Is there a way to get a letter to an Army soldier overseas when you don't know what base they are at?

My best friend and a person I love very much was deployed last month. Called out of inactive ready reserve with only 3 days warning, he barely had time to even call me and had no idea where they were really sending him, but it had something to do with Iraq and Iran. I know he can't call or check email, and I would really like to write him letters so he knows I'm thinking about him. Even if they don't get to him for months, it would make me feel better to be able to send them. It was really a shock, being that he wasn't active for over 6 years, is 36 and served in the first Gulf War... I haven't seen him in over 2 eyars and now I worry that I may never get to again. This is the first person I know to go overseas so I had no idea how hard it is.





Does anyone know a way to get letters to deployed Army personel when you don't have a base address? I would really appreciate anyone that has any ideas.

Is there a way to get a letter to an Army soldier overseas when you don't know what base they are at?
You actually wouldn't be writing to a base over there. Just to an FPO-AE address. Probably the only way, unless you know his family, is if he writes you first. The military is pretty strict about giving out that kind of information. They protect them. My husband can't even tell me over the phone or on the computer where he's at, or what dates he's coming home. And letters don't take nearly that long to get to them!! I send my husband packages, and they take less than a week to arrive.


If you manage to get his address, I would recommend setting up an account on www.motomail.us. You can type out letters to him on there. They get printed up and delivered to him within 24-48 hours. I've found it to be the quickest way to get my husband a message. I send him my work schedule every week that way so he'll know the best times to contact me. Though he's in Iraq, we chit chat on instant messenger all the time and use a web cam so we can see each other.





Good Luck!
Reply:sorry with out the address to him , theres no way to send him any thing...just keep writing letters and save them so you can give to him later....i have boyfriend over seas right now and i uderstand that those letters are inportant....he will call you and dont for get to ask him for the address
Reply:Contact your congressperson...they have a staff that is specifically employed to answer such questions.





PS Service personnel do have access to email...so if you can email him...you're golden.
Reply:If you have his full name, rank, social security number, and branch of service the American Red Cross can find out a mailing address for the unit he is deployed with. If you have the name of the unit he is deployed with it becomes even easier. His parents/relatives should have those tidbits of information.
Reply:I'm going to take a WILD stab. I he's your BEST FRIEND, then you should know his parents. ASK THEM.


If he's your BEST FRIEND, why haven't you seen him in OVER 2 YEARS?
Reply:The more information you have the better the chances that you can locate him. If you know his local unit, call them and ask for a mailing address. Or just try a local reserve unit. If you have his social security number, your chances of success are even greater.





Don't count out email. If he was mobilized last month, he may still be at a mobilization station here in the U.S. and may have access. Additionally, many of the FOBs in Iraq and the bases in Afghanistan have internet cafes, so he may have greater access than you think.





Good luck.

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