NAVEDTRA 15004B, LOGISTICS SPECIALIST TRAINING MANUAL CHAPTER 14 Flashcards
What provides service to Department of Defense (DoD) agencies in support of DoD missions?
Military Postal Service (MPS)
What is the governing directive on the Postal Agreement between the United States Postal Service and the Department of Defense?
USPS Publication 38
Which directive describes postal services available to military installations in the United States?
USPS Publication 38-A
Who serves as the Department of Defense’s single point of contact with the USPS and other government agencies on Military Postal Service policies and operational matters?
Executive Director, MPSA
What is responsible for the direction and administration of the Military Postal Service?
MPSA
What act as the single point of contact for the MPSA with the USPS at the designated commercial airport gateways?
Joint Military Postal Activities (JMPAs)
Which USPS bulk-mail processing centers comprise a nationwide system for the concentration, distribution, and transportation of Periodical, and Parcel Post mail?
Network Distribution Centers (NDC)
What receives, distributes, consolidates, transfers, and dispatches military mail for transportation to, from, and within overseas areas, commands, and ships?
Fleet Mail Center (FMC)
What are overseas military mail facilities responsible for the receipt, distribution, transfer, and dispatch of military mail by air between overseas areas, or to or from the United States?
Aerial Mail Terminals (AMTs)
Who was the first Postmaster General and established the tradition that the U.S. Mail is a service to all the people of the United States, which should be used as often as needed and rendered at the lowest possible rates?
Benjamin Franklin
Navy personnel designated as military postal clerks must not have physical restrictions prohibiting duty involving prolonged standing, walking, or lifting of weights up to how many pounds?
70
Who is a U.S. Armed Forces member officially designated and authorized by public law to perform postal finance functions and other postal duties?
Military Postal Clerk (MPC)
Who are individuals assigned to perform mail duties at Unit Mailrooms (UMRs) according to DoD regulations?
Mail clerks
After their departure, personnel should have directory service given to their mail for 12 months, or for how many months if assigned for a period of 6 months or less? (
3
Who are individuals from divisions, departments, squadrons, or commands who are assigned to pick up mail from a post office or a unit mailroom?
Mail orderlies
Who is a DoD civilian employee in an overseas shore-based military post office who is assigned custody and accountability of a portion of the post office’s stamp and money-order account?
Financial Postal Clerk
Who is accountable for the stamp stock and other postal effects issued to that post office by the USPS? (
COPE
The Postal Officer is a person (what grade or above) designated in writing by the Commanding Officer (CO) with responsibility for the overall supervision of the postal operation within the command?
e-7
Each post office operated by the Navy should be visited by a postal assistance advisor at least once every 12 months for ashore post offices, and every how many months for afloat units?
18-24
Which manual provides guidance to all military departments for the administration and operation of the Military Postal Service (MPS)?
DOD 4525.6-M
Which instruction addresses Navy unique situations and gives additional guidance in the administration of Navy post offices?
OPNAVINST 5112.6
What sets forth the regulations and procedures governing the domestic mail services offered to the public by the USPS?
DMM
What contains detailed information concerning international postal rates?
IMM
What contains policies and procedures for USPS support and administrative functions including postal organization, audits and investigations, facilities and equipment, relations with other organizations, communications, support services, purchasing and materials, and information resources?
ASM
