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2022-06-16 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Military postal system plans to end mail privileges for overseas military retirees

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Posted by Besoeker 2022-06-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 Mail sent to U.S. military bases overseas is handled exclusively by the U.S. Postal Service, which charges domestic postage rates regardless of its destination.

Because the facilities are stateside where the mail is transferred from the Postal Service to the military which then does the transport and delivery overseas. Who gets to use it usually was dependent upon the Status of Forces Agreement with the host nations.

Posted by Procopius2k 2022-06-16 07:51|| 2022-06-16 07:51|| Front Page Top

#2 Added to the long list of quietly broken promises since 1968 when I raised my right hand.

As an aside. we have approximately 430 ships in the Navy (per Google) but the Military Postal Service operates on 626 ships?

Posted by NoMoreBS 2022-06-16 11:52|| 2022-06-16 11:52|| Front Page Top

#3 The country I was posted to in the 70s had no SOFA coverage for retirees. As courtesy, the command extended authorization to receive and send letter size mail because the country's postal service, acknowledged by the locals, was a wreck. That was suppose to make sure they got their checks. The only other facilities the retirees were given access to was the AAFES run food facility. That was before the active personnel were moved from payday lines into check to bank. It's been 30 years since that was implemented.

Posted by Procopius2k 2022-06-16 14:04|| 2022-06-16 14:04|| Front Page Top

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