What is the APO address to send mail to a soldier in the US Army 11th
Engineering Battallion that is now serving in Iraq.  Also, what Fort
are they out of in the US.

Hello emilyrose2-ga,

The 11th Engineer Battalion is a unit of 1st Brigade, 3d Infantry
Division (Mechanized), out of Fort Stewart, Georgia.

"11 Engineer Battalion - Jungle Cats"
Fort Stewart and Hunter Army Airfield
http://www.stewart.army.mil/Display.asp?Page=DFF01652-52F7-4F06-A198-3CAA2B7C8F0B

A press release by the Public Affairs Office of Headquarters, 3d
Infantry Division and Fort Stewart, explains how to send mail to a
soldier in the 3d Infantry Division in Kuwait.  The format for the
address is:

"RANK AND NAME
UNIT NAME
CAMP NAME (IF KNOWN)
UNIT # XXXXX
APO AE 09303-XXXX"

As you can see, the camp name is useful if known, but not essential.

Presumably you know the unit number, if the soldier belongs to a unit
that has one.  The press release explains:

"Many 3d Infantry Division (Mechanized) units now have a unit number
and a corresponding +4 APO code.  These additional address identifiers
have been assigned to allow the mail to be auto-sorted by the US
Postal Service which will speed the movement of the mail going to APO
AE 09303.  Mail without these additional identifiers must be manually
sorted which slows down delivery. I f you are sending mail to a
soldier whose unit does not have a unit number and +4 APO, send the
mail to APO AE 09303, the mail will still be processed and delivered."

"Press Release: Release No.: PR-03-069" (March 10, 2003)
Fort Stewart and Hunter Army Airfield
http://www.stewart.army.mil/Display.asp?Page=EC9631F9-C370-4352-A537-F886EE350743

If you do know the unit number, it appears that the last four (out of
the total of five) digits of that number are also the last four digits
of the +4 APO Code.  For instance, the +4 APO Code for Unit # 93119 is
09303-3119.  You can see examples of this in the following Google
search results:

"Searched the web for 11th 09303"
Google
://www.google.com/search?q=11th+09303&num=30&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&safe=off&filter=0

Incidentally, it appears that mail is still supposed to be sent to
Kuwait, rather than somewhere in Iraq.  The instructions on sending
mail to Kuwait come from a link on the Fort Stewart home page, and no
contrary instructions have been issued by the Public Affairs Office
since then.

"Home Page" [scroll down to link for "Mail to Kuwait"]
Fort Stewart and Hunter Army Airfield
http://www.stewart.army.mil/

"Press Release Home Page"
Fort Stewart and Hunter Army Airfield
http://www.stewart.army.mil/Display.asp?Page=760CC68C-717F-4BDA-B498-E92B9F3BA201

I hope that this information is helpful.

- justaskscott-ga


Search terms used on Google:

"11th engineer"
"11th engineer" stewart
11th 09303

[I also browsed the Fort Stewart web site.]

Thanks Scott.  Your answer is most helpful. The response time was great  
Emilyrose2