Photo by Staff Sgt. Robert Storm | II Marine Expeditionary Force | 02.02.2012
Lance Cpl. Jasmine Jones from Queens, N.Y., checks the paperwork on an outgoing package. All mail is x-rayed and screened for contraband. Marines must fill out a document stating that no contraband items are inside packages. If contraband is found the postal service will send a letter to the Marines chain of command describing the item, disciplinary action is then left to the unit....
Photo by Staff Sgt. Robert Storm | II Marine Expeditionary Force | 02.02.2012
A Marine fills out the address sticker for outgoing mail. Marines must fill out a document stating that no contraband items are inside packages. If contraband is found the postal service will send a letter to the Marines chain of command describing the item, disciplinary action is then left to the unit....
Photo by Staff Sgt. Robert Storm | II Marine Expeditionary Force | 02.02.2012
Lance Cpl. Jasmine Jones from Queens, N.Y., checks a package for delivery. 2,000-3,000 pounds of mail come to Forward Operating Base Delaram II every day and must be guarded 24/7. All mail is x-rayed and screened for contraband....
Photo by Staff Sgt. Robert Storm | II Marine Expeditionary Force | 02.02.2012
Cpl. Jesus Cardenas, 21, personnel clerk, from Houston, Texas and Lance Cpl Meng Lu, 19, S-1 clerk, from Xi’an, China, help to sort the mail. 2,000-3,000 pounds of mail come to Forward Operating Base Delaram II every day....
Photo by Staff Sgt. Robert Storm | II Marine Expeditionary Force | 02.02.2012
Sergeant Jerusa Muncy from Bronx, N.Y., checks the address of a package. One of two postal workers aboard FOB Delaram, she or her assistant never leave the postal building, the mail is guarded 24/7....
Photo by Staff Sgt. Robert Storm | II Marine Expeditionary Force | 02.02.2012
The mail is guarded 24/7 while aboard FOB Delaram. “The only thing that will get us both out of the building at the same time is an air strike,” Sergeant Jerusa Muncy from Bronx, N.Y., laughs....
Photo by Staff Sgt. Robert Storm | II Marine Expeditionary Force | 02.02.2012
Mail is sorted and stacked for the Marines to come get. Each section of Marines on Forward Operating Base Delaram II will send representatives to come help sort and distribute the mail, 2,000-3,000 pounds of mail come every day....
Photo by Staff Sgt. Robert Storm | II Marine Expeditionary Force | 02.02.2012
Sergeant Jerusa Muncy, from Bronx, N.Y., directs a forklift to transport outgoing mail. The outgoing mail is saved together until a pallet is full. This process takes between two and three days. Marine Corps postal clerks operate no matter what time of day or night, rain or shine in order to get the mission accomplished....
