Get packing: Mailing holiday gifts starts now

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Get packing: Mailing holiday gifts starts now
By Cindy Fisher, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Thursday, November 20, 2008

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — The holiday season is fast approaching and with it, military post office deadlines for sending packages back to the States by Christmas Eve.

If you want it home by Christmas without spending a fortune and waiting in long lines, it’s better to mail sooner than later.

The faster the shipping method, the more it costs, said Gunnery Sgt. Frank Kulovitz, Camp Foster’s postal finance officer.

Express is the fastest mail class, but even a simple letter sent express costs about $16.50, said Gunnery Sgt. Regina J. Waymon, the post office’s noncommissioned officer-in-charge.

"So, you can imagine what a box up to 70 pounds would cost," Waymon said.


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