How to Mail a Letter to Someone in the Military

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Tip 1 - How to Mail a Letter to Someone in the Military | eHow

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by Marijke Burmann | permalink

Nothing will boosts military personnel's morale like getting mail, but to get it there you need to know the Department of Defense issued guidelines for addressing mail to military and civilian personnel stationed within the United States and those Outside the United States, to include those deployed in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring...

For further reading: http://www.ehow.com/how_4890442_mail-letter-someone-military.html ^[1]

Tip 2 - Addressing Mail Correctly for Deployed Service Members

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by sanchita sen | permalink

Correctly addressing mail for deployed service members is important. In particular, one does not include the name of the base, nor the name of the country when addressing mail through the military postal system for overseas delivery.

For further reading: http://usmilitary.about.com/od/deploymentsconflicts/a/mailaddress.htm ^[2]