Army Wife Connection

Updates!

We have been busy at The Connection making the site more user-friendly and adding features to make it even more entertaining for you. We have added more graphics – as you post, your graphics will change. We have mood graphics – feeling particularly down in the dumps or extra lovey and want to show it?

By popular demand, we also now feature a daily trivia game! Go head-to-head with other Connection members in the daily trivia competition.

Last but not least, we have added an Arcade! Compete with one another to achieve the highest score; the winner receives a colored crown under her username.

So stop and by and introduce yourself! We would love to welcome you as a part of our family.

Articles

The staff here at Army Wife Connection is working on compiling some tips and advice on dealing with deployments, before and after, care packages, things to stay occupied during deployments, etc.

Please contribute by submitting your ideas here:

http://armywifeconnection.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=622

If there are any other articles you would like to suggest or even write yourself, please let us know!

Welcome!

I just wanted to take a minute to say “Welcome!” to our new members. We have some ladies migrating over from our Myspace page

http://www.myspace.com/armywifeconnection

and other various areas of the internet.

It’s great to have you as a part of the Army Wife Connection family! Jump in and start posting, we won’t bite.

Don’t forget!

The United States Postal Service (USPS) will supply for free, to anyone who asks, specially packaged Priority Mail supplies for shipping “care kits” to members of the U.S. military stationed overseas. Each supply kit includes:

• 4 Priority Mail Flat-Rate “shoe box“-type shipping boxes
• 6 Priority Mail Flat-Rate “garment box“-type shipping boxes
• 10 Priority Mail labels
• 1 roll of Priority Mail tape
• 10 customs forms with envelopes

To obtain a free kit of shipping supplies, simply call the USPS’ packing supplies order line at 1-800-610-8734, select option #1 (”Express Mail, Priority Mail or Global Express Guaranteed products”), and ask a customer service agent for CAREKIT04 (or a “military kit”). You need supply only your name, address, and phone number, and they’ll get a kit off to you that should arrive within 7-10 days. (This offer includes only packing materials — senders who use these materials still have to pay the requisite postage themselves.)

The USPS also offers a “Supporting Our Troops” page on their web site with links to guidelines for packing, addressing, and shipping items to U.S. troops.

Take advantage of these programs when ever you can! Free stuff is good stuff, in my book.

NEW Flat Rate Box

NEW! Flat Rate Box

Just a few days ago, the USPS announced the release of a new, larger flat-rate box along with a military discount. According to the news release, the new Priority Mail Large Flat-Rate Box (12″ x 12″ x 5½”) can be used for both domestic and international shipments. Domestic shipping for the new box will cost $12.95. There will be a version of the box that is specifically for the military and will cost $2 less if shipped to an Army Post Office (APO) or Fleet Post Office (FPO).

For more details, view the USPS News Release here: http://www.usps.com/communications/newsroom/2008/pr08_002.htm