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SSgt Ryan D. Housler
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Iraq
SSgt Ryan D. Housler
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Marine's Title: Embark Chief
APO/FPO: FPO AP (Note 1*)
Added here: 08 October 2004
End date: 30 Dec 2004 (Note 3*)
Contact for approx number of Males: 80, Females: 10 (Note 5*)
Unit is from: (Note 6*)

29 Jan 2005:
You are correct in my departing back to the United States. Thank you for posting me on your website. It has made some good pen pals, and care packages helped to keep the moral of our unit high during our deployment.

Thanks Again
SSgt Housler


17 Jan 2005
I just wanted to let you know that the last day for people to send us care packages will be 01 Feb 05. We are almost done with our deployment. About 45 days left or so. Thank you for all of your hard work getting us thru this deployment by having pen pals and care packages brighten the moral of our squadron.

SSgt R.Housler


03 Jan 2005


22 Dec 2004
Thank you all for supporting us during our deployment to Iraq. We have been receiving a lot of care packages and have been giving our excess to the CASVAC that flies out to the ground guys in the field since I do not know if they receive much mail or care packages due to their mobility. The DVD's have been donated to our recreation tent and are able to be checked out for Marines to watch. We are past the halfway mark in our deployment here and are thinking about our return. As I am going thru the items that we need in the care packages. I was reminded that we are in need of different colors of duct tape. Our goal is 20 rolls of each color (Red, White, Blue, and Yellow). This will be very valuable for our return. By having the different colors we can ensure that our baggage does not get lost during the trip back to California.

Best Wishes and Happy Holidays
Staff Sergeant Ryan D. Housler


28 Nov 2004
When I registered onto the website I did not expect much, just a few things here and there. I am amazed how many people send things to us and show there support for what we are doing out here. We are here because we volunteered to join the military and that was our choice. And to see how many people support us shows me that my choice to join the military was a good one. Not just for me but it may change other peoples mind about joining the military. Or is it the fact that we are here actually doing something about it and speaking with actions instead of only with our voices. Thank you for supporting us and what we do.

It gives me a good feeling to give my guys a care package that someone has sent to us. For them, most of them do not receive very much mail. So it really means a lot to them to receive a gift from someone they do not even know. I urge them to write back but due to them being busy and working 12-14 hours a day I know it is hard and so I try to at least send a little note saying that the care package was received and thank you.

It is starting to get colder here. And the windy season is coming in. This deployment is almost half over and the Marines are staying high spirited and working hard to keep our helicopters flying and completing their missions.

Most of the Marines have access to a DVD player so they can watch movies on there off time. We have a library of DVDs started and the collection is starting to grow. We have a tent just for our squadron. It is our recreation tent. Movies, games, and a large collection of books are for the Marines to use when they are not at work. We have been sending many care packages to our small deployment at a small place in Iraq. They have a Playstation 2 and DVD player as well. We are looking good on hygiene items. But we can always use baby wipes, so keep those coming. The water supply out here is not very reliable. Beef jerky, Oatmeal, Trail mixes, and other goodies are always welcome. Thank you all for supporting us.

Keep believing in your country and it will take care of you.

Best Wishes
Staff Sergeant Ryan D. Housler


09 Oct 2004
Sorry the correct zip is FPO AP 96426-2065

SSgt Housler


08 Oct 2004
My name is SSgt Ryan D Housler. I am part of Helo Marine Light Attack squadron 367 or HMLA-367. We are a squadron of UH-1N and AH-1W helicopters. We are here to provide support for the troops on the ground. Wether it is providing support for convoys or actually dishing out fire to cover our infantry brothers in combat. We are here to support our ground forces. We also fly escorts for other various missions like medicav. We live in tents, the tents have 220v and we use converters to change to 110v. There are a few microwaves around our squadron. We have a small laundry service. Some of the items we would like to find in the care packages are. Magizines, Books, Hygiene items, variety of Mixed nuts, Beef jerky, Powdered drink mixes. Hard Candies, Gum, baby wipes, Music CD's, Hot sauce or meat seasonings, Black pens and Black permentant markers. Or anything else that you might like to send us. What ever you do send it will be greatly appreciated. We at HMLA-367 thank you for your 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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