What are all the letters and number in an address for a soldier?

February 18th, 2010 | by admin |

My boyfriend has left for basic training @ Fort Benning on February 20. I just found out his address a coulple days ago and was wondering what all the letters and numberst stand for in the address.

Name Rank
Company Name Battalion Number
City, Sate/Country Zip

Sgt. Nobody Johnson
A co 1/24 AR BN (Armor Battalion)
Hamburg, Germany 1223123

This person would be with Alpha Company of the 1st of the 24th Armor Battalion stationed in Hamburg Germany

Something like that?

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5 Responses to “What are all the letters and number in an address for a soldier?”

  1. By Ultimo K on Feb 18, 2010

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  2. By Tina on Feb 18, 2010

    The letters and numbers in the address are the unit he is in at basic, his address will change as he changes units or locations as will the numbers and letters. They do get shortened ex. USAH-United States Army Hospital, CSH-Combat Support Hospital, ID-Infantry Divsion. I think you get it. Hope it helps.
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  3. By MissMP on Feb 18, 2010

    It probably said something like
    Co A, 35th Eng. CO

    First, they use a phonetic letter of the alphabet to identify the company. If you just say "A" on the radio you may not understand it so even when not on the radio they say "Alpha." So depending what letter his company is… he will say I am in Alpha Company or Bravo Company, Charlie… and so on.

    The numbers identify the unit and what type of unit he is in, for example, on one fort, all of the 795’s may be MP’s, all of the 797’s may be engineers and so forth. Then they will have a more specific unit number to identify which of the MP or engineer, etc. units they belong too.

    Co. A — Phonetic Letter Identification

    795 (or similar) — Type of Job

    Unit # 75 — Specific Unit in that battalion

    1rst, 2nd, or 3rd Platoon — The companies may have up to 220 soldiers but they break them down into training groups or mission groups called platoons. He will be assigned to the 1rst, 2nd, 3rd, etc. I haven’t ever seen more than 4 though.
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    Army MP 5 years

  4. By this guy on Feb 18, 2010

    IN or INF stands for Infantry. REG or REGT. stands for regiment. Co. stands for Company. The number are for the unit.

    like A Co. 2-29 Inf Regt would mean A Company 2nd Battalion 29th Infantry Regiment.
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  5. By Rawbert on Feb 18, 2010

    Name Rank
    Company Name Battalion Number
    City, Sate/Country Zip

    Sgt. Nobody Johnson
    A co 1/24 AR BN (Armor Battalion)
    Hamburg, Germany 1223123

    This person would be with Alpha Company of the 1st of the 24th Armor Battalion stationed in Hamburg Germany

    Something like that?
    References :
    U.S.Army Disabled Veteran
    19K20 M1A1 Abrams
    1990-1996

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