Postal clerk (abbreviated as PC) was a
United States Navy
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occupational
rating
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.
Postal clerks:
* Operate US Navy post offices
* Supervise, organize and establish or disestablish a US Navy post office
* Perform postal counter work, including sale of stamps and money orders
* Process incoming and outgoing mail
* Route mail
* Maintain a mail directory
* Process official mail
* Maintain security of postal effects and mail matter
* Process claims and inquiries
* Prepare and file postal correspondence, records and reports
Rating merger
Effective 1 October 2009, the ratings of storekeeper (SK) and postal clerk (PC) have merged to become
logistics specialist
The logistics specialist (LS) is a US Navy enlisted rating that was created on 1 October, 2009 by the merger of the storekeeper (SK) and postal clerk (PC) ratings. It also included the previous functions of the former aviation storekeeper (AK) r ...
(LS).
"Storekeeper, Postal Clerk Ratings to Merge into Logistic Specialist Rating"
''Navy.mil'', November 19, 2008.
References
See also
*List of United States Navy ratings
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