Photo By Sgt. Rebecca Eller | Lance Cpl. Alex Favuzzi, a postal clerk with the station post office, and a Long...... read more read more
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MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. - With the holiday season comes an increase in postal services aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar as Marines begin to send and receive packages.
Postal clerks on base work persistently to ensure the Marines’ mail is distributed on time during the holiday season.
This requires postal clerks to work more than the average Monday through Friday job. Marines in the post office are dedicated to ensuring Marines on base receive their mail in a timely manner, even if that means working on Saturdays.
“During the holiday, they’re working until the day before Christmas Eve,” said Gunnery Sgt. Dorienzo Whatley, the postal chief with the station post office, and a Brunswick, Ga., native.
On average, the post office receives about five carts of letters and packages, but during the holiday, the shipment doubles.
“It gets stressful sometimes,” said Lance Cpl. Alex Favuzzi, a postal clerk with the station post office, and a Long Island, N.Y., native. “Around the holiday, there is an increase of packages we have to separate.”
Beginning as soon as November, postal receives an influx of mail, continuing until Valentines Day.
“The Marines here at postal are just trying to service all the Marines, and make sure they have a happy holiday and everyone gets their packages on time,” said Whatley.
Mail has the ability to make Marines feel connected to their families. When they get a picture of their family, it makes being away easier, added Whatley.
“Sometimes for a Marine, this may be their only line to get communication through to their family,” said Whatley. “Some Marines don’t have email; some Marines may not have a phone.”
Mail arrives every day around 8 a.m. with the exception of Sundays. The postal clerks have to scan tracking labels on all packages and distribute mail to the appropriate unit or into Marines’ post office boxes.
Postal is important year round, not just during the holiday. While on deployment Marines look forward to receiving mail, explained Whatley.
“A lot of the time when we’re overseas, we deliver to that individual. No matter where they are at, we go to them,” said Whatley. “Just to see that Marine’s face when he gets that package or letter makes it worth it.”
The Marines who work in the post office feel a sense of pride in their job because they are able to deliver Marines a piece of home.
“Postal is important when you deploy,” said Favuzzi. “Everyone on deployment looks forward to receiving mail. Receiving mail definitely makes everyone happy.”
Postal clerks aboard MCAS Miramar make a difference by delivering morale to Marines throughout the base on a daily basis.
| Date Taken: | 12.20.2011 |
| Date Posted: | 12.29.2011 12:51 |
| Story ID: | 81868 |
| Location: | MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, CA, US |
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