USPS: Military Post Office keeps mail moving

Most mornings, the first semi-trucks arrive at 8 to drop off the mail at Camp Foster, a Marine Corps base in Okinawa, Japan. Sgt. Montonio Kenan prefers to say the trucks deliver morale. “Postal to me is a morale booster,” Kenan recently told DVIDS, a military news site. “I have deployed and have seen how…

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USPS offers military shipping deadlines

The Postal Service is offering suggested mail-by dates for customers planning to send holiday letters and packages to diplomatic and military service members overseas. The dates are listed in an Oct. 10 news release, along with details on ordering free military care kits and guidelines for addressing packages to Army/Air Post Offices, Fleet Post Offices…

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Military Mail Changes Will Save $4 Million Annually, Official Says

WASHINGTON, July 24, 2014 – Changes to military postal operations will save the Defense Department $4 million annually while providing services comparable to those of any U.S. Postal Service office, a senior Military Postal Service Agency official told DoD News. James Clark, chief of the agency’s operations division, said the changes will go into effect…

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