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Choose your Username. For the privacy and safety of you and/or your sailor, NO LAST NAMES ARE ALLOWED, even if your last name differs from that of your sailor (please make sure your URL address does not include your last name either). Also, please do not include your email address in your user name. Go to "Settings" above to set your Username. While there, complete your Profile so you can post and share photos and videos of your Sailor and share stories with other moms!
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 LLovesmysailor on February 20, 2009 at 12:53am
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Terri, Remember that you will be able to get e-mails from him while he is gone. Encourage him to tell you about the places he visits and you can keep him up on whats happening on the home front. Try sending short messages everyday instead of long ones once in a while. And don't wait for him to e-mail you first, guys are so bad at sending the first message. Good luck and hang in there. Mine is on a sub and his departures and home comings are classified. I never know when he's leaving or coming back.
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Comment by lauren on February 19, 2009 at 10:36pm
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Welcome Judy ...............I think you are awesome......................and she is also # 80........WOOHOO
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well its 10:00 here and my son is wondering if I'm making dinner tonight...........lol............I got to put the squares down for a bit
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do you think it would work if you made the square a rectangle?.....Thanks Alot INGA "Im going to be a granny square crazy woman..............
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I'm wondering can you make a blanket out of one big granny square?
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TYVM Inga
You just gotta love youtube.............how did we ever live before.............it still isn't as much fun as a roadtrip
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well TK I was thinking about a vacation .....but I can't say that S.Wash was on my list of HOTT spots.........but you never know I've done crazier things in my time
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ok my friends I really want to learn how to do a granny square ........anybody out there that is with in a couple of hours from central Illinois that would be willing to teach me......................
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maybe wrappiing them in tissue paper? I wonder about security, if they would perfer not to have them wrapped because of them being in bulk? Let me know what you decided if you want them wrapped I'll wrap the ones I have to ship out to you ....
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Terri, My husband works for Westinghouse Nuclear here in Pittsburgh. They have a community out reach program. I spoke to their co-ordinator this morning and they would like you to submit a formal proposal for funding to help with shipping costs. I can't do anything because I don't have the standing or the information to submit to them. Contact me and I'll let you know what you need to do, if you are interested.
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