Web form that you can enter APO/FPO and USA addresses [closed]

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I have a web form that is used to gather contact information for a GED verification service. We're starting to get a lot of requests to send the verification's to APO/FPO addresses. Tried Googling/Binging for some examples but there is nothing available on how to create an accessible and usable form that can handle the extra information. ( examples: USPS - APO/FPO/DPO Guidlines )

Currently we ask for name, address, address 2, state, city and zip. An APO/FPO address has no city or state, just a name, location and a zip with some extra text in front. I was thinking of offering two separate forms that would be selectable at the beginning of the collection process, one for a normal USA address format and another for the APO/FPO format.

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Mail to US Military overseas addresses and diplomatic pouch (APO = Army Post Office, FPO = Fleet Post Office, DPO = Diplomatic Post Office) is a little weird:

• The address line(s) are dependent on the destination. Land-based units will need the mail center/box number. Navy (FPO) is different: mail destined to a sailor aboard ship should have the ship's name and number as the address, something like

  Seaman Sarah Cambell
  USS Enterprise (CVG-65)
  FPO AP 96543-1234
  

• The city field is one of

  • APO (Army Post Office)
  • FPO (Fleet Post Office)
  • DPO (Diplomatic Post Office)
• The state field is one of
  
  • AA (Armed Forces Americas, serving all of the Americas except Canada, including military bases within the United States).
  • AE (Armed Forces Europe, serving Europe, Canada, Africa and the Middle East).
  • AP (Armed Forces Pacific, serving Asia and the Pacific).
    
• The zip code is the military zip code, tied to the gateway designated by the state field.

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