A stamp...
To commemorate the Army, Navy, and Marines!
The U.S. Postal Service is honoring three of the nation’s military branches — the Army, Navy and Marine Corps — with commemorative stamps to mark 250 years of service.
Each of the three stamps features the respective name of the military service, the service seal and the inscriptions “250 Years of Service,” “Since 1775” and “Forever/USA.”
Full article, HERE from Military Times.
For all we complain about the USPS, they have always gotten the mail to troops deployed world-wide year after year, through APO and FPO addresses.
And for many of us old farts, that was the ONLY communication we had with home in either direction. We didn't have the intarwebz, cell phones, etc. so we actually had to write out letters, send them, then wait a month (average) for an answer.
It was truly on our SOs to 'manage' the homefront while we were gone, for better or worse.
And sometimes, those letters brought pictures that allowed us to share significant events that, even though we missed them, were still major events in our children's lives.
I don't know about any of y'all, but I'm planning on buying some of the Navy stamps to replace my Forever US flag stamps!
They are nice even if they left out the most important branch of the armed services. (She says just before being 86ed off the substack)
"And for many of us old farts, that was the ONLY communication we had with home in either direction. We didn't have the intarwebz, cell phones, etc. so we actually had to write out letters, send them, then wait a month (average) for an answer."
Dude, you got mail? Try 50 word, censored 'family-grams' and the AFNN when we actually caught the sked as your only contact with the outside world.