Please, don't turn this into a "I haven't heard anything" post. I have also sent a package to the sandbox and have not received a direct response from the recipient yet.
Here is a cut and past of some information that DocRKS posted on another thread:
"As I've replied to a few via personal email - this Holiday season has seen an inordinate amount of Troop movement and temporary duty assignments with several of our designated Troop receipients being away on Missions - sometimes by a few hundred miles - from the APO addys that the packages were sent to. The problem here is that the packages and mail does not get forwarded in these temp situations and is left collecting at the designated APO addy to which it was addressed.
We just finally had word from a soldier in an ORDNANCE Unit who was on a Mission outside the wire for 23 days. He came back to his permanent station to find 2 boxes that had been waiting for him for all that time. I personally have a family member who is on temporary assignment to an INF unit and on a Mission about 350 miles away from where his Holiday package was sent. We haven't heard from him in 14 days now (no email contact possible currently - he can't write us and we can't get through to him) and his mail and package will be there waiting for him upon his return.
So is the situation with some of the others we have sent Holiday greetings out to. We all wish things were different - but alas this is the deck we were dealt. Just take comfort in knowing you did your part and your act of kindness is certainly appreciated and will be acknowledged when possible."
Please be Patient.
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