CD book that holds 40+ CDs or DVDs
Chips
Coffee
Crackers
Crystal Light
Dental tools (Used - For weapons cleaning)
Drink Mix (powdered, all kinds)
Dry Coffee Creamer (They love the flavored stuff)
Dry Skin Lotion
Extension Cords (the longer the better)
Eye Drops
Flashlights (red lens/lights to strap onto helmets)
Flip-Flops
Fly Strips and Glue Traps
Foot Powder
Frisbees
Glade, Lysol and Febreeze (non areosol)
Gloves
Granola Bars
Gum
Hacky Sacks
Harmonicas
Homemade Cookies
 
Hot Chocolate (Individually packaged)
Instant Oatmeal
Kleenex
Kazoos
Laundry Soap
LED lights of all types
Little Debbies Snack Cakes
Magazines - Guys will like (Men's Health, Maxim & FHM and any news, automobile, motorcycle, self-improvement or home repair type)
Motrin
New Release DVD's and CD's (used are good too)
Nuts
Paintbrushes (1" size, for cleaning weapons)
Pencils & Pens
Personal Fans
Phone Cards (Pre-Paid)
Pipe Cleaners
Playing Cards
Power Bars
Pretzels
Q-tips
Ramen Noodles
3 Blade Razors
Sardines
Seasonings
Shampoo (Head & Shoulders or Denorex
types are appreciated)
Slim Jims
SOCKS!!!! White, Green or Black
Soup Mixes
SpaWar phone cards (need in Afghanistan)
Stationery Supplies
Sugar Substitutes
Sunflower Seeds in the shell
Sunscreen
Surge Protectors (Don't have to be expensive)
Tampons and other feminine hygiene products
Teas (flavored are most enjoyed)
Throat Lozenges
Tooth Brushes & Tooth Paste
Trail Mix
Trident Gum
Tuna
Tylenol
Vitamins and Protein Powder
Warm Wool Hats (in wintertime)
Watches (inexpensive are fine, pocket
watches offer protection from sand)
Ziploc Bags