I'm sure I'm like the last person to know this, but apparently it takes only domestic postage to ship overseas to military posts. I recommend the Priority Mail flat-rate boxes from the U.S. Postal Service. There is even a discounted box specifically for APO/FPO destinations, though it comes only in large.
Also, if you buy and print a shipping label online using Click-N-Ship, it's a little cheaper. For instance, I just sent Adam something in a small Priority Mail box, which is normally $4.95. Because I bought the postage online, it was $4.80, with free delivery confirmation.
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I agree, you probably are the last person to know this. (Although being a former postal employee, I would pretty much have to know before you would.)
I think part of the reason is because it keeps their actual locations private, shipping through the government rather than to an actual physical address.
I'd never had to ship something to a military post overseas before! But I'm glad, because it's hard enough emotionally on the families and military personnel, so the last thing we need is to spend a billion to send our loved ones a care package. As for your last point, it makes sense, but I already know he's at Camp Victory, so I can definitely hunt him down if I want to. :)
That delivery confirmation is probably for when it gets to the APO, not the destination in Iraq since that leg is shipped by the military.
Didn't I tell you the flat rate boxes are better? :)
Oh, I thought the APO *is* the destination. I'm still learning about this stuff!
And, yes, you definitely were the one who led me to the flat-rate boxes. Sooo awesome. :)
APO is "Army Postal Office." When we lived in Germany we had an APO address and everything was sent to a warehouse in NY where it was sorted and then sent on to our location on military air craft.
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