Alright, so I mailed a gift to my man at the time he was in Iraq, he has since been injured and is in Germany, the last we talked he had not recieved it, how long does it usually take, by the way it was mailed from Canada, and will it be redirected to Germany...also, he mailed me a gift, it still hasn't arrived, the post office say because of the Christmas holiday's and customs it will take forever, forever being like months...Is ths typical??????and no we can't get them tracked....anyway just wondering how the mail system works....
2007-01-30 16:06:07 · 7 answers · asked by beans 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
MPS sucks. WE are stationed in germany and have more problems with the mail than we have good experiences. unless one of his firends intercepts it and fowards it to laundstule for him, it will probably just be sent back to you. And it does sound like your package is lost. The longest that i have waited on a package over here is a month. good luck.
2007-01-30 20:45:54 · answer #1 · answered by Heather D 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My husband has been deployed 3 times to 3 different places. In each place, some packages would take a week or two, others would take months. He once got a Christmas package before a Halloween one. If he is in Germany, expect the normal time to double. If there is anything in it that could be against the regulations (pork products, magazines or pictures with 'scantily clad' women-local officials could view short sleeves as inappropriate-or alcohol), he won't get it at all.
I hope he is doing fine and will be home soon!
2007-01-30 16:26:32 · answer #2 · answered by dancin thru life 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When I was in Iraq I received a package from the states in 10 days....and yet a letter once took 7 weeks. It is the vagaries of the mail system. The Army does a very good job of forwarding the troops mail, patience is the key word here...yeah I know...no one like to wait to hear from friends and family.
A suggestion? I spoke with one of the senior NCOs at the Camp Liberty post office outside Baghdad where I was located. He told me that to speed the packages along quickly simply insure the package. Even just or $25.00 (costs about $1.25) and they expedite those. They don't like to keep insured items at their location. I tried it sending packages to California and they usually arrive in less than 10 days from Iraq.
Good luck...they will arrive.
2007-01-30 17:14:40 · answer #3 · answered by iraq51 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My daughter is in Iraq and her pachages normally takes 2 weeks to get to her. As a matter of fact, her last box only took a week. I really feel the post office is doing a fantastic job. In your case, it's probably because he's been moved around quite a bit. Months and months just doesn't seem right, though. I would seriously ask the post office or someone about it. Don't you have a mail receipt?
2007-01-30 16:52:28 · answer #4 · answered by Nancy D 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
mail going to iraq sometimes takes along time. TRUST is the key word. when ever a Solider mails something from there, they have to trust that the mail personnel are doing the right thing and not taking the packages for their own personal needs. don't get me wrong, there are 99.99% of the mail clerks do the right thing. and they proabaly have a one of the hardest jobs in the war. so just be patient.
2007-01-30 16:15:22 · answer #5 · answered by trooper (canine bad citizen) 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well i dont know if this will be of much help since im talking of a totally different place...I sent my husband a card and it took him like 2 weeks to get it and he's stationed in afghanistan
2007-01-30 20:38:13 · answer #6 · answered by uhhh 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It depends on how long the package sat at his former post before they realized he was no longer there.
2007-01-30 16:18:59 · answer #7 · answered by Freddy 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋