How to throw a pre-deployment party? Ideas please...

Question

My husband is deploying to Iraq soon and we are having a Going away/pre-deployment party for family & friends. I am doing the "American" theme, everything Red, White & Blue, of course, but I was wondering if anyone had any ideas on how to make it really special?

Answer 1

you could get some things for him to take over there like wipes and toothpaste ect.

Answer 2

LOTS OF ALCOHOL.

MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Answer 3

My husband's going to Afghanistan in 2 months...his deployment party is in a few weeks.  Unique and special ideas are hard to come by.  Since he's going to Afghanistan, I purchased an Osama Bin Laden pinata.  That might not be too appropriate for your husband's Iraq deployment, though.  But go to http://www.prettypartyplace.com/unique-6... to find an Army tank pinata which might work for you.  We're also renting some bouncy castles, etc. for all the kids coming.

I plan to ask everyone to write down words of encouragement and support on a large piece of paper.  Then I will take it to a screenprinter to have it screenprinted on one of the Army t-shirts he will be taking with him so that he can wear his family's words of love under his uniform the whole time he's there.

I also plan to have a sign-up sheet for everyone to put down their email addresses so that I can keep them informed of his activities.

One last thing I'm doing for my husband is choosing a nice picture of his 2 sons and me to put on dog tags he can wear right along with his real dog tags while he's there.  Here's just one of the many websites that do this  http://www.picture-dog-tags.com/

I'm interested in hearing what ideas you have...please let me know.  Good luck to you and your husband!!!