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OP TELIC 8

1 Logistic Support Regiment RLC and 17 Battery 26 Regt RA are currently deployed on TELIC 8.

Deployment Website provides up to date information and newsletters

You will know that 1 Logistic Support Regiment RLC and members of 26 Regt RA are currently on operations in Iraq with 20 Bde (from Normandy Bks, Paderborn).   For ease of passage of information to the families in Germany (and around the world) HQ 20 Bde has built a website which is hosted on ArmyNET and available to all serving personnel and their immediate families.   The website contains information aimed predominantly at the families and includes, amongst other things, useful information about the deployment, newsletters from Iraq and a gallery of photographs taken in theatre.

How to do it

Should you wish to, you can visit the site by logging onto ArmyNet at www.armynet.mod.uk (you will need an account which is very simple to set up) and then clicking on:

  • Top Items - one of the tabs on the menu bar at the top of the page

  • and then scrolling down to Op Home 20

British Forces Post Office (BFPO) Gulf Guide

ADDRESSES

Mail is to be addressed as follows:

   Official Correspondence:
 
  Appointment (ie CO)
Unit/Department
Exercise/Op ..........
BFPO Number
 
  Private Correspondence:
 
  Number, Rank, Name
Unit/Department
Exercise/Op ..........
BFPO Number
 

SERVICES

Forces Aerogramme There is a free forces air letter service ('Bluey') available to and from deployed personnel.  Blueys are available at BFPO counters and stamps are not required, however, the exercise or operation name must be written on the top left-hand corner.  You are not allowed to enclose anything in a Bluey.

This initiative forms part of the Operational Welfare Package.  Users can send an e-bluey securely via the Internet; it will be quickly downloaded at a BFPO in Theatre; printed and delivered along with normal mail.  Full details and instructions are available online at the BFPO website.

Letters, Packets and Parcels All postage rates can be obtained from your British Forces Post Office counter
Customs All items posted to BFPOs must comply with current regulations.  ALCOHOL, PRODUCTS CONTAINING TOBACCO AND PUBLICATIONS SHOWING COMPLETE OR PARTIAL NUDITY ARE NOT TO BE SENT BY POST.

Full details of other items prohibited in certain countries in the region are available in BFPOs.  All mail is subject to Customs examination and is liable to be seized if prohibited items are found.  If you are in any doubt, please ask at the BFPO Counter before posting.
 

POSTING MAIL

BFPOs will continue to open at the advertising times.  You will also be able to post outgoing letters at any time through BFPO letterboxes.  These will be cleared more frequently and changes will be advertised throughout Garrisons.
 

ENQUIRIES

Should you have any enquiries please contact your local BFPO, either ask at the counter or phone the number below.  Inquiries that cannot be dealt with locally should be referred to 99 PC Sqn RLC Mail Operations on Rheindahlen Mil (72) 3533 or civil (02161) 472 3533.

BFPO Location Mil Code Ext Civil Code & Ext
15 Herford 82 3219 (05221) 995 3219
39 Bielefeld 81 3202 (0521) 9254 3202
47 Princess Royal Bks 73 3034 (05241) 84 3034
113 Mansergh Bks 73 2280 (05241) 84 2280

 

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