This is the case virtually military-wide, including infantry units in active combat. I received Red Cross notices twice while on orders (once in an army school,

This is the case virtually military-wide, including infantry units in active combat. I received Red Cross notices twice while on orders (once in an army school, once in Iraq), and leadership scrambles to accommodate soldiers during these events. Army (and other military) leadership doesn't mess around with Red Cross messages or a soldier's mail.