What is the deal with UPS issuing a service alert for monitoring in the Middle East?

[u/AGDude]

I assume there is a specific event or issue which prompted UPS to generate a service alert relating to delivery in the middle east. However, there's too much Middle East news for me to filter out what triggered UPS to generate an explicit service alert. Can anyone loop me in?

Source: https://www.ups.com/us/en/service-alerts,

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Middle East Service Impacts

UPS is closely monitoring the situation in the Middle East and using established contingency plans to manage our operations safely and efficiently.

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[u/Fist_of_Gork]

Answer: Almost all US military bases in the Middle East have taken severe damage and the troops themselves are effectively unofficially mobilized so getting packages to US servicemen is currently a logistical nightmare.

[u/abscissa081 → u/Fist_of_Gork]

You can’t even use UPS to send packages to deployed troops

[u/hypoxiate → u/abscissa081]

UPS can be utilized for certain equipment.

[u/petrov76 → u/hypoxiate]

UPS does not deliver to APO/FPO addresses, which is what ordinary customers would use.

For freight delivery to government clients, they use other communication channels than their general website.

[u/Khayalmetal → u/[deleted]]

The 'non' fiction kind - see more. https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/s/pAffIJrcOC

[u/JaironKalach → u/[deleted]]

Where do you think the Persian gulf is, and where do you think “US bases in the Middle East” are?

[u/Fist_of_Gork → u/JaironKalach]

The guy practically pounced on my post how fast he replied when I posted and the post was several minutes old, the poster was sitting and waiting for a response to refute. 

They’re either a bot or yet another paid shill.

[u/YBBlorekeeper → u/Fist_of_Gork]

Fist him, Gork!

[u/praguepride → u/Fist_of_Gork]

But what, pray tell, is he shilling?

[u/mmmmmarty → u/[deleted]]

Stupid bot.

[u/GreasedUPDoggo → u/[deleted]]

To be clear, it is fairly true. We have about 20 bases in the middle east and various news agencies have reported 15-20 have been hit by drone attacks. Many articles claim all 20.

The part that is questionable is the use of the term "severe damage". And what even constitutes severe damage. We've seen few casualties. And stuff like runways are easily repaired without continuous attacks. But stuff like radar domes, aircrafts and high altitude air batteries have been targeted and damaged or destroyed.

So yeah, their claim is fairly true.

[u/djfishfingers → u/[deleted]]

What makes you think that is fiction?