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>From: 6hbn-sfa <6hbn-fsc at usarec.army.mil>
>To: "'lcm at efn.org'" <lcm at efn.org>
>Subject: FW: Packages to Troops
>Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 15:27:42 -0800
>
>Lanie,
>
>Send this info on to the Cooks list please.
>
>Wanda
>
>For your information.  We had lots of problems with this type of mail 12
>years ago during Operation Desert Storm.  Many of the boxes addresses to
>general addresses (i.e. Any Soldier) were sent to homeless shelters for
>their use; many were destroyed.   Mail from military families to their
>service member was bogged down by thousands of well-intentioned letters to
>G.I.'s.
>
>Please read and heed the guidance from Department of the Army.
>
>Thanks,
>Marty
>Martin C. Skulas
>Chief
>Soldier and Family Assistance
>USAREC
>DSN 536-0735
>All.
>
>Received this from the Military Postal Service in response to a query as to
>how boxes of books could be sent to troops in an isolated area.  Please
>forward this to your folks so they will be able to respond to the many
>requests they will get from well meaning people and groups.  Mail not
>addressed to specific individuals or titles will be returned to sender, or
>destroyed prior to CONUS departure.
>
>The official policy is this:
>
>Mail MUST be addressed to an individual (e.g., SFC Robert Smith) or job
>title such as "Commander," "Commanding Officer," etc.  Mail addressed to
>"Any Servicemember," or similar wording such as "Any Soldier," "Sailor,"
>"Airman," or "Marine"; "Military Mail"; etc. is prohibited.
>
>Holly
>Holly E. Gifford
>Deployment Readiness Program Manager
>Army Community Service
>Community and Family Support Center
>703-681-7407 DSN 761-7407
>FAX 703-681-7239
>
>
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