text: Provide Human Resources Services
  Secretary of Defense. Upon completion of the joint operation, the combatant commander requests
  termination of free mail via MPSA. Refer to DODI 4525.09 for more information regarding free mail.
  HOST-NATION POSTAL SUPPORT
  4-86. If an agreement is made by the ASCC, combatant command, and the host-nation via Memorandum of
  Agreement and Status of Forces Agreement, this support can be a critical element of the postal support
  structure. It frees military and civilian postal personnel for more critical duties. Host-nation personnel can be
  military or civilian, and they can handle all mail classes except official registered mail. Postal unit
  commanders must indoctrinate Soldiers supervising host-nation personnel in the customs, language, religion,
  and political conditions of the AO.
  INTERNATIONAL MAIL
  4-87. The ASCC G-1/AG and the combatant command assess the need for international mail exchange
  within the theater of operation, and in-conjunction with the TPOC POD and HROB, identify the postal
  platoon to conduct this mission. All requests for prograde mail support for multinational forces are submitted
  by the ASCC to the combatant command for submission to the DA Postal and MPSA for approval. Additional
  security measures should be implemented to safeguard against hazardous materials entering the MPS.
  OFFICIAL MAIL AND DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT
  4-88. The Army G-1 is the functional proponent for the Official Mail and Distribution Management Program
  and serves as the senior Army policy official for Army-wide official mail. Official mail is mail addressed to
  or originating from military or other governmental organizations. Official mail is moved through the MPS
  until it reaches the postal platoon of the unit addressed. Official mail is delivered from the postal platoon to
  the unit mail clerk/unit mail orderly who then delivers it to the addressee or agent through unit mail
  distribution channels, the J-1. Refer to AR 25-51, Official Mail and Distribution Management, for procedures
  regarding official mail.
  PERSONAL MAIL
  4-89. Personal mail is mail addressed to individual Soldiers and civilians. Postal platoons receive, sort, and
  dispatch personal mail to appointed unit mail clerks. Personal mail is picked up daily by unit mail clerks or
  as directed by unit commanders IAW METT-TC. Unit mail clerks coordinate with the servicing postal
  platoon on unit and personnel status changes for mail delivery.
  POSTAL FINANCE SERVICES
  4-90. Postal platoons provide customer service for postal finance support consistent with the commander's
  mail policies. These services include money order and postage stamp sales, special services, and package
  mailing. Postal platoons may provide Service members and other authorized personnel finance services
  within battalion and brigade support areas, when coordinated with supporting HR (postal) companies.
  Services are provided as often as the tactical situation and manning level allows at outlying locations, and
  can be increased or decreased based on command directives and METT-TC. Electronic postal finance
  terminal operations require commercial internet service for USPS updates to the system. Manual methods
  would have to be used without this capability.
  4-91. Units coordinate with the postal platoon leader to provide limited mobile postal finance services to
  units or teams not located near the main servicing postal platoon. The MTF commander coordinates with the
  postal platoon in their location to provide necessary postal finance services to customers. Policy for mobile
  postal missions is directed by the TPOC SOPs.
  REDIRECT SERVICE
  4-92. The postal network provides personal, official, and accountable mail redirect services starting at the
  unit mail clerk level. There are two forms of redirect services: Soldier redirect and unit redirect. Soldier
  redirect applies to individual pieces of mail requiring directory service before processing. This includes mail