military post office

  • 1military post office — (MPO) A branch of a U.S. civil post office, operated by the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps to serve military personnel overseas or aboard ships. (Also seearmy post office and fleet post office.) …

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  • 2military post office — A branch of a designated US based post office such as New York, San Francisco, Miami, or Seattle established by US Postal Service authority and operated by one of the Military Services. The term includes Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, and… …

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  • 3military post office cancellation — (See cancellation.) …

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  • 4Post office — Post Post, n. [F. poste, LL. posta station, post (where horses were kept), properly, a fixed or set place, fem. fr. L. positus placed, p. p. of ponere. See {Position}, and cf. {Post} a pillar.] 1. The place at which anything is stopped, placed,… …

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  • 5army post office — (APO)  A branch of a designated USPS civilian post office, which falls under the jurisdiction of the postmaster of either New York City or San Francisco, that serves either Army or Air Force personnel. (Also see military post office.) …

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  • 6fleet post office  — fleet post office (FPO) A branch of a designated USPS civilian post office, which falls under the jurisdiction of the postmaster of either New York City or San Francisco, that serves Coast Guard, Navy, or Marine Corps personnel. (Also… …

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  • 7Post Office Rifles — The Post Office Rifles was a unit of the British Army, first formed in 1868 from volunteers. The unit evolved several times until 1921, after which the name was lost during one of many reorganisations.[1] Contents 1 Beginnings 2 Service in Egypt …

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  • 8Post office — For other uses, see Post office (disambiguation). A post office in Oxford, England, UK A post office is a facility forming part of a postal system for the posting, receipt, sorting, handling, transmission or delivery of mail.[ …

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  • 9Defense of the Polish Post Office in Danzig — (today Gdańsk) Part of the Invasion of Poland …

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  • 10James Farley Post Office — Infobox nrhp name = U.S. General Post Office nrhp type = nrhp caption = A carefully detailed Corinthian colonnade under the inspirational inscription location = Manhattan, New York City, New York USA lat degrees = 40 lat minutes = 45 lat seconds …

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