Apparently the US Department of DefenseWar thinks that they can order non-US citizens not resident in the USA to cease and desist from mailing things.

Uh…

Hilarity of the items involved aside, the gall of the US military postal service to give orders to civilians not under their command and not even of their nation is shocking.

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    2 months ago

    So, they want her to stop sending sex toys to Baharain, but

    The United States Postal Service and the DOD work together through the Military Postal Service Agency (MPSA), managed by the Army, to provide worldwide mail services (APO/FPO/DPO) for service members. These address formats don’t reveal the country, just the person and military unit.

    So she couldn’t screen out those orders, even if she wanted to!

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      2 months ago

      Yup. The system by design (to avoid deployments being decodable) doesn’t reveal the actual destination … but somehow she’s supposed to know.

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    2 months ago

    I like her attitude to this whole thing.

    I hope she updates her website with a 10% discount to all troops posted overseas

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    2 months ago

    Properly fitted, a buttplug reduces cavitation shock waves from shrapnel and small munitions, reducing internal damage and increasing soldier survivability by over 9000

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    2 months ago

    You know, I miss the time you could look at a headline and know instantly it was The Onion. Now you have to check the URL and read the damn thing to know for sure.

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    2 months ago

    you cant stop her from plugging the butts of american soldiers. YOU HAVE NO POWER HERE.

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      2 months ago

      She’s not a resident of Bahrain either, so it still holds. If the DOD wants to appease the Bahrain government, they should intercept things on their end.

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      2 months ago

      DoW, I think you mean.

      Doesn’t matter even with that spin. The DoW is well aware of how its military postal system works and thus knows that the sender has ZERO idea of where a package will be delivered to.

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    2 months ago

    It actually makes sense when you include this important bit, “on behalf of the country of Bahrain”

    It’s likely Bahrainian customs inspecting the package, finding illegal contraband, then contacting the intended recipient for an explanation as to why they’re receiving banned goods

    US Military responds by saying they’ll inform all parties to prevent future occurrences. It’s classic CYA

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      There’s a couple of problems with this:

      1. The vendor has no idea what the destination is when sending it through military post. Part of the whole point of a separate postal system is that you can’t figure out deployments from postage. So even if they’re doing it “on behalf of Bahrain” they’re aiming that the wrong direction. They should have been aiming it at the recipients (who obviously know where they are) not the shipper (who doesn’t).

      2. The country of Bahrain has no position where it can give orders to nonresident foreign citizens either.

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        You’re completely correct, but that doesn’t stop it from happening. It’s just performative covering of asses all around. Now the Bahrainian government doesn’t look like they’re giving the US military a free pass and the US military can say they’re doing something