{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"The Note Pad | Stationery &amp; Party Etiquette Blog by American Stationery","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.americanstationery.com\/blog","author_name":"admin","author_url":"https:\/\/www.americanstationery.com\/blog\/author\/admin\/","title":"What is an APO or FPO Address?","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanstationery.com\/blog\/what-is-an-apo-or-fpo-address\/\">What is an APO or FPO Address?<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\n<!--\/\/--><![CDATA[\/\/><!--\n\t\t\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n\t\t!function(d,l){\"use strict\";var e=!1,n=!1;if(l.querySelector)if(d.addEventListener)e=!0;if(d.wp=d.wp||{},!d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var r,i,a,s=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),n=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),c=0;c<n.length;c++)n[c].style.display=\"none\";for(c=0;c<s.length;c++)if(r=s[c],e.source===r.contentWindow){if(r.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message){if(1e3<(a=parseInt(t.value,10)))a=1e3;else if(~~a<200)a=200;r.height=a}if(\"link\"===t.message)if(i=l.createElement(\"a\"),a=l.createElement(\"a\"),i.href=r.getAttribute(\"src\"),a.href=t.value,o.test(a.protocol))if(a.host===i.host)if(l.activeElement===r)d.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",t,!1),d.addEventListener(\"load\",t,!1);function t(){if(!n){n=!0;for(var e,t,r=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf(\"MSIE 10\"),i=!!navigator.userAgent.match(\/Trident.*rv:11\\.\/),a=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),s=0;s<a.length;s++){if(!(e=a[s]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))t=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t);if(r||i)(t=e.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute(\"security\"),e.parentNode.replaceChild(t,e)}}}}(window,document);\n\/\/--><!]]>\n<\/script><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.americanstationery.com\/blog\/what-is-an-apo-or-fpo-address\/embed\/\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;What is an APO or FPO Address?&#8221; &#8212; The Note Pad | Stationery &amp; Party Etiquette Blog by American Stationery\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe>","description":"The idea of getting mail to and from military personnel stationed overseas dates back many years. To establish this activity, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) and the Department of Defense (DoD) negotiated an agreement called Overseas Military Mail, which exist to this day. In this agreement addressing schemes. delivery mechanisms and process were hammered out. The USPS has established a standard addressing plan for all domestic mail. Many will of course recognize this as: Name Name Name Street Number P.O. Box Rural Delivery City, State\u00a0 Zip Code City, State \u00a0Zip Code City, State\u00a0 Zip Code In order to make Military Mail conform to this standard, several thing were created. These were: Three Military &#8220;States&#8221;: AA stands for Armed Forces (the) Americas AE stands for Armed Forces Europe AP stands for Armed Forces Pacific Two &#8220;City&#8221; equivalents: APO stands for Army Post Office FPO stands for Fleet Post Office A typical Overseas Military address looks like this: Name Postal Service Center &#8211; Identifier APO, AE ZIP Or Name Postal Service Center &#8211; Identifier FPO, AP ZIP Now when you receive that overseas Military address from you son, daughter, grandchild. niece. nephew or friend you will understand what the abbreviations stand for...Read More"}