One group out near Baqubah can get mail in about 1 wk....another closer to Baghdad about the same....this last group I've picked up will be an experiment. My other guys who are the IED techs who ' dig' up the bombs are on about a 1wk turn around time also.
This last ' bunch' I've claimed are a tactical force near Pakistan and there's only 4 guys and they have no PX....nothing. So we'll see how long that mail takes. I'm not sending anything microwaveable as of yet ( just snacks and muchies etc) until we can make better contact and conversation. They really wanted personal items.....told me " we stink!!"

. So, I' ve also got them a " look pretty, smell good" box on the way.
The guys tell me that it really just depends on how the planes are flying and scheduled and that in relation to their location, it's kind of a crap shoot either way.
Honestly, 90% of them just want letters and contact. A buddy of mine who is Col. now told me that a lot of those kids don't gt even letters from home and when someone does get a letter, etc it gets read about 30 times by EVERYONE!!! So, just write some notes, send some cards...that's easy and cheap and seems to mean a WHOLE lot to the folks on the other end.