# A small break for family and friends of overseas military folk

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-small-break-for-family-and-friends-of-overseas-military-folk/366170>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 26, 2006, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-small-break-for-family-and-friends-of-overseas-military-folk/366170 "2006-07-26T23:11:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2006, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-small-break-for-family-and-friends-of-overseas-military-folk/366170/1 "2006-07-26T23:11:56Z")

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I just saw[this](http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/nothing/militarykit.asp) on Snopes, so it verified for real.

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> The USPS has a program for military family members and friends to supply them with packaging materials to send packages to troops overseas. If you call 1-800-610-8734 and select option # 1, Ask them for the “Military pack” they will send you boxes, tape, packaging materials and labels. They will also give you an I.D. number so if your supply runs low, you just call them up and they’ll send you more supplies. The materials take about four to ten days to receive. I Don’t know if any of you have mailed any packages lately, but if you go to mail box etc., they will charge you for the box, tape, peanuts, labels and everything else the can think of! After a while, those charges start to add up!

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**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2006, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-small-break-for-family-and-friends-of-overseas-military-folk/366170/2 "2006-07-26T23:22:46Z")

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Wow, good on them. That’s a wonderful thing to do for military families. Don’t they also have a program where, if you use a certain box, you can ship it anywhere in the world for $7 or something?

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**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2006, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-small-break-for-family-and-friends-of-overseas-military-folk/366170/3 "2006-07-27T01:26:59Z")

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The Canadian military will ship packages for free to their servicemen overseas. Contact your local FRC office and they’ll take care of it for you.