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…
Letter to the Editor – Jan 21, 2017 DEAR EDITOR: I am a disabled veteran and depend on the Veterans Administration to provide my pharmacy when needed. I see local cardiologists at the Lima St. Rita’s Medical Center and they provide me with prescriptions for the medications that I need to treat my conditions. Last…
The Postal Service is offering suggested mail-by dates for customers planning to send holiday packages to military members serving abroad. The dates are listed in an Oct. 11 news release, along with information on ordering USPS military care kits and guidelines for addressing packages to Army/Air Post Offices, Fleet Post Offices and Diplomatic Post Offices….
Below is a posting Pittsburgh Metro APWU sent out to their 230+ offices and have posted in their three large plants. They are still accepting monetary donations to help with the shipping costs. (The Pittsburgh North Side North Shore Chamber of Commerce also has this on their Facebook page and is sending it out in their Email…
Veterans Day, an annual holiday to honor individuals who have served in the U.S. military, is Wednesday, Nov. 11. The holiday holds special significance for the Postal Service, one of the nation’s largest employers of veterans. Approximately 113,000 USPS employees have served in the Armed Forces. The Postal Service will honor employees who are veterans…
By Jim Tice – May 15, 2015 Free mail has been authorized for U.S. service members and Defense Department civilians serving in support of operations Atlantic Resolve in the Baltic states and Inherent Resolve in Iraq. Under a policy announced May 15 by Army Postal Programs, free mail of 13 ounces or less can be…
For Army soldiers serving in Iraq, nothing beats mail from home. “It’s about getting a little bit of home in a box,” Lt. Col. Greg Johnson, personnel officer with the 1st Infantry Division in Camp Taji in Iraq, told an Army news site last week. But getting mail to soldiers is a challenge. The military…
