POSTAL INSPECTOR

The Postal Clerk is responsible for overseeing the movement, sorting, processing, and distribution of mail for LOGCAP. Working under minimal supervision, the clerk performs detailed accounting and security functions to safeguard mail and maintain the integrity of postal operations.

Mail Handling and Processing

• Safeguard all mail and maintain strict security of the postal facility.
• Load and unload mail trucks; verify mail pieces against incoming manifests and prepare outgoing manifests.
• Separate accountable mail from regular mail.
• Open worker mailbags and letter trays; sort mail by authorized APOs or assigned units.
• Process service mail such as insured and certified items using required delivery forms.
• Conduct mail call at scheduled times and provide customer assistance to unit mail clerks.
• Distribute incoming mail to authorized unit mail clerks; obtain signatures for custody of service mail (insured, certified).
• Redirect mis‑sent mail to the correct locations.
• Separate, re-wrap, and endorse damaged or opened mail.

Security and Inspection Functions

• If an X-ray machine is available, screen selected mailbags and parcels; inspect suspicious mail and report findings to the supervisor.
• Perform parcel inspections to ensure items comply with military non‑mailable restrictions.
• Ensure slide labels are date‑stamped, and gateway fly tags are affixed as required.
• Annotate weights of outgoing mail and record them on outgoing worksheets and logs.
• Stage, lock, and seal mail vehicles overnight; record seal numbers for next‑day verification.

Mail Dispatch and Routing

• Use SPRINT and CAMALS charts to route mail to appropriate locations.
• Process required manifest documentation for dispatch to APO camps, JMMT, or MCA personnel at the local international airport.
• Record daily volume and weight of dispatched mail.
• Load outgoing mail onto pallets, airline shipping cages, and igloos; prepare required dispatch documents.

Customer and Retail Support

• Operate (or learn to operate) Retail System Software to provide postal services to authorized patrons.
• Explain available postal services and provide customer support.
• Receipt outgoing official mail from the official mail section.

Postal Supply and Record Management

• Manage postal stock inventory, ordering, and receiving for the assigned facility.
• Maintain a database of processed mail forms and daily shipment entries.
• Maintain functional files in accordance with ARIMS filing standards.

Additional Responsibilities

• Maintain high-security standards by ensuring that unauthorized personnel entering operations areas are escorted at all times.
• Perform general housekeeping and custodial duties in the JMMT or APO facility.
• Perform additional duties as assigned, including designated safety or fire warden responsibilities.