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Open resourceMilitary Crisis Line
UrgentService members, veterans, and families
988, then Press 1 · text 838255 · or chat via veteranscrisisline.net
Open resourceMilitary OneSource
Active duty, National Guard, Reserve, and families
24/7 counseling and non-medical support · 800-342-9647
Open resourceNavy Family Ombudsman Registry
Spouses, parents, and extended family of Lincoln sailors
Official ZIP, mail status, and rumor control. Message the command ombudsman through the registry — do not take ZIP from this site.
Open resourceLincoln Ombudsman (Facebook)
Families currently attached to CVN-72
Command-appointed ombudsman page. Private family group is moderated separately.
Open resourceFleet & Family Support — San Diego
Lincoln homeport families
24/7 scheduling for counseling, Work-Life, and ombudsman coordination · 1-866-923-6478
Open resourceMyNavy Family
Navy spouses and families
Official Navy app that folds 22 family-readiness sites into one. Not a sitrep.
Open resourceUSPS military & diplomatic mail
Anyone mailing FPO AP
Domestic rates to a carrier. Click-N-Ship builds the customs form. Check service alerts first.
Open resourceUSPS APO/FPO restrictions tool
Anyone with a ZIP in hand
Paste the five-digit ZIP. Some Middle East land APO codes have been suspended since March 2026; ships were not listed.
Open resourceNavy-Marine Corps Relief Society
Sailors, Marines, and their families
Emergency financial aid, budget help, and family support when you cannot mail
Open resourceUSO
Deployed force and families
Morale programs, family centers, and care-package guidance
Open resourceOperation Gratitude
Units that request, and donors who cannot mail a named sailor
Assembled care packages to requested units — not a drop-ship to CVN-72
Open resourceSoldiers' Angels
Adopted deployed members and volunteer packers
Letters and kits through their program, not Amazon to the hull
Open resourceResistbot
Anyone writing Congress in under two minutes
Finds your members from your address and delivers email, fax, or postal. Paste the letter from this site.
Open resource
Official channels first
This site is not the ombudsman. ZIP codes, mail status, and official rumor control live with the command. San Diego Fleet & Family scheduling: 1-866-923-6478.
How to mail a carrier
- 1. Use the sailor's FPO AP address. Rank/rate, full name, ship, unit/division if you have it, FPO AP, and the ZIP the ombudsman or sailor gave you. Never a commercial “ship to port” vendor.
- 2. Check the ZIP before you buy postage. Some land APO codes in the Middle East have been USPS-suspended since March 2026. Military Times reported ships were not on that list — still run the five-digit ZIP through the restrictions tool, then Click-N-Ship for the customs form.
- 3. Keep it small and dry. Toothpaste, deodorant (stick, not aerosol), soap, menstrual products, letters, printed photos. No perishables, no loose lithium, no alcohol.
- 4. Log the tracking number. Family watch will hold it. If a parcel is silent for 60 days, send a duplicate and file a missing-mail note with your ombudsman — the current pipeline has been losing packages for months.
- 5. If you cannot mail, fund the people who can. Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society, USO, Operation Gratitude, Soldiers' Angels. A pledge in this app is not a shipment.
FPO address builder
Format it the way USPS expects. The ZIP is not public — get it from your sailor or the ombudsman.
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[Rate] [First Last] USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN FPO AP [ZIP from sailor / ombudsman]
Packing list
Check items off on this device. Nothing is uploaded.