Support Site • Navy Federal Credit Union maintains a full service office at the Navy Exchange retail complex. • Navy Exchange cashier: euro or dollar sales. Rates are close to the daily exchange rate. • There are three ATMs at the Support Site: The Italian ATM inside the Navy Lodge across from the elevators dispenses euro. Navy Federal ATMs located outside of the Navy Lodge and outside the Navy Exchange retail center, near the main doors by the movie theater, dispense dollars. Allied Joint Force Command Naples: • Banco di Napoli.
Postal Matters One of the closest and strongest ties to loved ones in the United States is the mail. Fortunately, mail service is relatively quick and efficient despite being overseas in Naples. Postal services in Naples are spread out over a wide geographic area with a mail control activity at Rome’s International Airport, and post office services at Capodichino, Gricignano (Support Site), JFC, Gaeta and Latina. Naples-area military post offices provide the following services: • General delivery service (mail call); • Stamp sales and postal money orders; • Pick-up point for accountable mail; • Mail directory-locator services; • USPS claims and inquiry services; • In- and out-processing of patrons; • Mail receipt and mailing services. As an authorized military postal service patron, it is your responsibility to inform all correspondents of your correct mailing and forwarding address prior to leaving your present duty station. You should obtain your new address for your new command from your sponsor and notify all your correspondents at least six to eight weeks prior to checkout. Your new address should contain all of the following information: Full name, rank and rate Name of Command: PSC and Box Number: PSC XXX Box XXXX FPO and Zip Code: FPO AE 096XX It is extremely important to NOT add “Naples” or “Italy” to the mailing address to avoid misrouting of mail into the Italian national postal system. It currently takes an average of five to seven days for a first class letter or priority parcel to reach the United States. For best results, ask friends to use Priority Mail when mailing your items. For time sensitive matters, Express Mail Military Service is available to and from NSA Naples. Magazines, newspapers, catalogs, non-profit book rate etc., can take six to eight weeks by container ship. Packages sent by Parcel Post will also take this long to arrive. Lastly, do not mail perishable foods or meats, plants, soil matter, tobacco, firearms of any kind or alcohol to or from Italy. Only U.S. currency is accepted at the post offices, with the exception of the Gaeta postal operation, which is a cashless operation. You may use personal checks for the
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exact amount of purchase and major credit cards and bank debit cards. You cannot purchase money orders with personal checks or credit cards. You may use traveler’s checks to purchase all services, provided purchases total at least half the amount of the traveler’s check. Here is the list of where the postal services are located and hours of operation: Fleet Mail Center, Capodichino Bldg. 412 (behind the Supply building) Personal accountable mail pickup: Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Command Mail Call: 7 to 11 a.m. Commercial: . . . . . . . . . . . . .081-568-5371/5506/6718 Capodichino Post Office Bldg. 412 (behind the Supply building, inside the FMC) Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Commercial: . . . . . . . . . . . . .081-568-5371/5506/6718 Support Site Post Office Inside the Navy Exchange compound, by the food court Command Mail Call: Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Customer service hours: Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Commercial: 081-811-4335/4336/4343 Allied Joint Force Command Post Office Community Center Building Command Mail Call: Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Customer service hours: Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Gaeta Post Office Bldg. 752, on the pier Command Mail Call: Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Customer service hours: Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Commercial: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .081-568-8361 The Naples postal team is proud to serve you. If you have any questions, e-mail m-na-postoffice-gs@eu.navy.mil.
This is an ATM located at the Capodichino base that dispenses euro and dollars. There are also several ATMs located at the Support Site. (Photo by Gary Nichols)
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