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CPO Randy Hoffman
- U. S. Navy -
Iraq
CPO Randy Hoffman
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(This address has been requested 0 times.) (NOTE **)
Sailor's Title: Chaplain Department Chief
APO/FPO: FPO AP (Note 1*)
Added here: 16 January 2008
End date: 07 Jun 2008 (Note 3*)
Contact for approx number of Males: 24, Females: 2 (Note 5*)
Unit is from: California (Note 6*)
We welcome Chief Hoffman back!! His old page is HERE

Note: CPO Randy Hoffman was dropped from this list on 07 Jul 2008 due to 60 days of no contact.

08 May 2008:

Hello America!

Five months down and seven to go....whew!! Thankfully the temperatures haven't been rising too much. Thank you so much for all the support, letters, pictures, and packages...please keep them coming :-) The Chaplain and I are pushing and taking care of the troops, and it's been great to hand out letters and care package items. The snack items and popcorn have been really well recieved by a lot of our convoy troops. These folks work long hard off-hours; and a nice munchie from the states during the long convoys is not only good for the stomach but a little reminder of people like you are praying and thinking of them!

Appreciated items are: nuts and healthy snacks, micro popcorn, instant tea packs, used DVDs.

Take care, and thank you again for the support!!

-Chief Randy Hoffman


10 Mar 2008
Hey All,
Two months down and twelve to go...whew! We'll get there. Thank you for all the support of letters and packages...it's been great. The Chaplain and I have been extensively traveling across Iraq's Wild Wild West and it's been great visiting America's finest. We've been happily handing out all the goodies that have been sent, and we're glad to continue packing up the letters and things onto the helocopters for our travels. A lot of folks have been asking for phone cards and cigars....the troops would love em'. Also it's been great hearing from fellow musicians from around the country. I've decided to put together a Camp Music Festival every couple months to keep up the morale...I'll keep ya posted. Our first one will be mid-April, and I"ll be sure to take and post a picture or two of the performances. Thanks again everybody!!!!

-Chief Randy Hoffman


16 Jan 2008
Hello All,
I just arrived for my second year long tour here in Iraq. I was blessed with anysailor.com in 2006, and looking forward to support again this year. Our living conditions are getting better all the time, but still not like "home". Still have 220 electricty, few food choices, but we have a fridge and microwave in our workcenter. We're the ministry team of I Marine Expeditionary Force and have access to provide for hundreds outside our workcenter. I'm an Navy Chief originally from Jupiter, Florida now stationed in Camp Pendleton, California. I enjoy playing music (guitar/banjo), yoga, and rugby :-). I have a couple big walls I'd love to put up support pictures, etc. Some specific items that would be nice:
white tube socks
fitness and other magazines/comics
used DVD's
micro popcorn
dried fruit/nuts
Chai and other healthy teas

Thanks for your patriotism and support!!

-Chief Randy Hoffman

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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.

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(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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