i knew about this a while ago

you MUST have a specific name and address for mail, any mail, to be delivered to members of the serivce.

there is a wonderful organization out there called soldiers angels that will be MORE than happy to provide you the name of a serivce member you can adopt (you must promise to write to them on a REGULAR basis AND send a care package now and again).

a shout out to my department AGAIN this year. they completed more than 1,000 holiday cards! i packed them up and mailed them to one of my adoptees (who is deployed of course) and asked him to pass the cards out to his unit.

U.S. refuses `Any Wounded Soldier' mail
Holiday Mail Addressed to `Any Wounded Soldier' Will Be Returned or Thrown Out, Pentagon Says
JAY REEVES AP News
Hundreds of thousands of holiday cards and letters thanking wounded American troops for their sacrifice and wishing them well never reach their destination. They are returned to sender or thrown away unopened. Since the Sept. 11 attacks and the anthrax scare, the Pentagon and the Postal Service have refused to deliver mail addressed simply to "Any Wounded Soldier" for fear terrorists or opponents of the war might send toxic substances or demoralizing messages.
Mail must be addressed to a specific member of the armed forces — a rule that pains some well-meaning Americans this Christmas season..........