Here's the last sentence of the article
"Hess emailed that he has since found two mat suppliers willing to ship to an APO address in Iraq."
I read that, but that was NOT what I asked. I wanted to know if I/we could pay for the mats to be sent. The Sgt. did NOT originally request the mats for free, he just wanted to know if the mats could be shipped to an APO address.
The post just above yours answered the question, however, people are sending more mats then the military could possibly use.