Knowledge Base/APO FPO Shipping Help and Solutions
How long will it be before I receive my order?
Scott Kollasch
posted this on September 14, 2010 13:31
Priority Mail - Standard Transit Times (days)
Iraq: 11-13
Kuwait: 11-13
Afghanistan: 10-12
Germany: 7-9
Japan: 8-10
Korea: 8-10
Listed transit times are measured from the local post office (Anywhere, USA) to arrival at a military postal unit overseas. This transit time includes three to four days to go from the local post office to the U. S. Postal Service "gateway" (New York or San Francisco). While commercial aircraft are very consistent, there could be a large variation in transit times due to military aircraft schedules, weather, transportation and military operations in theater, or movement of a service member's unit.
Comments
I was stationed in FON Spin Boldak (Afghanistan) and I use to get my package in a timely manner. When I re-deployed back to Germany, I still continued to use the APO service, but for last 5 packages took over 3 weeks to arrive here, after I received notification that it has arrived at my "APO Box Address".
Spelling "FOB Spin Boldak"
I live in Germany. I placed two separate orders on Amazon.com and had them shipped to my APObox address. Both purchases arrived in two days, but I only received one of my packages from apoBox seven days later. I still have not received my other package though, it has been 36 days..Geesh! The tracking info only let you know when the package was picked up by USPS, nothing more. It sucks having to wait 60 days to file a claim...I'm going to see if ShipitAPO can deliver a lot quicker..
It is also impossible to get someone on the phone at apoBox. Every call goes to a voice mail.