New mail center provides safer distribution

By Breanna Herring, Army Flier StaffMay 26, 2011

New mail center provides safer distribution
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FORT RUCKER, Ala. -- After several weeks of construction, the new mail center on post is up and running in its new location in Bldg. 118 on Shamrock and Sixth Avenue.

Along with the new center comes a new address and a new letterhead for on-post official mail, said Directorate of Human Resources officials.

“Officials will need to let their mail recipients and senders know of the new address to make certain mail is received and distributed,” said Diane Irby, Fort Rucker official mail manager.

The new mailing address is 2218 Sixth Avenue, Fort Rucker, AL 36362, and the new letterhead has been sent to director’s secretaries via e-mail and can be found on the Fort Rucker Web site, according to Deborah Seimer, Fort Rucker director of HR.

“The mail center receives all official mail and distribution. Basically, we make sure everyone gets their mail and distribution and we help customers if they have special needs with FedEx, express mail, etc.,” said Irby. “The main goal is making sure everything is distributed as it should be distributed.”

The new facility is also safer, for the occupants on post. It has been isolated to a stand-alone building and has also been equipped with blast proof screens on the windows in case an event should occur, according to Irby.

“The new facility is safer, especially for the people in Bldg. 5700. If we get suspicious mail, it just affects those in the stand-alone building instead of the entire building such as 5700,” she said.

“For example, back in December, there was a suspicious package received by the official mail downstairs in Bldg. 5700. They noticed it looked suspicious and Bldg. 5700 was evacuated,” added Seimer. “For the safety for the rest of the post, it is a vast improvement.”

Lastly, the new mail center will no longer be receiving UPS drop offs and no personal mail will be received or distributed.