text: i had a friend in college, and i believe he is in the army, in iraq now. is there any way to find him? i last saw him in 1993, but i knew then that he was in the army full time. requests for military mailing addresses  responsibility for military personnel records falls within the jurisdiction of the military departments, not the office of the secretary of defense. therefore, requests for military addresses should be sent to the respective service of the individual whose address is being sought. there is no comprehensive source for e-mail addresses. even if there were, military regulations and the privacy act of 1974 do not permit the military departments to provide home addresses or telephone numbers of service personnel. moreover, regulations do not permit random dissemination of listings of names and addresses of service personnel. these regulations have been established to protect individual service men and women from commercial exploitation and to respect their right of privacy. because of the large volume of requests that each service locator receives, please allow four weeks processing time for written requests.   specific information  the following information is needed for all requests for all locator services:    give as much identifying information as possible about the person you wish to locate such as full name, rank, last duty assignment/last known military address, service number, and social security number.   the locator service is free to immediate family members and government officials. other family members, civilian friends, businesses and others must pay $3.50. the check or money order must be made out to the u.s. treasury. it is not refundable.  united states army   the army will help you locate individuals on active duty only. mail your request to:   commander  u.s. army enlisted records & evaluation center attn: locator 8899 east 56th street fort benjamin harrison, in 46249-5301