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Make sure to read our Community Guidelines and this Navy Operations Security (OPSEC) checklist - loose lips sink ships!
Join groups! Browse for groups for your PIR date, your sailor's occupational specialty, "A" school, assigned ship, homeport city, your own city or state, and a myriad of other interests. Jump in and introduce yourself! Start making friends that can last a lifetime.
Link to Navy Speak - Navy Terms & Acronyms: Navy Speak
All Hands Magazine's full length documentary "Making a Sailor": This video follows four recruits through Boot Camp in the spring of 2018 who were assigned to DIV 229, an integrated division, which had PIR on 05/25/2018.
Boot Camp: Making a Sailor (Full Length Documentary - 2018)
Boot Camp: Behind the Scenes at RTC
...and visit Navy.com - America's Navy and Navy.mil also Navy Live - The Official Blog of the Navy to learn more.
OPSEC - Navy Operations Security
Always keep Navy Operations Security in mind. In the Navy, it's essential to remember that "loose lips sink ships." OPSEC is everyone's responsibility.
DON'T post critical information including future destinations or ports of call; future operations, exercises or missions; deployment or homecoming dates.
DO be smart, use your head, always think OPSEC when using texts, email, phone, and social media, and watch this video: "Importance of Navy OPSEC."
Follow this link for OPSEC Guidelines:
Events
**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:
RESUMING LIVE PIR - 8/13/2021
Please note! Changes to this guide happened in October 2017. Tickets are now issued for all guests, and all guests must have a ticket to enter base. A separate parking pass is no longer needed to drive on to base for parking.
Please see changes to attending PIR in the PAGES column. The PAGES are located under the member icons on the right side.
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A group for those who knit or crochet that would like to blanket our sailors with a touch of home. Our goal is to blanket the entire Navy.
Website: http://www.navyformoms.com/group/knitforthenavy
Location: email address: knit4thenavy@gmail.com
Members: 48
Latest Activity: Aug 16, 2023
After I receive the blanket/afghan, they will be collected and distributed to the ship of the month. Look for pictures of the finished blankets/afghans posted here. Any questions or suggestions can be sent to me or posted on our message board here. Thank you all for your help.
Due to the HUGE cost of shipping blankets, I am very sad to say that I can no longer accept blankets to mail to the ships. I hope that everyone will continue to enjoy the group and come together for friendship and support. Thank you so much everyone who make blankets for our sailors. I know that they appreciated them.
Discussion Forum
OK! I'm new to knit4thenavy.
Started by Diane. Last reply by JMill'smom (Tammy) Mar 4, 2012. 8 Replies 0 Likes
Where do i send/take them?
Started by Janetnva. Last reply by NitaSewBee Jan 23, 2012. 1 Reply 0 Likes
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Comment by lauren on February 22, 2009 at 6:40pm
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I just have to share with my knitting moms..............I received a text from my son tell me there is a chance he will be pick from his sub to go to Iraq for 6 months after training for 2 ( needless to say I told him that is not something he should TEXT to his mom...lol) then he called me right away and explained that because of security ranking......not to high and not to low..............that there is a chance......I do not know how I feel about this..........but do know that if he goes I will be making blankets like crazy.............
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don't worry about it i think i posted a couple of them before i sent them .............so let me make sure I have this right .....we are going to do blankets for the Mason till the end of March Then start on the USS Tennessee.....just need to know if I should be working on any for girls
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Comment by LLovesmysailor on February 20, 2009 at 8:28pm
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I like the "ship of the quarter" thing.
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Comment by jean on February 20, 2009 at 7:34pm
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Hi
does the Navy have a pattern to Knit ? or does any one else made a pattern of the Navy Logo etc?
Jean
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Hey Terri when are you planning on shipping blankets for the USS Tennessee
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ok I went to JoAnns and they have their 1#'s for $5.49 and over $25.00 it is free shipping..............
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I buy worsted weight. It goes faster and you can find worsted weight that is really soft. Baby yarn is kind of fine and tougher to wash.
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ok I have a question I'm going to some of the different sites to order yarn ........and I have no idea what kind I'm looking for ....they don't have a tab for "plain old afghan yarn"..............can you help me out here?
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Terri, I don't know about surface ships. On the subs they get text only and he can't access anything off the sub while they are underway. Its that "run silent,run deep" thing. I do know the surface guys can have access to the internet but I don't know about anything else. I once asked Alex "how come the surface guys get to use the internet and not you". He gave me that look only a son can give you and said " its kind of hard to hide a carrier, but we aren't suppose to be seen or heard." Smart kid! LOL
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Good morning evr1
Ok Joyce and Terri my heart is with you I say forget the pitty party and bring on the wine........because that is what our sailors are thinking............lol.......I think being on a ship they still can use their personal emails can't they???? I really don't know about ship life. But my son uses his personal email when they are not under the water.
So I say if you like writing long emails then please send then as far as pictures and stuff we use facebook and myspace then (you can be private if you want) and you don't have to worry about storing pics on your pc or jump drive. and if you want a copy of the pic you can copy from the site. Just some thought from me
I sure wish I could knit
but I must say that after watching the youtube that other night I have enough granny squares made to sew a blanket together ...WOOHOO...
now Terri if I can get some boxes I have about 10 blankets to send you i still have quilts to send.................oh my I think I might have to find a job to ship all this..............lol
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