Borne the Battle

FBI, CIA, AFT…USPIS? It’s not an alphabet agency that is often brought up in conversation around DC Beltway. However, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service was founded almost 100 years prior to the FBI and almost 150 years before the CIA. Their mission is to “support and protect the U.S. Postal Service, its employees, infrastructure, and customers by enforcing the laws that defend the nation's mail system from illegal or dangerous use.” Today’s guest is a current U.S. Postal Inspector and Marine Veteran Carroll Harris. He is the first guest to reach out to ask to be on the show, so he can get information out to Veterans. Operation Protect Veterans is an effort by the Postal Inspection Service to prevent crimes and scams within the mail system that are targeting the Veteran population. In addition, Carroll is a historian in the Marine Corps Reserve. He is attached to the Marine Corps History Division and is tasked with going on deployments to record Marine Corps history in times of conflict. In the episode, he covers how he was “drafted” into the history division in Kuwait, right before the Marine Corps crossed the Kuwaiti-Iraqi border during 2003’s Operation Enduring Freedom. Additional Links to This Episode: https://postalinspectors.uspis.gov/ https://postalinspectors.uspis.gov/radDocs/OPV.html https://bit.ly/2DucCtZ https://bit.ly/2W3Rkum https://bit.ly/2VlZelB Mission Act Links: https://bit.ly/2D8czDE https://bit.ly/2IDLZXH https://bit.ly/2Zw2uKw #BtBattle Veteran of the Week: Army Veteran Ellen Ainsworth https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/58675/veteranoftheday-ellen-ainsworth/

Show Notes

FBI, CIA, AFT…USPIS? It’s not an alphabet agency that is often brought up in conversation around DC Beltway. However, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service was founded almost 100 years prior to the FBI and almost 150 years before the CIA. Their mission is to “support and protect the U.S. Postal Service, its employees, infrastructure, and customers by enforcing the laws that defend the nation's mail system from illegal or dangerous use.”

Today’s guest is a current U.S. Postal Inspector and Marine Veteran Carroll Harris. He is the first guest to reach out to ask to be on the show, so he can get information out to Veterans. Operation Protect Veterans is an effort by the Postal Inspection Service to prevent crimes and scams within the mail system that are targeting the Veteran population.

In addition, Carroll is a historian in the Marine Corps Reserve. He is attached to the Marine Corps History Division and is tasked with going on deployments to record Marine Corps history in times of conflict. In the episode, he covers how he was “drafted” into the history division in Kuwait, right before the Marine Corps crossed the Kuwaiti-Iraqi border during 2003’s Operation Enduring Freedom.

Additional Links to This Episode:

https://postalinspectors.uspis.gov/

https://postalinspectors.uspis.gov/radDocs/OPV.html

https://bit.ly/2DucCtZ

https://bit.ly/2W3Rkum

https://bit.ly/2VlZelB

Mission Act Links:

https://bit.ly/2D8czDE

https://bit.ly/2IDLZXH

https://bit.ly/2Zw2uKw

#BtBattle Veteran of the Week: Army Veteran Ellen Ainsworth

https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/58675/veteranoftheday-ellen-ainsworth/

What is Borne the Battle?

Borne the Battle recognizes each battle, challenge, and sacrifice our Veterans endure during and after their service, as well as spotlighting important resources, offices, and benefits VA offers our Veterans.

The Department of Veterans Affairs does not endorse or officially sanction any entities that may be discussed in this podcast, nor any media, products or services they may provide.