May 16, 2008
Q: My question is about post office mail boxes. I tried to get one but they said because my husband is stationed on shore duty we are not eligible for one. We have been here for about two years now and I have to wait on my husbands command to get my mail. Just recently, I saw a Sailor with the same CFAY ball cap that my husband wears getting his mail from a post office mail box. Can I please get some help on the rules for this?

A: Yes you may have a mail receptacle at the Yokosuka Post Office. Customers who elect to have a mail receptacle at the Post Office are asked to bring in a current set of orders, family entry approval message or command sponsorship letter. Please be advised that only one mailing address is authorized to be used and a change of address will be required from your current address to your new mail receptacle box number. The Fleet Industrial Supply Center Yokosuka Post Office is in the process of re-writing the Postal Standard Operating Procedures Instruction to allow all authorized personnel (one per family) to be issued a mail receptacle regardless of sea or shore command. As of this year, newly arriving personal requesting a mail receptacle have been issued one. Single deployable personnel will continue to receive mail onboard their unit. Any questions concerning this issue can be address to PCC(SW/AW) Weaver at 243-9824.