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Hi,
 I did the 21yr Navy thing too and got hired in Apr2006 at USPS. Please pass on to your brother thanks for all the great work.
 The way to get hired by the USPS "off the street" is to get on the hiring register. For other than maintenance positions, this requires taking and passing an exam. For maintenance positions, there are 3 steps;

1. Take and pass the exam for the position he is interested in.
2. Fill out and return a booklet of KSA's(Knowledge/Skills/Abilities).
3. Attend an interview to go over any questions and see if you in fact are hireable for various reasons.

 Once these steps are complete, he will be placed on the hiring register for the geographic location where he took the exam.

 To get an exam, there are 2 ways for him to do it. Go to https://uspsapps.hr-services.org/ and select the state he is interested in and apply for the exam. I went there just before writing this, and there is a maintenance mechanic exam being offered in Daytona. He should apply for that quick since the announcement closes 9/30/07. This would mean he would be taking a test some time(this is governmental time ranging from apprx 2 weeks to 3 months....as a guess) after this close out date. The test would be given in the general goegraphic are where the results will be affected. So if he could apply for the exam now, then find away to take the test in Daytona, in a month or two while he's active, he would be ahead of the game.
 Another way to get an exam other than when it is being offered to the general public is to contact the post office in the area where he wants a position. He can sign up for any test he wants during the first 90 days of becoming a vet. I was later told it was the first 180 days, but I'm not sure its that long. He must be a vet to sign up for a test/tests this way so he can't do it while on terminal leave.

 The way vet preference works, if hes a vet, he will get 5 points added to his PASSING test exam. If he's a disabled vet, he will get 10 points. If he's disabled with 30 percent or more disability, he will be get 10 points, but also be placed in a special category that requires his record to be considered first before anyone elses, regardless of test score(as long as he passd before the 10 points were added.)

 Well good luck and I hope this helps.