What about my nail clippers?
With the end of the deployment is sight, many of us have begun packing up our things for the trip home. To help us expedite our departure, and keep us out of trouble, our leadership gave us a military customs list which detailed what items can and cannot be brought on to a military airplane. Below is a number of restricted items.
ice axes/ice picks
meat cleavers
swords
bows and arrows
ski poles
spear guns
animals, endangered or parts thereof
body parts, human
articles of medicines for abortion induction
pornography
dynamite, blasting caps or projectiles
hand grenades
tear gas
I’m not sure what sort of souvenirs they think we’re collecting over here, but I think they have the wrong idea. I guess I’ll just have to leave Ned, my pet Jackal, and my new set of Iraqi ski poles behind. Pity. The funny thing is that these items are probably on the list because at some point someone tried to bring them on a plane.
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I'd say some of them are on the list for political reasons.
Joey's Squad Leader here...
What Joey faled to mention was the interesting things that ARE allowed. What legitimate purpose any of us could find for some of these is a mystery to me. The following items are listed on the US Customs "OK" list they gave us:
Eyelash Curlers
Knitting and Crochet Needles
Braille Note Taker, Slate and
Stylus, Augmentation Devices
Cuticle Cutters
Corkscrews
Cigar Cutters
Umbrellas
and my personal favorite...
Toy Transformer Robots!
(apparently My Little Pony and
Barbie are too threatening, but
Transformers are ok)
Hopefully Joey finds a different way to get his extenzive collection of Go-Bots home.
great... i had my heart set on bringing my human ear necklace back home.
oh well...
i dont like the smell that much anyway.*
*see 2 blogs ago
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