All military addresses should be formatted as outlined below and contain the APO/FPO/DPO designation as the "City", along with a two character "State" abbreviation of AE, AP or AA and the Zip Code.
Orders with any of these addresses can only ship via USPS, FedEx SmartPost (which uses USPS for last mile).
For example:
Army/Air Post Office (APO)
PFC JOHN DOE
PSC 3 BOX 4120
APO AE 09021
Fleet Post Office (FPO)
SEAMAN JOSEPH SMITH
UNIT 100100 BOX 4120
FPO AP 96691
Diplomatic Post Office (DPO)
JOHN ADAMS
UNIT 8400 BOX 0000
DPO AE 09498-0048
The City will always be one of the following:
APO (Air/Army Post Office)
FPO (Fleet Post Office)
DPO (Diplomatic Post Office)
The State will be one of the following:
AA (Armed Forces of the Americas, excluding Canada)
AE (Armed Forces of Europe, Middle East, Africa and Canada)
AP (Armed Forces of the Pacific)
Address Format for (APO/FPO) Military Mail Going to a Dependent
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Mail addressed to dependents must include the following:
- Full name (includes first name, middle name or initial, and last names)
- C / O full name (includes first name, middle name or initial, and last name)
- "OPC", "UPR", "UNIT”, “CPR”, or “PSC” and number; and box number assigned
- APO or FPO (“city”) designation and the appropriate two-letter AA, AE, or AP (“state”) abbreviation followed by the ZIP Code™ or ZIP+4® Code number.
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Address Format for Sending Mail to a Diplomatic Post Office (DPO)
- Effective January 18, 2009 the Postal Service makes a distinction between diplomatic overseas mail and military mail.
- A Diplomatic Post Office (DPO) is a designated USPS® civilian Post Office™ location that falls under the jurisdiction of the postmaster of either New York City or San Francisco. These facilities are operated and managed by the Department of State to serve overseas personnel at American embassies and consulates. DPO is the preferred name for mail addressed to Department of State overseas offices.
- Customers shipping items to a DPO address in a Priority Mail® large flat-rate box will pay the same price for the Priority Mail large flat-rate box as for a box shipped to an APO/FPO address.
With this change, DPO last line address information must contain the DPO designation and the appropriate two-letter state abbreviation (AA, AE, or AP), followed by the ZIP+4® or 5-digit ZIP Code™ number.
- Look up a ZIP Code™ in the APO/FPO/DPO Restrictions Tool.
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