Mail Call

A U. S. Navy Tradition

Some of you may have recently saw or read where the U. S. Postal Service is suffering a loss of revenue because too many people are using various Electronic systems to communicate with other people.

Let me be the first to remind you that no E-Mail, Facebook entry, MySpace entry or Twitter post can take the place of a "Package From Home" when you are deployed. Here you can see the results of loving Americans as they flood their loved ones with "Care Packages."

GULF OF OMAN (Aug. 7, 2009) Information Systems Technician 3rd Class Calvin Lawson helps sort through 21,000 pounds of mail in the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Ronald Reagan is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Oliver Cole/Released)

As you can ascertain from the information, this great ship, the USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) is deployed and conducting operations in the War on Terrorism. Can you imagine what eleven tons of mail looks like? You only see a portion here.