Need ideas for a going away gift

[BadShot]

I'll back the laptop idea.. there are some great deals at places like TigerDirect.com and plenty of us here who are geeks that can help you out with a selection (we'd need a price range) .. you can never have enough of the following:

1. Multi-Tools
2. Folding knives .. if you want to do him a Solid, get him a Strider!
3. SureFire G-2 and G-3 LED lights are also a must have.

Don't worry about buying him gear other than maybe some PMags (which are likely to get stolen anyway) .. Big green will give him 90% of what he needs and he needs to find out what the unit has and doesn't as well as what the more experienced troops use.

I wouldn't worry about anything "Europe" centric.. he'll nab a ton of that stuff on his own.

Another huge thanks to him for stepping up and serving.. tell him he stands in good company.. keep his head straight and he'll be good to go for life.

[scratchy]

Thanks for all the great ideas. I'm thinking a netbook and a good multitool. I'm a geek and I like my netbook He'll never get pmags from me, I'm keepin em. I'll get his with XP instead of Ubuntu. I'll send all of your thanks as well. He will be up here one weekend before he goes, If it's a shoot weekend, we'll show.

[hobowh]

Thanks for all the great ideas. I'm thinking a netbook and a good multitool. I'm a geek and I like my netbook He'll never get pmags from me, I'm keepin em. I'll get his with XP instead of Ubuntu. I'll send all of your thanks as well. He will be up here one weekend before he goes, If it's a shoot weekend, we'll show.

Good plan they usually have web cams to so you can stay in touch that way as well.

[SA Friday]

I've had this little waterproof Pentax Optio digital camera that I've pretty much taken everywhere with me since I bought it, to include two tours in Iraq. It eats batteries, but it's still working like the first day I bought it.

He'g going to see a lot of things. Nothing like a good camera when you see them.

[Marlin]

I've had this little waterproof Pentax Optio digital camera that I've pretty much taken everywhere with me since I bought it, to include two tours in Iraq. It eats batteries, but it's still working like the first day I bought it.

He'g going to see a lot of things. Nothing like a good camera when you see them.

BIG + 1,, I must have about 1000 pictures from Germany..

[SSChameleon]

Depending on how much free time he has a EuroRail pass would be cool. It would allow him to hop any train at any time, so if he got a free weekend he check out the girls in other countries.

[scratchy]

Wow. Lots of good ideas. Going to have to put them in a hat. I hope I can bring him to a shoot. I just loaded up a bunch of 6.8 to play with.