"....In mid-May, Kellogg, Brown & Root began driving all the mail to the nine base camps in Iraq. Each day, the military escorts the civilian drivers to the camps.
By the end of the year, DHL and Kellogg Brown & Root will take over the bulk of the mail operation in the country, freeing up many of the reserve and active-duty postal units so they can go home.
Second Lt. T.L. Chandler, who is attached to the 1st Armored Division, said soldiers delivering the mail know how important it is to get to the troops as fast as possible. He said some soldiers refuse to take days off because “it’s that important to them.”
He added that the angry letters to the editor only inspired the postal clerks to work even harder.
“They want to get it done,” he said.
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