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LT Chris Martin
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Iraq
LT Chris Martin
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(This address has been requested 5 times.) (NOTE **)
Sailor's Title: Battalion Chaplain
APO/FPO: APO AP (Note 1*)
Added here: 30 April 2009
End date: 31 Aug 2009 (Note 3*)
Contact for approx number of Males: 500, Females: 10 (Note 5*)
Unit is from: Hawaii (Note 6*)

23 Aug 2009:

Thank you so much for all the care packages during this deployment. All the items sent were greatly appreciated by all the Marines and Sailors in my unit. Your hard work in mailing your care packages allowed me to do the fun part of passing out the items. Whenever, I visited an office or unit carrying boxes, it was like Christmas morning, and I got to play Santa every time. Your sacrifice went a long way to helping us enjoy a bit of home. Thank you!

I appreciate your support during this deployment. Keep us in your prayers, we deploy again next Spring to Afghanistan.

Please don't send any more packages to my address after 31 August, they'll either get returned to you or forwarded to me in Hawaii.

Thank you!
LT Chris Martin

29 Jul 2009

Another big thank you to all of you who support our troops far from their homes. On mail day, my office fills with stacks of care packages. Some boxes are sent out on convoys to remote FOBs. And other boxes are put on shelves outside my office or in our MotorT bay. Either way, items disappear quickly.

Items most needed: snacks, freezer pops, magazines, drink mixes, cookies, sunflower seeds (many use seeds to help them stop smoking or dipping), nuts, beef jerky, and popcorn.

Thank you!
LT Chris Martin

23 Jun 2009

Thank you for the many care packages so far! We spent more of this past month traveling to the remote FOBs. Everyone has adjusted to life in Iraq well. Most guys spend their extra time working out, studying distance-learning college classes, and on the internet with loved ones back home. As the temps increase, freezer pops are the favorite items. We cant get them in the PX here on base and everyone loves a cold snack on a 120 degree day. Also, seeds, nuts, walnuts, almonds, and other healthy snacks are in demand. We receive lots of cookies in the mail, which go fast, but the Marines and Sailors need to stay fit. Another request has been for board games (Monopoly, Trivia games, Risk, etc.), dominoes, and poker chips. Big ticket requests: a set of drums, and a couple of guitars.

Thank you!
LT Chris Martin

03 Jun 2009

The care packages have started arriving, so many thanks to those who’ve sent one. I do my best to send a thank you letter to every one of you. The temperatures are starting to climb fast. The RP and I spent half of May traveling to the far reaches of Iraq to visit my unit’s Marines and Sailors on remote FOBs. All the items which I put out at the various sites disappear within a day, so your gifts are greatly needed and appreciated.

Thank you!
LT Chris Martin

30 Apr 2009
I serve as the Battalion Chaplain for a unit of Marines. The unit is the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines, an infantry unit stationed in Hawaii. This is a great place to serve and live. The majority of the unit are men. However we do have some females assigned to us. We fulfill a number of different missions which put our Marines/Sailors all over at big bases and remote FOBs. Most of the Marines have access to microwaves and small refrigerators. The living conditions on the big bases are real good. Those on the smaller FOBs are still rustic. I take care package items with me whenever I visit Marines.

Any of the following items would be great: coffee (Marines never have enough coffee), freezer pops (the temps will hit 120 degrees over the summer), magazines (all kinds, just remove your mailing address from the cover), cigars (a big favorite for the Marines), drink mixes, sun flowers seeds, snack foods, energy drinks, candy, gum, peanut butter, raman noodles, canned chicken meat, canned tuna, beef jerky, sun screen lotion (big item since summer is coming), chapstick, razors, deodorant, shaving cream, aftershave, soap, shampoo, hand sanitizer, foot powder, female toiletry items, socks (boot or athletic), Windex wipes and foam squeegees (vehicle windows get very dirty), Kleenex, movies & TV shows on DVD, games (electronic, board, travel, or card), footballs, soccer balls, Frisbees, microwave popcorn & soups, and cards (greeting, birthday, children’s, and holiday cards for Marines to send home).

We also could use Religious materials sent to us: books, devotionals, bible Study materials, magazines, DVD’s & CD’s.

A big ticket item would be guitars (electric or acoustic). Marines love to play when they find one. Also, strings and picks.

I appreciate your willingness to support our troops who are so far from home! God Bless!

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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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