MAILING GUIDELINES

1 - Try to keep your package the size of a shoe box or similar. When we send out a box, we use FLAT RATE BOXES that the US Postal Service offers. It is a very good deal - you can cram as much as you can in the box and shipping is a flat $8.10. Also, the boxes are FREE from the US Post Office.

Large packages over 25 pounds probably will not get through or be greatly delayed.

2 - Use the complete military address, including the full name of the recipient.
Example...
SFC Doe, John
E/5-7 ADA (fwd)
Operation Enduring Freedom
APO AE 99999

3 - When sending to the whole unit, address the package to an individual also.
Example...
SFC Doe, John
E/5-7 ADA (fwd)
Operation Enduring Freedom
APO AE 99999

4 - Include a note to the recipient. Tell them about your support of them and your hopes of a safe return. If you are sending to the unit in general, explain that these books are a gift to the whole unit and to give them to someone else once they are finished.

It is also good to send a small care package of useful items along with your book. Click here for a recommended list.

5 - Include your return address. Packages with no valid return address will be considered a suspicious package and likely to be destroyed according to the Defense Department.

6 - Although some troops will request "anything," we have found that books on the Apocalypse or end of the world are not as well received as mystery novels for example.

7 - Do not send us a book to send to a soldier, mail it to the soldier directly.

8 - Do not send pornography. The Defense Department tells us that most troops live in an area where any type of pornography is illegal and could result in problems for the recipient.