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I am at the point now i mail 2 a month to my son since hes been deployed but running out of ideas of things to send maybe new ideas i always send the usaul drink mixes jerky crackers once a month soap pods and things like that. son said to me its getting repetitious. so now asking for new ideas thank you all
Read more…Story Number: NNS130910-01Release Date: 9/10/2013 3:10:00 AMBy Debbie Dortch, NAVSUP Corporate CommunicationsMECHANICSBURG, Pa. (NNS) -- Sailors not receiving mail as expected should remind senders about the United States Postal Service (USPS) requirement to use the nine-digit ZIP code on all mail sent to FPO and APO addresses.Every mobile unit - ships, squadrons, detachments, et cetera, and OCONUS Shore installations - has a unique nine-digit ZIP code," said Naval Supply Systems Command…
Read more…Hello we are not certain that my Grandson has aquired an APO or FPO address for us to use to send him care package he is currently (Very recently) deployed and we understand he is not allowed to disclose his location...we believ an APO or FPO address would allow us to send packages to him...if he has not aquired the Address prior to being deployed is there a way he can apply for one now that he is deployed...I apologize for the longwinded question
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Military Post Offices to Stop Accepting Handwritten Customs Forms
The U.S. Postal Service will officially stop accepting handwritten customs declaration forms on international packages beginning March 6, but the change will come to military installations' mail a bit later, an Army news release said last month.
Items mailed through Military Post Offices to international, non-U.S. addresses will be exempt from the computerized customs form requirement pending software updates expected to be completed "during the month of March," it said.
"Customers should be prepared to start using the new forms as early as mid-March," Bill Hilsher, U.S. Army Europe chief of postal plans and policy, said in a statement.
Customs forms, including PS Forms 2976, 2976-A and 2976-B, are used by foreign authorities to clear mail and, if necessary, assess duty and taxes, when accepting a package into their country. Incorrect forms can result in the wrong taxes being levied.
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After the change, postal customers will have to use PS Form 2976-R, "USPS Customs Declaration and Dispatch Note," or fill out a worksheet that postal clerks will use to input their information into an electronic system.
Officials warned postal customers that, once the change is implemented on bases, it could lengthen waiting times at the post office.
"We ask for customers' patience and understanding if the policy change causes longer wait times at the counters," Chuck Sharpe, IMCOM-Europe postal operations branch program manager, said in a statement. "We will continue to do everything we can to support their needs as we implement this new policy."
USPS announced that it would accept only computer-generated forms earlier this year. It warned that, after March 6, any packages with a handwritten customs declaration form would be returned to the sender, unless covered by the short-term military exemption.
More information on international mail can be found on the USPS website here.
****IMPORTANT UPDATE FROM THE UNITED STATES POST OFFICE!*** After June 3, DO NOT use customs forms 2976 or 2976-A. Your care packages will be returned!!! The post office does not yet have the new form 2976-R and are not sure they ever will! (Go figure!)
1. Click n Ship will still work.
2. If you are paying your own postage, you will have to take your care packages to the post office where they will generate the 2976-R form.
3. If you are using pre-paid boxes, go the USPS website and click on "International". From there you can generate an APO/FPO customs form.
2015 Holiday Shipping Deadlines https://www.usps.com/holiday/holiday-shipping-dates.htm
Thanks for the post Paul... Yes, the group has been very quiet!
I will have a long 4-day weekend over Thanksgiving and plan to make a mass production of jerky to send out in care packages to deployed sailors as well as my son who is on the east coast.
Thank you for the link to the Caddy's. I went online yesterday and purchased a couple to include in my holiday care packages. As I have done in the past, I also want to send some phone cards and would like to know where and what type you have purchased for your contributions to our sailors? The bulk AT & T cards I've purchased in the past didn't appear to be available online anymore. Maybe I just missed finding them.
check this out- I sent one but Eric managed to never tell me how he liked it--- http://www.fleetsheets.co/store/p6/Fleet_Sheets_Curtain_Caddy.html
That's correct Paul. My Sailor is not scheduled to deploy until 2016. I still send him packages, but they don't contain the same stuff as I would send to the ship...
No one in the group must be sending out care packages......no posts in almost a year....all your sailors must be stateside!
New Navy Standardized FPO Mail Address Format
Navy Fleet Post Office (FPO) addresses for ships, mobile units and ashore FPOs are being converted to an address format compatible with the U.S. Postal Service's (USPS) address system.
How to Make Your Sailor the Ultimate Holiday Package
Will do. Thanks Gary !
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