Subject: Please Protect Military Care Packages

Dear [Representative/Senator] [Last Name],

I am writing to ask for your help in protecting care packages sent to our service members overseas.

Recently, USPS began strictly enforcing international customs rules on military and diplomatic mail (APO/FPO/DPO). These rules have existed for years, but were buried in postal regulations, rarely enforced, and never clearly communicated. Now, families and nonprofits are seeing shipments returned, delayed, or rejected without warning. Even postal officials have struggled to explain the sudden changes.

This matters because:

Families lose confidence that their packages are reaching loved ones.

Nonprofits like Operation Shoebox lose thousands of dollars in wasted postage and supplies.

Most importantly, our troops may go without the support that care packages provide.

I urge you to work with USPS and the Department of Defense to:

Ensure that military mail rules are clearly communicated and consistently applied.

Reduce unnecessary administrative burdens on families and nonprofits.

Improve accountability so packages can be confirmed as received.

Our service members deserve to know that the support sent from home will reliably reach them.

Thank you for your attention to this important issue.

Sincerely,
[Your Full Name]
[Your City, State]