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I just got off the phone with the USPS hotline and forgot to ask her where I can find this info online. Troops stationed overseas are able to send First Class Mail for free (her understanding was this meant letters & postcards, not parcel). I'd like to print something out to include in my care package since I was planning to include a roll of postcard stamps to send along with postcards for them to mail to their families & friends. RAH, RAH RAH!! GO USPS!!!! |
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Google is your friend. "troops mail free" gets many results, including this one: http://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RS22203.pdf |
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This is an updated version of the info I found. Thanks. I thought someone who works at the PO might know if it's still in effect. (And if it had an easier to read quickly.) If my Google & your Google are getting the same results, I'm going with it. (And my friend was chatting with me last night -- he got an R&R day with unlimited Internet use -- and he said he thought that everyone is probably eligible but not everyone knows about it.) |
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"Members of the armed forces on duty in designated combat areas can send personal correspondence, free of postage, to addresses in the United States."
"on duty in designated combat areas" -- not all troops qualify
"personal correspondence, free of postage" -- that means letters only |
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