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Is there anyone in the "know" that can explain why our postal system is vastly slower then our allies.
Please keep the speculation till about page 3 please.
Please keep the speculation till about page 3 please.
Not before we do the prerequisite 10 year long study on the problem and of course hold hearings. I'm not at all sure that I'm joking either. We do seem to be love with going thru the motions, don't we?CFL said:I suppose that's possible. I was hoping a postie would be a member here and be able to enlighten us as to how the system works. We were in Bosnia for how long. You would think they would figure out a quicker way based on the models our allies use.
PiperDown said:I think it all has to do with the amount of flights we have.. All our mail gets sent to Belleville, then sits around in Trenton for possibly a week (maybe even 2 if the plane is filled with other supplies) then goes over seas.. The mail does sometimes get held up in customs on the other side.. In Bosnia, I remember it taking 6 weeks to get mail.. as the mail was delivered from camp to camp, (and waiting at each one for a few days, until the next supply run) and by the time it got to Drvar (the last stop along the way) mommies cookies were as good as hockey pucks..
The Americans no doubt have flights every day.. and they pick their mail up directly off the plane and it goes out by blackhawk to each camp.
anyway.. yeah, I agree... The "system" is frustrating.
Cheers,
PiperDown said:I believe the title of the thread was "Canadian MILITARY postal system"
so, complaints about a first class letter from montreal do not apply.. I highly doubt a corporal postie is going to deliver your first class mail..
also, mail from windsor getting sorted in toronto.. once again, canada post and not the military postal system
In canada, we use canada post.
The military postal system in question from this post, ( I speculate) is regarding mail overseas