Usps Keeps Mail Moving To Military In The Middle East
Initiatives to handle the increase in military mail volume to Kuwait which has jumped from nearly 21,000 pounds per week in October to more than 750,000 pounds per week in March have been outlined by the U.S. Postal Service.
The Postal Service has chartered two 747 cargo jets to fly mail overseas to the Military’s postal system. One flies six days a week from the east coast; the other flies three days a week from the west coast.
“This is an extremely challenging, yet gratifying mission,” Vice President Network Operations Management Paul Vogel said, “but customers have to understand, because the troops are constantly on the move, this is very much a ‘moving mailbox’ situation. Together the Postal Service and the Military are making every effort to see that the mail gets delivered.”
The Postal Service has a close connection to the Military. One in three of its 740,000 employee workforce has a military background.
To date, more than 4,000 of its 12,500 employees who serve in the Reserves or National Guard have been called to active duty.
