American field post in the Cold War
The article American Field Post in the Cold War provides an overview of the mail supply to the US armed forces, soldiers and their families overseas. The lemma supplements the page Territorial Organization of the US Armed Forces in Germany ; It also lists the American Military Post Offices (MPO) in the United States European Command (USEUCOM) and extends to the Middle East and North Africa . The postal organization mirrors the military organization and thus gives an overview of the US military engagement in Western Europe . At the same time, numerous MPOs also served the US diplomatic missions; Interesting in this context is the connection of the embassy in Moscow to the control post office Rhein Main Air Base ( Frankfurt ) and the embassy in Helsinki to Lindsey AIr Station ( Wiesbaden ).
Legal basis and fees
At the outset, it should be noted that during this period, all states regarded mail transport as a state act of sovereignty - in the Federal Republic of Germany there was a Federal Postal Ministry until 1997 and the post office staff were usually civil servants - and it seemed unthinkable for a foreign state to transport military service mail to entrust. Therefore, the "Supplementary Agreement to the Agreement between the Parties of the North Atlantic Treaty on the Legal Status of their Troops with regard to the Foreign Troops Stationed in the Federal Republic of Germany" ( NATO Troop Statute of 1951) of August 3, 1959 legally regulated the procedure already practiced from the beginning of the stationing.
In principle, the military post of the stationing state had the right to send mail within and outside the federal territory or to use the military post of another stationing power. The exchange with the Deutsche Bundespost took place via fixed post offices . The relatives, the so-called "military entourage", were free to use the military mail. Business mail was free of charge, private mail to the USA and Germany had to be franked in US dollars at the applicable domestic rate .
Territorial organization
The territorial organization of the European area for postal purposes after the massive reinforcement of the US armed forces as a result of the “ Korean shock ” from 1951 was based on the one hand on the state borders, on the other hand on the borders of the army's command areas. This applies in particular to Germany, which is still under the occupation regime, and to the supply route for US troops through France . The American Zone in Germany included Headquarters Area Command Heidelberg, Northern Area Command (Frankfurt and Würzburg areas ), Southern Area Command ( Stuttgart , Nuremberg and Munich areas ) and Bremen Enclave as well as Wiesbaden Area Command for the US Air Force . Western Area Command comprised the stationing area in the Palatinate and Rheinhessen , which, according to a Franco-American agreement, suggested by the French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman at the conference of the Council of Foreign Ministers in New York in September 1950, signed by the High Commissioners and Commander in Chief in Remagen on March 2 1951, captured by US forces. The agreement allowed US troops to be stationed in the northern French zone west of the Rhine and south of the Bingen - Idar-Oberstein line , with the exception of the Saar . In return, French troops were stationed in the American Zone. Rhineland-Palatinate belonged to Western Area Command in the east ( Kaiserslautern , Ramstein ) and to the French Zone of Germany in the west ( Bitburg ). With the simultaneous relocation of the main supply route from Bremerhaven to the French Atlantic coast, US troops were also stationed in France. They were subordinate to the commander of the "Communications Zone" (COMZ) in Orléans and were divided into a base section and an advance section, with the exception of the Paris area with the NATO headquarters in Camp des Loges, Marly-le-Roi and Fontainebleau . The individual areas were given a one- or two-digit code:
| Area Code | area | Area Code | area | Area Code | area |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | British Zone of Germany | 11 | Netherlands | 40 | Western Area Command |
| 2 | French Zone of Germany | 12 | Norway | 50 | Berlin Command |
| 3 | Russian Zone of Germany | 14th | Spain | 60 | Bremen enclave |
| 4th | Headquarters Area Command Heidelberg | 17th | Greece | 65 | Enroute to CONUS |
| 5 | Wiesbaden Area Command | 18th | Turkey | 71 | Orléans installation USAREUR COMZ |
| 6th | Belgium | 19th | Middle East | 72 | Base Section USAREUR COMZ |
| 7th | Denmark | 20th | Northern Area Command | 73 | Advance Section USAREUR COMZ |
| 8th | England | 30th | Southern Area Command | 74 | His Area Command USAREUR COMZ |
| 10 | Italy |
Worldwide, the American field post was organized according to four gates to the world (gateways), which also formed the first two digits of the five-digit military postcodes (ZIP code):
| Gateway code | Gateway | Gateway code | Gateway | Gateway code | Gateway | Gateway code | Gateway |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09XXX | new York | 34XXX | Miami | 96XXX | San Francisco | 98XXX | Seattle |
The last three digits were formed from the actual number of the Military Post Office (MPO), different for the armed forces, namely:
- APO (Army and Air Force Post Office) for US land and air forces ( Army , Air Force )
- FPO (Fleet Post Office) for US Naval Forces ( Navy , Marine Corps , Coast Guard ).
The separation according to armed forces is consistently recognizable as a central criterion of the organization.
American Field Post Offices 1990
The list contains all field post offices whose code begins with "09", which means that they were connected to the world via New York. It is arranged according to the parent military post offices established by the US Department of Defense and reflects the status of 1990. A comparison with a list from 1955 shows an extensive continuity of the offices and their numbering, especially for the area of the Federal Republic of Germany.
| Routing post office | APO | Area Code | TSK | Location | Military facility | Remarks | Extended jurisdiction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| APO 09009 Ramstein | 09009 | 40 | Air Force | Ramstein | Ramstein AB (South Side) | HQs USAFE, 4ATAF | |
| APO 09011 Brunssum | 09011 | 11 | Army | Brunssum (NL) | HQ AFCENT | APO 11 before 1966 for AFCENT Fontainebleau | Custodial Teams Dellbrück, Düren-Drove, Geilenkirchen, Hinsbeck and Heerlen (NL) |
| 09080 | 1 | Army | bad Godesberg | American Embassy | 1960/1986 Exchange point with Bundespost: 5300 Bad Godesberg (Bonn 2) | Bonn | |
| 09145 | 11 | Army | Maastricht (NL) | Mobile unit | |||
| APO 09012 Ramstein | 09012 | 40 | Air Force | Ramstein | Ramstein AB (North Side) | Nuclear custody. USAFE, 1986. WS3 | |
| 09094 | 40 | Air Force | Ramstein | Ramstein AB (North Side) | 1986 Exchange point with Bundespost: 4720 Ramstein-Miesenbach 3 | ||
| APO 09017 Taif | 09017 | 19th | Air Force | Taif (SA) | 4401 Air Postal Squadron Det 1 OLAB | ||
| APO 09019 Livorno | 09019 | 10 | Army | Leghorn / Livorno (IT) | Camp Darby | USA Hospital Leghorn | |
| APO 09021 capon | 09021 | 40 | Air Force | Kaiserslautern-Vogelweh | Kapon Air Station | APO 21 before 1966 for La Rochelle (Charente-Maritime) (FR). HQ 7025th Air Postal Squadron | |
| APO 09023 Thule AFB | 09023 | Air Force | Thule (GL) | Thule Air Force Base | |||
| APO 09028 Coleman | 09028 | 4th | Army | Sandhofen | Coleman Barracks | ||
| 09056 | 40 | Army | Worms | Taukkunen Barracks | 1968/1986 Exchange point with Bundespost: 6520 Worms (Worms 2) | ||
| 09058 | 40 | Army | Worms | Taukkunen Barracks | Before 1966 APO 58 for HQ USACOMZEUR, Orléans (Loiret) | ||
| 09086 | 4th | Army | Käfertal | Sullivan Barracks | |||
| 09166 | 4th | Army | Mannheim | Spinelli Barracks | |||
| APO 09034 Baumholder | 09034 | 40 | Army | Baumholder | HD Smith Barracks | Birkenfeld, Hoppstädten, Neubrücke Army Hospital, Reitscheid TAC Site | |
| 09322 | 40 | Army | Idar-Oberstein | Strasbourg barracks | Nahbollenbach | ||
| APO 09036 Wuerzburg | 09036 | 20th | Army | Wurzburg | Leighton Barracks | HQ 3rd Infantry Division | |
| 09031 | 20th | Army | Kitzingen | Harvey Barracks | |||
| 09047 | 20th | Army | Wertheim | Peden Barracks | Hardheim TAC site | ||
| 09182 | 20th | Army | Gable City | Gable City | |||
| 09701 | 20th | Army | Kitzingen | Larson Barracks | |||
| 09801 | 20th | Army | Wurzburg | Faulenburg barracks | 1960/1986 Exchange point with Bundespost: 8700 Würzburg (Würzburg 1) | ||
| APO 09038 Riyadh | 09038 | 19th | Air Force | Riyadh (SA) | 4401 Air Postal Squadron Det 1 OLAA | ||
| 09041 | 19th | Air Force | Riyadh (SA) | ELF ONE | |||
| 09671 | 19th | Air Force | Khamis Mushayt (SA) | 4401 Air Postal Squadron Det 1 OLAD | |||
| APO 09039 Drake | 09039 | 20th | Army | Frankfurt | Drake Barracks | HQ 3rd Armored Division ("Drake Divisional") | |
| 09045 | 20th | Army | Kirch-Göns | Ayers barracks | |||
| 09074 | 20th | Army | Friedberg | Ray Barracks | |||
| 09076 | 20th | Army | Büdingen | Armstrong Barracks | |||
| 09077 | 20th | Army | Butzbach | Castle barracks | |||
| 09091 | 20th | Army | Gelnhausen | Coleman Barracks | |||
| APO 09055 SHAPE | 09055 | 6th | Army | SHAPE Casteau (BE) | NATO HQ | APO 55 before 1966 for SHAPE Marly-le-Roi (Seine-et-Oise) | |
| 09088 | 6th | Army | Chièvres (BE) | Chièvres Air Base | |||
| 09777 | 74 | Army | Paris (FR) | American Embassy | |||
| APO 09057 Rhein-Main | 09057 | 20th | Air Force | Rhine-Main | Rhein Main Air Base | "Gateway to Europe" | Ruesselsheim |
| 09008 | 20th | Air Force | Frankfurt | Niederrad | Soviet Military Mission | ||
| 09060 | 20th | Air Force | Frankfurt | Frankfurt (Aerial Mail Terminal) | Det 1 / 7025th Air Postal Squadron | ||
| 09064 | 20th | Air Force | Rhine-Main | Coronet team | |||
| 09090 | 20th | Army | Rödelheim | Rödelheim | INF Ordnance Facility | ||
| 09097 | 20th | Air Force | Rhine-Main | Rhein Main Air Base | |||
| 09212 | 20th | Army | Rhine-Main | 21 Replacement Bn Rhein Main AB | |||
| 09862 | Air Force | Moscow (RU) | American Embassy | ||||
| APO 09069 Bremerhaven | 09069 | 60 | Army | Bremerhaven | Carl Schurz | 1960/1986 exchange point with Bundespost: 2850 Bremerhaven | Custodial teams Adelheide, Barme, Barnstorf, Delmenhorst, Dornum, Dünsen, Fritzlar, Hohenkirchen, Itzehoe, Kellinghusen, Nienburg, Rodenkirchen, Sögel, Varrelbusch, Wagenfeld, Wiesmoor as well as EU to US, Enroute to CONUS (1955) |
| 09215 | 1 | Army | Hamburg | Hamburg (Aerial Mail Terminal) | Before 1966 APO 215 for Bussac-la-Lande (Dordogne) | ||
| 09216 | 1 | Army | Helmstedt-Wobeck | Helmstedt-Wobeck | Before 1966 APO 216 for Metz (Moselle) | ||
| 09354 | 1 | Army | Flensburg | From Briesen barracks | Nuclear custody | ||
| 09355 | 1 | Army | Garlstedt | Lucius Clay Barracks | 1986 Exchange point with the Bundespost: 2860 Osterholz-Scharmbeck | ||
| APO 09072 Nörvenich | 09072 | 1 | Air Force | Kerpen | Norvenich Air Station | Nuclear custody. USAFE, 1986. WS3 | |
| APO 09075 Burtonwood | 09075 | 8th | Army | Burtonwood (Lancashire, 1974 Cheshire) (UK) | Reserve Store Activity | Until 1955 APO 124 | |
| APO 09082 Offenbach | 09082 | 20th | Army | Offenbach | 228th AG Co (US Army Postal Group) | Bieberer Strasse. "Largest Army Post Office in the World" | |
| 09743 | 20th | Army | Frankfurt | Casual Mail Directory | 1960/1986 exchange point with Bundespost: 6000 Frankfurt (Main), 1986 Frankfurt 3 for letters, Frankfurt 4 for parcels | ||
| APO 09083 RAF Uxbridge | 09083 | 8th | Air Force | London (UK) | RAF Uxbridge | ||
| APO 09085 Oslo | 09085 | 12 | Air Force | Oslo (NO) | American Embassy | ||
| 09084 | 12 | Air Force | Kolsas (NO) | Kolsas Air Station | HQ AFNORTH | ||
| 09170 | 7th | Air Force | Copenhagen (DA) | American Embassy | |||
| 09870 | 7th | Air Force | Karup (DA) | NATO | HQ BALTAP | ||
| APO 09102 Heidelberg | 09102 | 4th | Army | Heidelberg | Patton Barracks | HQ USAREUR and Seventh Army | Custodial Team Philippsburg |
| 09007 | 4th | Army | Heidelberg | Römerstrasse - Famila Center | |||
| 09063 | 4th | Army | Heidelberg | Campbell Barracks | 1960/1986 Exchange point with Bundespost: 6900 Heidelberg (Heidelberg 1) | ||
| 09081 | 4th | Army | Schwetzingen | Tompkins Barracks | |||
| 09099 | 4th | Army | Heidelberg | Campbell Barracks | HQ CENTAG | ||
| 09333 | 4th | Army | Seckenheim | Hammond Barracks | HQ AMF | Rhine River | |
| 09403 | 4th | Army | Heidelberg | Campbell Barracks | |||
| APO 09104 Geilenkirchen | 09104 | 1 | Air Force | Geilenkirchen | Geilenkirchen Site | Custodial Team Pershing | |
| APO 09108 Munich | 09108 | 30th | Army | Munich | Haidenauplatz 5A | Dachau, Fuessen | |
| 09029 | 30th | Army | Berchtesgaden | Strub barracks | |||
| 09050 | 30th | Army | Bad Tölz | Flint barracks | Before 1950 HQ 1st Infantry Div (APO 1). APO 1 for Reggio Calabria | Lenggries | |
| 09053 | 30th | Army | Garmisch | Sheridan Barracks | |||
| 09098 | 30th | Army | Bad Aibling | Bad Aibling Field Station | Telecommunication and electronic reconnaissance station | Murnau | |
| 09172 | 30th | Army | Oberammergau | NATO School | |||
| 09184 | 30th | Army | Munich | McGraw Barracks | 1960/1986 exchange point with Bundespost: 8000 Munich (Munich 80, 1987 Munich 90) | ||
| 09245 | 30th | Army | Munich | McGraw Barracks | |||
| 09407 | 30th | Army | Munich | McGraw Barracks | Deggendorf, Neubiberg | ||
| APO 09109 Hahn AB | 09109 | 40 | Air Force | Lautzenhausen | Hahn Air Base | Nuclear custody. USAFE, 1986. WS3 | |
| 09122 | 40 | Air Force | Lautzenhausen | Hahn Air Base | Before 1966 APO 122 for Verdun (Meuse) | ||
| APO 09111 Bad Kreuznach | 09111 | 40 | Army | Bad Kreuznach | Rose Barracks | HQ 8th Infantry Division. Until 1955 APO 42. 1960/1986 exchange point with Federal Post Office: 6550 Bad Kreuznach | Finthen, Wackernheim |
| 09110 | 40 | Army | Dexheim | Dexheim Military Community | |||
| 09185 | 40 | Army | Mainz | Lee Barracks | |||
| 09252 | 40 | Army | Bad Kreuznach | Bad Kreuznach Hospital | Bingen, Dichtelbach TAC Site | ||
| APO 09114 7th ATC | 09114 | 30th | Army | Grafenwohr | 65th AG Det (US Army Postal Group) | HQ 7th ATC | Bayreuth |
| 09112 | 30th | Army | Sorghof (Vilseck) | Rose Barracks | Until 1955 APO 112 for Augsburg | ||
| 09173 | 30th | Army | Hohenfels | Hohenfels | Custodial Team Hemau | ||
| 09411 | 30th | Army | Bindlach | Christensen Barracks | |||
| 09452 | 30th | Army | On the mountain | Pond Barracks | |||
| APO 09120 RAF Wethersfield | 09120 | 8th | Air Force | Braintree (Essex) (UK) | RAF Wethersfield | ||
| APO 09121 special current AB | 09121 | Air Force | Special current (GL) | Air Base special flow | |||
| APO 09123 Spangdahlem AB | 09123 | 2 | Air Force | Spangdahlem | Spangdahlem Air Base | Hontheim TAC site | |
| 09126 | 2 | Air Force | Spangdahlem | Spangdahlem Air Base | |||
| APO 09125 RAF Fairford | 09125 | 8th | Air Force | Fairford (Gloucestershire) (UK) | RAF Fairford | Before 1955 APO 129 | EU to US, Enroute to CONUS (1955) |
| APO 09127 RAF Mildenhall | 09127 | 8th | Air Force | Mildenhall (Suffolk) (UK) | RAF Mildenhall | ||
| APO 09129 RAF Feltwell | 09129 | 8th | Air Force | Cranwich (Norfolk) (UK) | RAF Feltwell | Until 1955 APO 179 (APO 129 for RAF Fairford). RAF Feltwell was the supply and school center for Lakenheath and Mildenhall | |
| APO 09130 Sembach AB | 09130 | 40 | Air Force | Sembach | Sembach Air Base | ||
| 09136 | 40 | Air Force | Sembach | Sembach Air Base | - | ||
| APO 09132 Bitburg AB | 09132 | 2 | Air Force | Bitburg | Bitburg Air Base | 1960/1986 Exchange point with Federal Post Office: 5520 Bitburg (Eifel) | Balesfeld, Butzweiler, Hisel TAC Sites and Trier |
| APO 09133 | 09133 | 18th | Army | Sinop (TU) | US Army Field Station | Telecommunication and electronic reconnaissance station | |
| APO 09150 RAF Greenham Common | 09150 | 8th | Air Force | Newbury (Berkshire) (UK) | RAF Greenham Common | Until 1955 APO 167. Nuclear safekeeping. USAFE, 1986. W-80 bombs. GLCM. | |
| 09049 | 8th | Air Force | Newbury (Berkshire) (UK) | RAF Greenham Common | |||
| 09151 | 8th | Air Force | London (UK) | London (Aerial Mail Terminal) | |||
| 09659 | 8th | Air Force | Fylingdales (Yorkshire) (UK) | RAF Fylingdales | |||
| APO 09154 Stuttgart | 09154 | 30th | Army | Stuttgart | Robinson Barracks | 1960/1986 Exchange point with Bundespost: 7000 Bad Cannstatt (Stuttgart 50) | Großsachsenheim, Kornwestheim, Pforzheim, Wurmberg TAC sites |
| 09025 | 30th | Army | Schwäbisch Hall | Dolan Barracks | |||
| 09046 | 30th | Army | Boeblingen | Panzer barracks | |||
| 09061 | 30th | Army | Nellingen | Nellingen Barracks | Esslingen, Kaufbeuren, Landsberg | ||
| 09107 | 30th | Army | Möhringen | Kelley Barracks | HQ VII Corps | ||
| 09128 | 30th | Army | Vaihingen | Patch barracks | HQ USEUCOM since 1966. APO 128 before 1966 for Paris | ||
| 09131 | 30th | Army | Vaihingen | Patch barracks | 1960/1986 Exchange point with Bundespost: 7000 Stuttgart-Vaihingen (Stuttgart 80) | ||
| 09137 | 30th | Army | Goeppingen | Cooke Barracks | |||
| 09160 | 30th | Army | Nellingen | Nellingen Barracks | |||
| 09176 | 30th | Army | Heilbronn | Wharton Barracks | Dallau TAC Site, Neckarsulm, Siegelsbach | ||
| 09279 | 30th | Army | Ludwigsburg | Coffey Barracks | |||
| 09281 | 30th | Army | Schwäbisch Gmünd | Hardt barracks | |||
| 09359 | 30th | Army | Real things | Stuttgart Air Field | |||
| 09454 | 30th | Army | Goeppingen | Cooke Barracks | |||
| APO 09155 Monrovia | 09155 | Army | Monrovia (LI) | US Mission Liberia | |||
| APO 09159 The Hague | 09159 | 11 | Air Force | The Hague (NL) | American Embassy | Rotterdam (NL) staging area | |
| APO 09161 Decimomannu AB | 09161 | 10 | Air Force | Decimomannu Sardinia (IT) | Decimomannu Air Base | ||
| 09002 | 10 | Air Force | Mt Limbar Sardinia (IT) | Mt Limbar Air Station | Central communication hub for the western Mediterranean (Italy / Spain) | ||
| APO 09164 Karlsruhe | 09164 | 4th | Army | Karlsruhe | Neureut barracks | Frohnmühle TAC Site | |
| 09095 | 40 | Army | Germersheim | Germersheim Sub Community | |||
| 09351 | 4th | Army | Ettlingen | Rhineland Barracks | |||
| 09360 | 4th | Army | Knee lenghts | Gerszewski Barracks | |||
| APO 09165 Hanau | 09165 | 20th | Army | Hanau | Pioneer barracks | Custodial Team Kilianstädten | |
| 09162 | 20th | Army | Aschaffenburg | Jagers barracks | |||
| 09455 | 20th | Army | Babenhausen | Babenhausen barracks | |||
| APO 09169 casting | 09169 | 20th | Army | to water | Pendleton Barracks | 1960/1986 exchange point with Federal Post Office: 6300 Gießen, 3500 Kassel (only 1960) | Custodial teams Herbornseelbach, Lipper Höhe, Treysa, Wetzlar |
| 09141 | 20th | Army | Bad Hersfeld | McPheeters Barracks | |||
| 09143 | 20th | Army | to water | AAFES warehouse | |||
| 09146 | 20th | Army | Fulda | Downs barracks | 14th ACR | ||
| 09807 | 20th | Army | to water | Motion Picture Service installation | |||
| APO 09175 Darmstadt | 09175 | 20th | Army | Darmstadt | Cambrai-Fritsch | HQ 32d AAA Brigade | Munster near Dieburg, Oberramstadt |
| 09211 | 20th | Army | Darmstadt (Griesheim) | Stars & Stripes barracks | Before 1966 APO 211 for Braconne (Charente) | ||
| 09353 | 5 | Army | Wiesbaden | Camp Pieri | 1960/1986 exchange point with Bundespost: 6200 Wiesbaden | Eschborn | |
| 09358 | 5 | Army | Wiesbaden | Wiesbaden Air Base | |||
| 09457 | 5 | Army | Wiesbaden | Wiesbaden Air Base | |||
| 09666 | 5 | Army | Mainz-Kastel | Mainz-Kastel barracks | |||
| APO 09178 Augsburg | 09178 | 30th | Army | augsburg | Reese Barracks | Custodial teams Landsberg, Lechfeld as well as Füssen, Gablingen, Sonthofen | |
| 09035 | 30th | Army | New Ulm | Wiley Barracks | Custodial teams in Günzburg, Leipheim, Memmingen, Pfullendorf and Ulm | ||
| 09458 | 30th | Army | augsburg | Sheridan Barracks | |||
| APO 09179 RAF Lakenheath | 09179 | 8th | Air Force | Brandon (Suffolk) (UK) | RAF Lakenheath | Nuclear custody. USAFE, 1986. WS3 | |
| 09048 | 8th | Air Force | Fakenham (Norfolk) (UK) | RAF Sculthorpe | Until 1955 APO 22 | ||
| APO 09188 Florennes AB | 09188 | 6th | Air Force | Florennes (BE) | Florennes AB | Nuclear custody. USAFE, 1986. W-80 bombs. GLCM. | |
| APO 09189 Pirmasens | 09189 | 40 | Army | Pirmasens | Husterhöh barracks | Landau, Salzwoog TAC Sites, Münchweiler Army Hospital, Clausen Prestock Point 59 | |
| 09052 | 40 | Army | Zweibrücken | Kreuzburg barracks | |||
| 09138 | 40 | Army | Pirmasens | Husterhöh barracks | |||
| 09144 | 40 | Army | Fischbach | Fischbach barracks | |||
| 09872 | 40 | Army | Zweibrücken | Zweibrücken | Oberauerbach TAC Site | ||
| APO 09193 RAF Chicksands | 09193 | 8th | Air Force | Shefford (Bedfordshire) (UK) | RAF Chicksands | ||
| APO 09194 RAF Upper Heyford | 09194 | 8th | Air Force | Bicester (Oxfordshire) (UK) | RAF Upper Heyford | Nuclear custody. USAFE, 1986. WS3 | |
| 09198 | 8th | Air Force | Cheltenham (Gloucestershire) (UK) | RAF Little Rissington | |||
| APO 09210 Menwith Hill | 09210 | 8th | Air Force | Harrogate (Yorkshire) (UK) | Menwith Hill Field Station | Telecommunication and electronic reconnaissance station | |
| APO 09221 Vicenza | 09221 | 10 | Army | Vicenza (IT) | Caserma Ederle | HQ SETAF | Custodial Teams Conselve (IT), Chioggia (IT), Bovolone (IT), Zelo (IT), Monte Calvarina (IT), Sciaves (IT) |
| 09168 | 10 | Army | Vicenza (IT) | Caserma Ederle | Custodial team | ||
| 09453 | 10 | Army | Verona (IT) | NATO Land South | |||
| APO 09223 Athens | 09223 | 17th | Air Force | Athens (GR) | Hellenikon Air Base | Athenai AB | |
| 09253 | 17th | Air Force | Athens (GR) | Hellenikon Air Base (Aerial Mail Terminal) | APO 253 previously Elefsis (GR) | ||
| 09255 | 17th | Air Force | Athens (GR) | American Embassy | APO 255 to 1966 Bordeaux (Gironde) | ||
| 09256 | 17th | Air Force | Elefsis (GR) | 558th Field Artillery Group | APO 256 to 1966 Chinon (Indre-et-Loire) | ||
| 09690 | 17th | Air Force | Araxos (GR) | Araxos installation | Nuclear custody. USAFE, 1986. WS3 | ||
| APO 09224 Izmir | 09224 | 18th | Air Force | Izmir (TU) | Izmir Air Station | ||
| 09040 | 18th | Air Force | Balikesir (TU) | Balikesir Site | Nuclear custody. USAFE, 1986. WS3 | ||
| 09118 | 18th | Air Force | Izmir (TU) | Izmir | |||
| APO 09227 Kaiserslautern | 09227 | 40 | Army | Kaiserslautern | Equipment supply center | HQ 21st Support Command | Einsiedlerhof, Kirchheimbolanden, Kriegsfeld, Lohnsfeld, Rockenhausen, Grünstadt, Vogelweh |
| 09054 | 40 | Army | Kaiserslautern | Daenner barracks | |||
| 09059 | 40 | Army | Lousy | Miesau Army Depot | |||
| 09067 | 40 | Army | Kaiserslautern | Kaiserslautern | |||
| 09180 | 40 | Army | Landstuhl | Landstuhl Medical Center | |||
| 09186 | 40 | Army | Kaiserslautern | Postal Finance & Supply Office | 1960/1986 exchange point with Bundespost: 6750 Kaiserslautern | ||
| 09229 | 40 | Army | Kaiserslautern | AAFES Central Credit Payment | |||
| 09325 | 40 | Army | Kaiserslautern | Panzer barracks | |||
| APO 09236 RAF Alconbury | 09236 | 8th | Air Force | Alconbury (Cambridgeshire) (UK) | RAF Alconbury | Nuclear custody. USAFE, 1986. WS3 | |
| APO 09238 RAF Molesworth | 09238 | 8th | Air Force | Huntingdon (Cambridgeshire) (UK) | RAF Molesworth | Tri-Base Area RAF Alconbury, Molesworth, Upwood | Chelveston |
| APO 09240 Brindisi | 09240 | 10 | Air Force | Brindisi (IT) | San Vito dei Normanni AS | ||
| 09001 | 10 | Air Force | Reggio Calabria (IT) | Mt Nordello installation | Relay station to Sicily (Sigonella Air Base) and Libya (Wheelus Field). Until 1950 APO 1 for Bad Tölz (APO 50) | ||
| APO 09241 High Wycombe AS | 09241 | 8th | Air Force | High Wycombe (Buckinghamshire) (UK) | High Wycombe Air Station | HQ Strike Command (RAF). Until 1955 APO 541 for RAF West Ruislip (APO 553) | |
| APO 09243 RAF Kemble | 09243 | 8th | Air Force | Cirencester (Gloucestershire) (UK) | RAF Kemble | ||
| APO 09254 Ankara AS | 09254 | 18th | Air Force | Ankara (TU) | Ankara Air Station | Custodial Team Erzincan | |
| 09338 | 18th | Air Force | Eskisehir (TU) | Eskisehir Site | Nuclear custody. USAFE, 1986. WS3 | ||
| APO 09283 Madrid | 09283 | 14th | Air Force | Madrid (SP) | Torrejon Air Base | ||
| 09282 | 14th | Air Force | Moron (SP) | Moron Air Base | |||
| 09401 | 14th | Air Force | Madrid (SP) | Torrejon Air Base (Aerial Mail Terminal) | |||
| APO 09284 Rabat | 09284 | Air Force | Rabat (MO) | American Embassy | |||
| APO 09285 Madrid | 09285 | 14th | Air Force | Madrid (SP) | American Embassy | ||
| APO 09286 Zaragoza AB | 09286 | 14th | Air Force | Zaragoza (SP) | Zaragoza Air Base | - | |
| APO 09289 Incirlik AB | 09289 | 18th | Air Force | Adana (TU) | Incirlik Air Base | ||
| 09051 | 18th | Air Force | Malatya (TU) | Malatya site | |||
| 09117 | 18th | Air Force | Erzurum (TU) | Erzurum Site | Custodial Team NIKE | ||
| APO 09291 Iraklion AS | 09291 | 17th | Air Force | Heraklion Crete (GR) | Iraklion Air Station | ||
| APO 09292 Soesterberg | 09292 | 11 | Air Force | Soesterberg (NL) | Camp New Amsterdam | Custodial Teams Steenwijk (NL), t'Harde (NL) and Zeebrugge (BE) | |
| APO 09293 Aviano AB | 09293 | 10 | Air Force | Aviano (IT) | Aviano Air Base | Nuclear custody. USAFE, 1986. WS3 | Custodial Teams Ceggia (IT), Catron (IT), Cordovado (IT), Oderzo (IT), Portogruaro (IT), Codogne (IT) |
| 09232 | 10 | Air Force | Ghedi (IT) | Ghedi Air Base | Nuclear custody. USAFE, 1986. WS3 | ||
| 09670 | 10 | Air Force | Rimini (IT) | Rimini Air Station | Nuclear custody. USAFE, 1986. WS3. APO 670 before Ravenna (IT) | ||
| APO 09294 Pirincilik AB | 09294 | 18th | Air Force | Diyarbakir (TU) | Pirincilik Air Base | ||
| APO 09305 new bridge | 09305 | 40 | Air Force | New bridge | Neubrücke barracks | APO 305 to 1956 Straubing (Air Force) | |
| APO 09321 Kalkar AS | 09321 | 1 | Air Force | Kalkar | Kalkar Air Station | ||
| APO 09326 Ansbach | 09326 | 30th | Army | Ansbach | Hindenburg barracks | HQ 1st Armored Division | |
| 09140 | 30th | Army | Illesheim | Storck Barracks | |||
| 09177 | 30th | Army | Ansbach | Barton Barracks | |||
| 09250 | 30th | Army | Katterbach | Katterbach barracks | |||
| 09751 | 30th | Army | Crailsheim | McKee Barracks | |||
| APO 09378 RAF Croughton | 09378 | 8th | Air Force | Croughton (Northamptonshire) (UK) | RAF Croughton | ||
| APO 09380 Istanbul | 09380 | 18th | Air Force | Istanbul (TU) | Istanbul (Aerial Mail Terminal) | previously APO 380 Corlu (TU) | Custodial Teams Corlu (TU), Cakmakli (TU), Ortakoy (TU) |
| APO 09406 Lajes Field | 09406 | Air Force | Terceira Azores (PO) | Lajes Field | |||
| 09405 | 8th | Air Force | Woodbridge (Suffolk) (UK) | RAF Woodbridge | Military Airlift Command | ||
| FPO 09510 London | 09510 | 8th | Navy | London (UK) | Naval Activity | North Sea District | |
| 09509 | 8th | Navy | London (UK) | American Embassy | |||
| 09553 | 8th | Navy | London (UK) | RAF West Ruislip | |||
| FPO Navy | 09511 | 8th | Navy | St Mawgan (Cornwall) (UK) | Naval Weapons Facility | ||
| 09514 | 8th | Navy | Holy Loch (Scotland) (UK) | Naval Support Activity | |||
| 09515 | 8th | Navy | Machrihanish (Scotland) (UK) | Naval Weapons Facility Det | |||
| 09516 | 8th | Navy | Thurso (Scotland) (UK) | Naval Communication Station | |||
| 09518 | 8th | Navy | Edzell (Scotland) (UK) | Naval Security Group Activity | |||
| 09519 | 8th | Navy | Brawdy (Wales) (UK) | Naval Facility | |||
| FPO 09521 Naples | 09521 | 10 | Navy | Naples (IT) | Naval Support Activity | ||
| 09520 | 10 | Navy | Naples Capodichino (IT) | Naval Support Activity | APO 520 previously Avellino (IT) | ||
| 09524 | 10 | Navy | Naples (IT) | Naval Support Activity Det (AFSOUTH) | |||
| 09554 | 10 | Navy | Naples (IT) | US Naval Medicine | |||
| FPO Navy | 09522 | 10 | Navy | Gaeta (IT) | Naval Support Activity Det | ||
| 09523 | 10 | Navy | Sigonella Sicily (IT) | Naval Air Station | |||
| 09525 | 17th | Navy | Nea Makri (GR) | Naval Communication Station | |||
| 09526 | 19th | Navy | Jufair Bahrain (bra) | Administration Support Unit | |||
| 09542 | 19th | Navy | Jufair Bahrain (bra) | Holiday Mail | |||
| 09527 | 19th | Navy | Cairo (EG) | Naval Medical Research Unit 3 | |||
| 09528 | 17th | Navy | Souda Bay Crete (GR) | Naval Support Activity | |||
| 09530 | 19th | Navy | Nicosia (CY) | USDAO | |||
| 09533 | 10 | Navy | La Maddalena (IT) | Naval Support Office | |||
| FPO 09540 Rota | 09540 | 14th | Navy | Rota (SP) | Naval station | ||
| 09539 | 14th | Navy | Rota (SP) | Naval Communication Station | |||
| 09541 | 14th | Navy | Cartagena (SP) | Naval Station Detachment | |||
| FPO 09560 Bermuda | 09560 | Navy | Bermuda (BD) | Naval Air Station | |||
| FPO 09571 Keflavik | 09571 | Navy | Keflavik (IC) | Naval station | |||
| 09572 | Navy | Hofn (IC) | Commander 667th ACWS | ||||
| 09673 | Air Force | Keflavik (IC) | AFI Keflavik | ||||
| FPO 09593 Guantanamo Bay | 09593 | Navy | Guantanamo Bay Cuba (CU) | Naval station | |||
| 09508 | Navy | Guantanamo Bay Cuba (CU) | Naval Air Station | ||||
| FPO Navy | 09596 | Marine Corps | Guantanamo Bay Cuba (CU) | Marine barracks | |||
| 09597 | Navy | Argentia Newfoundland (CA) | Naval Facility | ||||
| 09598 | Navy | Shelburne Nova Scotia (CA) | Navy Liaison Office | ||||
| APO 09607 RAF Welford | 09607 | 8th | Air Force | Newbury (Berkshire) (UK) | RAF Welford | ||
| APO 09611 Tempelhof AB | 09611 | 50 | Air Force | Berlin | Tempelhof Air Base | ||
| APO 09616 Dharan | 09616 | 19th | Air Force | Dharan (SA) | 4401 Air Postal Squadron Det 1 | ||
| 09030 | Air Force | Mahe (SE) | American Embassy | ||||
| 09152 | 19th | Air Force | Dharan (SA) | Dharan (Aerial Mail Terminal) | |||
| 09298 | 19th | Air Force | Al-Jubail (SA) | Al-Jubail | |||
| 09614 | Air Force | Islamabad (PK) | American Embassy | ||||
| 09668 | Air Force | Khartoum (SU) | American Embassy | ||||
| 09675 | Air Force | Nairobi (KE) | American Embassy | ||||
| 09691 | 19th | Air Force | Tabuk (SA) | Taboo | |||
| 09892 | 19th | Air Force | Amman (JO) | American Embassy | |||
| APO 09633 Lindsey AS | 09633 | 5 | Air Force | Wiesbaden | Lindsey Air Station | Custodial Team Montabaur | |
| 09220 | 5 | Air Force | Wiesbaden | USAF Hospital Wiesbaden | |||
| 09634 | 5 | Air Force | Wiesbaden | Lindsey Air Station | |||
| 09664 | Air Force | Helsinki (FI) | American Embassy | ||||
| APO 09667 Brussels | 09667 | 6th | Air Force | Brussels City (BE) | NATO | Custodial Team Kleine Brogel (BE) as well as Antwerp (BE) and Brussels (BE) Dependents School | |
| 09153 | 6th | Air Force | Brussels City (BE) | Brussels (Aerial Mail Terminal) | |||
| 09662 | Army | Kinshasa (CG) | US Mission Zaire | ||||
| APO 09669 Hessisch Oldendorf AS | 09669 | 1 | Air Force | Hessian Oldendorf | Hessisch Oldendorf AS | ||
| APO 09672 Tel Aviv | 09672 | 19th | Air Force | Tel Aviv (IS) | American Embassy | ||
| APO 09677 El Gorah | 09677 | 19th | Army | El Gorah (EG) | North Sight | ||
| APO 09678 Lisbon | 09678 | Air Force | Lisbon (PO) | American Embassy | |||
| APO 09679 Sharm El Sheik | 09679 | 19th | Army | Sharm El Sheik (EG) | South Sight | ||
| APO 09692 Prüm AS | 09692 | 2 | Air Force | Prüm | Prüm Air Station | ||
| APO 09693 Thessaloniki | 09693 | 17th | Air Force | Thessaloniki (GR) | American Consulate General | Custodial Teams Argyroupolis (GR), Perivolaki (GR), Yiannitsa (GR) | |
| APO 09694 Comiso AB | 09694 | 10 | Air Force | Comiso Sicily (IT) | Comiso Air Base | Nuclear custody. USAFE, 1986. WS3 | |
| APO 09695 Büchel AB | 09695 | 2 | Air Force | Büchel | Büchel Air Base | Nuclear custody. USAFE, 1986. WS3 | |
| APO 09696 Fuerth | 09696 | 30th | Army | Fuerth | Johnson Barracks | 1964/1986 Exchange point with Bundespost: 8510 Fürth (Bavaria) - Fürth 2 | Coburg |
| 09066 | 30th | Army | gain | Ferris Barracks | |||
| 09068 | 30th | Army | Fuerth | Monteith Barracks | |||
| 09070 | 30th | Army | Zirndorf | Pinder Barracks | |||
| 09092 | 30th | Army | Nuremberg | Moist Army Airfield | |||
| 09093 | 30th | Army | Nuremberg | Merrell Barracks | 2d ACR. 1960 Exchange point with Federal Post Office: 8500 Nuremberg | ||
| 09105 | 30th | Army | Nuremberg | USA Hosp Nuremberg | |||
| 09139 | 30th | Army | Bamberg | Warner Barracks | |||
| 09142 | 30th | Army | Schwabach | O'Brien Barracks | |||
| 09352 | 30th | Army | Herzogenaurach | Herzo Base | |||
| APO 09697 Jeddah | 09697 | 19th | Air Force | Jeddah (SA) | 4401 Air Postal Squadron Det 1 OLAC | ||
| APO 09702 Schweinfurt | 09702 | 20th | Army | Schweinfurt | Conn Barracks | ||
| 09026 | 20th | Army | Wild spots | Wildflecken Training Area | |||
| 09033 | 20th | Army | Schweinfurt | Ledward Barracks | |||
| 09330 | 20th | Army | Bad Kissingen | Daley Barracks | |||
| APO 09712 Rheinberg | 09712 | 1 | Army | Rheinberg | Reichel Building | ||
| 09078 | 1 | Army | Munster-Handorf | Simpson barracks | Custodial teams Dülmen, Hemer, Paderborn, Sennelager, Soest-Büecke, Vörden, Werl, Wesel as well as Dependents Schools Greven, Schledehausen | ||
| 09103 | 1 | Army | Rheindahlen | JHQ | HQs NORTHAG, 2ATAF | ||
| 09171 | 1 | Army | Munster (Westphalia) | Muenster | Custodial Team Büren and Kassel | ||
| 09711 | 1 | Army | Dusseldorf | American Consulate | |||
| APO 09742 Berlin | 09742 | 50 | Army | Berlin | Berlin Brigade Compound | Helmstedt, Potsdam | |
| APO 09755 RAF Bentwaters | 09755 | 8th | Air Force | Woodbridge (Suffolk) (UK) | RAF Bentwaters | Nuclear custody. USAFE, 1986. WS3 | |
| APO 09757 Gibbs | 09757 | 20th | Army | Frankfurt | Gibbs barracks | HQ V Corps | |
| 09079 | 20th | Army | Frankfurt | Abrams Building | Before 1966 APO 213 for Captieux (Gironde) | ||
| 09213 | 20th | Army | Frankfurt | American Consulate | |||
| 09451 | 20th | Army | Oberursel | Camp King | |||
| 09710 | 20th | Army | Frankfurt | US Military Community Activity Frankfurt | |||
| APO 09794 Rome | 09794 | 10 | Air Force | Rome (IT) | American Embassy | ||
| APO 09860 Zweibrücken AB | 09860 | 40 | Air Force | Zweibrücken | Zweibrücken AB | ||
| APO 28542 (USA) | 09502 | Marine Corps | Camp Lejeune NC (US) | Mobile Units (USMC) |
Field post offices closed or relocated by 1966
| area | APO | Area Code | TSK | Location | Military facility | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| British Zone of Germany | 09513 | 1 | Navy | Todendorf | Anti-aircraft range | 1957 handed over to the Bundeswehr |
| Wiesbaden Area Command | 09683 | 5 | Air Force | Wiesbaden | Wiesbaden Military Post | 1955 |
| England | 09022 | 8th | Air Force | Blakeney (Norfolk) (UK) | RAF Langham | 1955 |
| 09022 | 8th | Air Force | Fakenham (Norfolk) (UK) | RAF Sculthorpe | 1955 → APO 48 | |
| 09124 | 8th | Army | Burtonwood (Lancashire, 1974 Cheshire) (UK) | Reserve Store Activity | 1955. → APO 75 | |
| 09125 | 8th | Army | Bushy Park (Middlesex) (UK) | HQ 32d AAA Brigade | 1957 Relocation to Kaiserslautern, then Darmstadt (APO 175) | |
| 09129 | 8th | Air Force | Fairford (Gloucestershire) (UK) | RAF Fairford | After 1955 APO 125 (APO 129 to RAF Feltwell) | |
| 09147 | 8th | Army | Gloucester (Gloucestershire) (UK) | 1955 | ||
| 09147 | 8th | Air Force | Brize Norton (Oxfordshire) (UK) | RAF Brize Norton | 1955 | |
| 09167 | 8th | Air Force | Newbury (Berkshire) (UK) | RAF Greenham Common | 1955. → APO 150 | |
| 09190 | 8th | Air Force | Huntingdon (Cambridgeshire) (UK) | RAF Molesworth | 1955. → APO 238 | |
| 09197 | 8th | Air Force | West Drayton (Middlesex) (UK) | RAF West Drayton | 1955 | |
| 09198 | 8th | Air Force | Manston (Kent) (UK) | RAF Manston | 1955 | |
| 09199 | 8th | Air Force | Shaftesbury (Dorset) (UK) | Shaftesbury Military Hospital | 1955 | |
| 09202 | 8th | Air Force | Prestwick (Ayrshire, Scotland) (UK) | Prestwick Ferry Port | 1955 | |
| 09212 | 8th | Air Force | East Kirkby (Lincolnshire) (UK) | RAF East Kirkby | 1955 | |
| 09241 | 8th | Air Force | London (UK) | RAF West Ruislip | 1955 → APO 553 (APO 241 to High Wycombe) | |
| 09243 | 8th | Air Force | Chelveston (Northamptonshire) (UK) | RAF Chelveston | 1955 → APO 238 | |
| 09243 | 8th | Air Force | Cranage (Cheshire) (UK) | RAF Cranage | 1955 | |
| 09501 | 8th | Navy | London (UK) | |||
| 09581 | 8th | Navy | London (UK) | |||
| Italy | 09251 | 10 | Air Force | Aviano (IT) | Air base | APO 251 closed later (Aviano APO 293) |
| 09520 | 10 | Avellino (IT) | ||||
| 09670 | 10 | Air Force | Ravenna (IT) | APO 670 later for Rimini (IT) | ||
| Greece | 09253 | 17th | Air Force | Elefsis (GR) | Hellenic Base | Custodial team. APO 253 → Athens |
| 09544 | 17th | Kenitra (GR) | ||||
| Turkey | 09324 | 18th | Izmir (TU) | Kosekoy | Custodial Team NIKE | |
| 09324 | 18th | Karamursel (TU) | ||||
| Middle East | 09205 | 19th | Tehran (IR) | |||
| 09281 | 19th | Wheelus (Libya) | Wheelus Field | |||
| 09319 | 19th | Addis Ababa (ET) | ||||
| Northern Area Command | 09062 | 20th | Air Force | Bad Kissingen | Air base | 1951 Relocation to Wiesbaden, APO closed |
| 09062 | 20th | Air Force | Schweinfurt | Air base | 1951 Transfer to USAREUR, APO closed | |
| 09171 | 20th | Army | Lohfelden | 1956 closure | ||
| 09800 | 20th | Army | Hammelburg | 1956 handover to the armed forces | ||
| 09800 | 20th | Army | Bad Mergentheim | 1956 handover to the armed forces | ||
| 09807 | 20th | Army | Bad Nauheim | HQ Continental Base Section | ||
| Southern Area Command | 09001 | 30th | Army | Bad Tölz | HQ 1st Infantry Division | 1950 → APO 108. APO 001 for Reggio Calabria |
| 09061 | 30th | Air Force | Landsberg | Air base | 1957 Handover to the Bundeswehr and APO 61 → Nellingen | |
| 09112 | 30th | Army | augsburg | → 1955 APO 112 for Sorghof (Vilseck) | ||
| 09131 | 30th | Air Force | Neubiberg | Air base | 1957 Handover to the Bundeswehr and APO 131 → Vaihingen (Patch Barracks) | |
| 09203 | 30th | Air Force | Oberpfaffenhofen | Air base | 1954 Air Base closed and APO 203 → St.-Nazaire | |
| 09207 | 30th | Air Force | Erding | Air base | 1956 Handover to the Bundeswehr, APO closed | |
| 09208 | 30th | Air Force | Fürstenfeldbruck | Air base | 1956 Handover to the Bundeswehr, APO closed | |
| 09225 | 30th | Army | regensburg | Own central post office APO 225 until 1956, then APO 114 | ||
| 09225 | 30th | Army | Landshut | 1956 handover to the armed forces | ||
| 09305 | 30th | Air Force | Straubing | Air base | 6th ACR. 1956 Handover to the Bundeswehr, APO 305 → Neubrücke (Air Force) | |
| Western Area Command | 09042 | 40 | Army | Bad Kreuznach | Rose Barracks | APO also for Dexheim. 1955 → APO 111 |
| 09065 | 40 | Air Force | Landstuhl | Landstuhl Air Base | renamed Ramstein Air Base | |
| Enroute to CONUS | 09125 | 65 | EU to US | 1955. Enroute to CONUS | ||
| Orléans installation USAREUR COMZ | 09058 | 71 | Army | Orléans (Loiret) | HQ USACOMZEUR | APO also for La Chapelle (Loiret). 1966 relocation to Worms |
| Base Section USAREUR COMZ | 09010 | 72 | Air Force | Châteauroux (Indre) | Châteauroux Air Depot | 1955. 1966 closed. |
| 09016 | 72 | Air Force | Nouasseur (French Morocco) | Nouasseur Air Base | 1955. Closed in 1959/1963 | |
| 09021 | 72 | Army | La Rochelle (Charente-Maritime) | HQ Base Section COMZ | APO also for Laleu (Charente-Maritime), La Gord (Charente). 1966 closure. | |
| 090030 | 72 | Air Force | Bordeaux (Gironde) | Bordeaux-Mérignac Air Base | 1955. Closed in 1957 | |
| 09044 | 72 | Army | Poitiers (Vienne) | Military hospital | 1966 closure | |
| 09084 | 72 | Air Force | Dreux (Eure-et-Loir) | Dreux Air Base | 1955. 1966 closed | |
| 09113 | 72 | Air Force | Ben Guerir (French Morocco) | Ben Guerir Air Base | 1955. 1963 closed | |
| 09117 | 72 | Air Force | Sidi Slimane (French Morocco) | Sidi Slimane Air Base | 1955. 1963 closed | |
| 09203 | 72 | Air Force | St.-Nazaire (Loire-Atlantique) | Air Depot | Until 1954 APO 203 for Oberpfaffenhofen Air Depot. 1966 closure | |
| 09211 | 72 | Army | Braconne (Charente) | Supply depot | 1966 closure. APO 211 → Darmstadt (Griesheim) | |
| 09213 | 72 | Army | Captieux (Gironde) | Mun Depot | 1966 closure | |
| 09215 | 72 | Army | Bussac-la-Lande (Dordogne) | QM POL depot | 1955 Army Post. Also for St. Sulpice (Vienne). 1966 closure | |
| 09217 | 72 | Army | Rochefort (Charente-Maritime) | MatDepot | 1966 closure | |
| 09219 | 72 | Army | Civrac-de-Blaye-Chapeau (Gironde) | SanDepot | 1966 closure | |
| 09230 | 72 | Army | Cherbourg (Manche) | QM depot | 1966 closure | |
| 09253 | 72 | Air Force | Evreux (yours) | Evreux-Fauville Air Base | 1955. 1966 closed | |
| 09255 | 72 | Army | Bordeaux (Gironde) | port | Also for Le Verdon (Deux-Sèvres). 1966 closure. APO 255 → Athens | |
| 09256 | 72 | Army | Chinon (Indre-et-Loire) | Pioneer Depot | Also for Saumur (Maine-et-Loire). 1966 closure. APO 256 → Elefsis (GR) | |
| 09257 | 72 | Army | Périgueux (Dordogne) | QM depot | 1966 closure | |
| 09258 | 72 | Army | Ingrandes (Indre) | QM depot | 1966 closure | |
| 09259 | 72 | Army | St.-Jean-d'Angély (Charente-Maritime) | Communication station | Also for Fontenet (Charente-Maritime). 1966 closure | |
| Advance Section USAREUR COMZ | 09017 | 73 | Air Force | Laon-Couvron (Aisne) | Laon-Couvron Air Base | 1955. 1966 closed. APO 17 4401 → Air Postal Squadron, Taif (SA) |
| 09018 | 73 | Air Force | Toul-Rosières (Meurthe-et-Moselle) | Toul-Rosières Air Base | 1955. 1966 closed | |
| 09087 | 73 | Air Force | Etain-Rouvres (Meuse) | Etain-Rouvres Air Base | 1955. 1966 closed | |
| 09119 | 73 | Air Force | Chaumont (Haute-Marne) | Chaumont-Semoutiers Air Base | 1955. 1966 closed | |
| 09122 | 73 | Army | Verdun (Meuse) | HQ Advance Section COMZ | APO also for Étain (Meuse), Sampigny (Meuse), Thierville (Eure), Trois-Fontaines (Marne), Billy-le-Grand (Marne). 1966 closure. APO 122 → Hahn AB | |
| 09204 | 73 | Army | Nancy (Meurthe-et-Moselle) | MatDepot | 1966 closure | |
| 09216 | 73 | Army | Metz (Moselle) | QM depot | Also for Thionville (Moselle), Buzy (Meuse). 1966 closure | |
| 09247 | 73 | Air Force | Chambley (Meurthe-et-Moselle) | Chambley-Bussières Air Base | 1955. 1966 closed | |
| 09287 | 73 | Army | Robert-Espagne (Meuse) | Truck Company | Also for Vassincourt (Meuse). 1966 closure | |
| 09288 | 73 | Army | Toul (Meurthe-et-Moselle) | Truck Company | 1966 closure | |
| His Area Command USAREUR COMZ | 09011 | 74 | Army | Fontainebleau (Seine-et-Marne) | HQ AFCENT | 1966 AFCENT moves to Brunssum |
| 09011 | 74 | Army | Melun (Seine-et-Marne) | CEPS | Strategic POL pipeline Donges-Metz. Also for Donges (Loire-Atlantique), Châlons-sur-Marne (Marne), Étain (Meuse) | |
| 09055 | 74 | Army | Marly-le-Roi (Seine-et-Oise) | SHAPE | 1966 SHAPE Terminal Center relocated to Casteau (APO 055 for SHAPE Casteau) | |
| 09128 | 74 | Army | Paris (Seine) | Dispensary | 1966 closure. APO 128 for Vaihingen | |
| 09163 | 74 | Army | Paris (Seine) | Movement Control | 1966 closure | |
| 09230 | 74 | Army | Paris (Seine) | hospital | 1966 closure |
Abbreviations
| abbreviation | text |
|---|---|
| AAA | Anti-aircraft artillery |
| AAFES | Army and Air Force Exchange Service |
| FROM | Air base |
| ACR | Armored Cavalry Regiment |
| ACWS | Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron |
| AFB | Air Force Base |
| AFCENT | Allied Forces Central Europe |
| AFNORTH | Allied Forces Northern Europe |
| AFSOUTH | Allied Forces Southern Europe |
| AG | Adjutant General |
| AMF | Allied Command Europe Mobile Forces |
| APO | Army and Air Force Post Office |
| AS | Air station |
| ATAF | Allied Tactical Air Force |
| ATC | Army Training Center |
| BALTAP | Allied Command Baltic Approaches |
| BAOR | British Army On the Rhine |
| BD | Bermuda |
| BE | Belgium |
| bra | Bahrain |
| Bn | Battalion |
| CA | Canada |
| CENTAG | Central Army Group |
| CEPS | Central Europe Pipeline System |
| CG | Congo |
| Co | Company |
| CONUS | Continental United States |
| CU | Cuba |
| CY | Cyprus |
| THERE | Denmark |
| Det | Detachment |
| Div | division |
| EG | Egypt |
| ET | Ethiopia |
| EU | Europe |
| FI | Finland |
| FPO | Fleet Post Office |
| FR | France |
| GE | German, Germany |
| GL | Greenland |
| GLCM | Ground Launched Cruise Missile |
| GR | Greece |
| Hosp | hospital |
| HQ | Headquarters |
| IC | Iceland |
| INF | Intermediate Nuclear Forces |
| IR | Iran |
| IS | Israel |
| IT | Italy |
| JHQ | Joint Headquarters ( BAOR , NORTHAG , 2ATAF ) |
| JO | Jordan |
| KE | Kenya |
| LI | Liberia |
| Mat | material |
| MO | Morocco |
| MPO | Military Post Office |
| Mun | ammunition |
| NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| NC | North Carolina |
| NL | Netherlands |
| NO | Norway |
| NORTHAG | Northern Army Group |
| PK | Pakistan |
| PO | Portugal |
| POLE | Petrol Oil Lubricants |
| QM | Quartermaster |
| RAF | Royal Air Force |
| RU | Moscow (so in the list of! 990!) |
| SA | Saudi Arabia |
| San | Sanitary |
| SE | Seychelles |
| SETAF | Southern European Task Force |
| SHAPE | Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe |
| SP | Spain |
| SU | Sudan |
| TAC | Tactical |
| TU | Turkey |
| UK | United Kingdom |
| US | United States |
| USACOMZEUR | United States Army Communications Zone |
| USAF | United States Air Force |
| USAFE | United States Air Force in Europe |
| USAREUR | United States Army in Europe |
| USDAO | United States Defense Attaché Office |
| USEUCOM | United States European Command |
| USMC | United States Marine Corps |
| WS3 | Weapon Storage and Security System WS3 |
| ZIP | Zone Improvement Plan (zip code) |
See also
- List of American military locations in Germany
- List of American military locations in southern Germany
- List of American military locations in northern Germany
- Territorial organization of the US armed forces in Germany
- List of American military locations in France
- List of American military locations in Great Britain
- 59th Ordnance Brigade
- Weapon Storage and Security System WS3
- United States Constabulary
- British field post in Germany during the Cold War
- French field post in Germany during the Cold War
- Belgian field post in Germany during the Cold War
Individual evidence
- ^ Exchange of Troops and Facilities US and French Zones 1950-1951, Historical Division 1952.
- ↑ The source for the list is the official publication "Military Post Office Location List (MPOLL), February 1990", published by the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Production and Logistics), Washington, DC 20301.
- ^ ELF ONE: In the fall of 1980 Iran and Iraq was declared, causing international concern. Crews and aircraft from the 552nd Airborne Warning and Control Wing were deployed to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to augment the Royal Saudi Air Force's radar coverage of Saudi airspace. In September 1980 four E-3s and almost 200 wing members again deployed to Saudi Arabia in an operation called Elf One which continued for over 8 years. They provided round-the-clock airborne radar coverage, and enhanced Saudi air defenses during the Iran / Iraq war. Initially under USAFE control, this Elf-One contingent came under USCENTAF after its formation on Jan 1, 1983. The 963rd Airborne Air Control Squadron provided crew members and support personnel on 30-day temporary duty assignments to support the effort. On April 15, 1989 the last Elf-One E-3s and KC-135s left Saudi Arabia: the small element that remained later became the Elf-One Control Team (EOCT). In all, Elf-One aircraft had flown more than 6,000 sorties and 87,000 hours to protect the airspace of neutral countries during the Iran-Iraq War.