USPS employs veterans at three times the national rate, but the White House wants to slash these jobs — and our benefits. If you’re looking for a way to honor veterans, here’s one: protect the U.S. Postal Service. I’m a veteran from a family of veterans. After serving in the Marine Corps, I got a […]
CEDAR FALLS – A Cedar Falls man who allegedly stole pain medicine from veterans’ mail will be sent back to Tennessee for allegedly violating his pretrial release. Craig Christopher Diciccio, 47, was detained last week and waived transfer back to Tennessee where he awaits sentencing on one count of federal mail theft. Court records allege […]
This Veterans Day marks the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I, the milestone that established Nov. 11 as the day set aside to honor those who have served in the American armed forces. The holiday is especially significant to the Postal Service, one of the nation’s largest employers of veterans. The organization […]
200+ national security veterans demand investigation into release of CIA operative’s file The United States Postal Service (USPS) apologized Thursday to a Democratic congressional candidate and former Central Intelligence Agency operative for “inappropriate releasing” a copy of her official personnel file she submitted to obtain a security clearance at the agency. The USPS says the […]
In January, Dave Silver logged onto the U.S. Postal Service’s online portal for calculating postage for Priority Mail packages. As president of the all-volunteer Operation Yellow Ribbon in southern New Jersey, Silver had tallied postage for thousands of care packages he had sent to servicemembers in Afghanistan and Iraq over the years. But something was […]
7/2/2018 ON THE EVE OF INDEPENDENCE DAY, JEFFERSON ROAD MAIN POST OFFICE STILL REFUSES TO APPROVE SCHUMER’S REQUEST TO ALLOW VETERANS TO DISTRIBUTE POPPIES & FLAGS OUTSIDE POST OFFICE; SENATOR RESPONDS BY INTRODUCING NEW BILL TO LIFT USPS’ BAN, SANCTIONING ROCHESTER VETERANS, WHO PROTECTED AND DEFENDED US, TO RIGHTFULLY HANDOUT POPPIES & FLAGS FOR VETERAN […]
5/25/2018 SCHUMER URGES U.S. POSTAL SERVICE TO REVERSE POLICY PREVENTING ROCHESTER VETERANS FROM DISTRIBUTING MEMORIAL DAY POPPIES AT LOCAL POST OFFICE U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer today publically demanded the U.S. Postal Service, specifically Postmaster General of the United States Megan Brennan, immediately reverse the Jefferson Road Post Office in Rochester from blocking […]
1/4/18 CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A former postal worker who stole oxycodone and hydrocodone pills mailed by the Department of Veterans Affairs to veterans was sentenced today to five years of probation, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Brittany Harrison, 31, of Cross Lanes, previously pleaded guilty to theft of mail by a postal employee. She […]
New Research Finds Military Veterans Victimized by Scams Twice as Often as Nonveterans 11/8/17 WASHINGTON, DC — The AARP Fraud Watch Network and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service today jointly announced the launch of Operation Protect Veterans — a national campaign to warn those who have served in the military about scams and fraud schemes that target veterans. […]
RICHMOND, VA (WWBT) -Military veteran and grandmother Rhonda Sneed knows what it’s like to be homeless. After her release from the Air Force, where she served four years, Rhonda was unable to get an apartment and lived in a homeless shelter.Now the retired Postal Service worker devotes her life to serving the homeless. She spends four […]