My husband has been ArifJan since late June. I have sent 3 packages, and a few post cards and letters. NONE of them have made their way to him yet. Is this normal? I sent all of the packages PRIORITY mail, and the first one went out the day he deployed. I am a brand-new Military Wife, and could really use some information. Thanks so much! (I guess those first brownies will be fossilized if they ever reach him...lol)

yes, it happens.

average,I would say 4 weeks especially since they have only just arrived and mail is still being forwarded to them.

i usually dont even send stuff til they let me know they are on station-some times the address they are given before they go changes when they get there-and the mail over is pretty slow right now-a box i sent on the 29th of june to a place that normaly takes six days didnt get there til 10 july-so between that and the fact that they are probably still in transitional quarters i am not surprised at all.

During two deployments I sent a LOT of packages and they all took bewteen 7 to 14 days.
I never sent to Kuwait I prefer to wait until they get wherever they will be station.

No, that's NOT normal actually.
Average mail from the States to Kuwait is about 10-14 days, any longer than that---something's up with the mail system and/or who's delivering it.

I sent things out to my husband on a weekly basis--never had anything take longer than 14 days. Not even during Christmas.

one thing to consider too is that Kuwait is usually a stepping off point to elsewhere.. he may not actually stay there at all and was just there a short time to get further orders.

plus their addresses do change even if they themselves don't actually go anywhere.