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Cpl Christopher E. Ostrander
- U. S. Marines -
Iraq
Cpl Christopher E. Ostrander
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(This address has been requested 0 times.) (NOTE **)
APO/FPO: FPO AE (Note 1*)
Added here: 28 February 2005
End date: 02 Jul 2005 (Note 3*)
Contact for approx number of Males: 10, Females: 1 (Note 5*)
Unit is from: (Note 6*)

Note: Cpl Christopher E. Ostrander was dropped from this list on 23 May 2005 due to 60 days of no contact.

24 Mar 2005:
   I want to thank everyone who has sent my Marines and myself stuff out here. Your support is what keeps us going. We come into work for 12hrs at a time and we always look forward to mail call. Thanks to your packages we are better prepared and have higher spirits. The season is changing and it is becoming hot here so our needs are changing. We need things like fly traps, insect repelant, citrinella candles for when we are welding outside, sunglasses,and green underarmour shirts if possible(small to x-large). As far as the tobaco products my guys smoke newports and marlboros, and some dip copenhagen and skoal straight.   We always appreciate snacks and anything else you want to send. If you have already sent something THANK YOU and sorry we havent responded to everyone but mission tempo is very high.   Thank you again for all you do.   GOD BLESS YOU ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
                                                               Cpl Ostrander and the Marines of Mals-26 Weld shop

05 Mar 2005
This is Cpl Ostrander i have a picture of some of the Marines in my shop.   Two Marines were on duty so they did not get to be in the picture sorry. I would like people to know that I am an aviation welder. I work on all aircraft in the Marine Corps. I am also a metal smith, so our hands are always dirty with grease and cuts. so some lava soap would be great. i appreciate the help and thank you. hope the picture is what you needed.


28 Feb 2005
I am a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. I am stationed in Al Asad Iraq. My unit is from Cherry Point N.C. We are here in support of OIF II and III. We have been in country for over two months. We live in buildings that belonged to the Iraqis. We have power supplied by generators. The only means of cooking we have is a microwave. We would appreciate any kind of American snack food you would like to send.(such as candy, chips, cookies, and crackers)Many of the guys in my unit like to read so new magazines and books that they are not in country for the release of would be appreciated. There is also a need for tobacoo products out here. I relize many people dont believe in this but the support would be unbelievable. We also have one T.V. and a X-box. We send our love and reasure you that we are getting the job done. Thanks for all you support.   

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(NOTE *): Effective 1 May 2006 this web site added a major layer of security to our contacts' information. This change is necessary to protect our troops and ensure that Any Soldier will continue to operate.
The ONLY changes are that the addresses of our contacts are now hidden and the number of addresses you can get are limited. You may obtain addresses simply by clicking on the link provided and correctly filling out the form, the address will then be emailed to you immediately.

(NOTE **): The number shown is how many times a form was submitted requesting this address. This does NOT necessarily mean that this contact will be helped by that many folks. Rule of thumb is that anything 5 requests or less may in fact be no support at all. No way to tell exactly unless the contact lets you know in his/her update how much support they are getting.

(Note 1.): Note that postage to APO AE and FPO AE (E = Europe) is only to NY where the connection to the APO/FPO (APO = Army Post Office)(FPO = Fleet Post Office) is, or to San Francisco for APO AP and FPO AP (P = Pacific), so you don't pay postage all the way to Iraq/Afghanistan. You might consider picking contacts closer to your mailing area to help cut the cost of mailing. If you live on the East Coast, pick "AE", West Coast, pick "AP", Midwest, well...uh, Thank You for your Support! ;)

New with us (December 2005) you might notice "APO AA" and "FPO AA". This is for units in the Caribbean/South America. Normally. However, due to the nature of some units they may be in Iraq but have an address showing "FPO AA". Mail addresses to "AA" goes out of Miami, Florida.

(Note 2.): Why are military addresses weird? There isn't a street address or city. What gives? Correct, just about everything about the military is weird to civilians. Military units are very mobile, they move around a lot, often they even become part of another unit. The APO (Army Post Office) and FPO (Fleet Post Office) assign APO and FPO numbers as needed, they are NOT static. An APO/FPO number may be for a large unit, or a location. An APO/FPO number for Baghdad today may be for Frankfurt tomorrow.

(Note 3.): The "Expect to not mail past" date is only an approximate and is one of the least reliable things on this web site. It is because of this that you must check often before you send anything to this unit. There are a few reasons this date is not reliable, to include: it IS the Military, we ARE dealing with the APO/FPO/DPO. The only thing that does not change in the military is that things will change. PLEASE NOTE that a Contact is dropped off our active list 30 days PRIOR to their date leaving to help avoid mail bouncing.

(Note 4.): (Removed for OPSEC reasons)

(Note 5.): The lines, "Contact with approx number of Soldiers:" and "Approx how may Female Soldiers:" have NOTHING to do with unit strength. They are approximately how many other Troops the Contacts believe they can get packages to. This helps you understand that you should not send 100 packages to someone who only deals with 10 Troops.
Don't forget that if your package is for a female Soldier, be sure to change "ATTN: Any Soldier®" to "ATTN: Any Female Soldier".

( Note 6.): This is simply where the unit this contact is from. This is NOT a true picture of the folks in the unit as most all units are made up of folks from all over the United States.) A "Composite Unit" is one made up of other units and is usually temporary for a particular mission.

( Note 7.): Updated APO/FPO/DPO mailing restrictions> courtesy of Oconus.com (gone now) (Note: About Restriction "U2": "U2 - Limited to First Class Letters", Box "R" is for retired personnel that live overseas and are still authorized an APO/FPO box. Their address will be something like Box 3345R. Doubt you will see anything like that in Afghanistan or Iraq or ...)(Please Note: Sometime in August 2013, Oconus.com changed the code on their page and our form doesn't work with them anymore, so a link to their page is the best we can do, sorry.)


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