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Make sure to read our Community Guidelines and this Navy Operations Security (OPSEC) checklist - loose lips sink ships!
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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.
Format Downloads:
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Navy Speak
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Navy.com Para Familias
Visite esta página para explorar en su idioma las oportunidades de educación y carreras para sus hijos en el Navy. Navy.com
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Knit for the Navy
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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 January 23, 2009 at 7:10pm
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Terri it is sure a good thing that we found you ......i was thinking that i was going to hve to stuff myself in a plastic bag....suck the air out ....have my son ship me to OR to see what in the world is going on ...............and if you think the blankets looked funny with the air sucked out........well LOL
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Joyce FYI The last box I sent to Terri I put each blanket in a plastic bag and sucked the air out of it and was able to use a smaller box
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Business cards are a great idea ......I"d be happy to print some for the group until our funding takes off..........I'll get with
Terri on that and coom up with something.
Debbie I will be happy to send you the flyer I made up
Has anybody heard from Terri yet????
Debbie I also went to my groups on N4M and N4D and invited them
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How cool I just used it and it works.....this is great Terri now I can just tranfer money this way( hope I get alot donated soon)............but girl you keep making me change my flyer............lol
Good thing I can print them out for free at the college
I'm going to add this to any Ebay page that I seel off of.... A challenge for everyone to donate a dollar.............anybody got any other ideas of how to add to ebay sales?
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Comment by LLovesmysailor on January 21, 2009 at 5:24pm
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We are in the process of moving. Not a great time to be trying to sell this house, but I have been finding things I had no idea were still around. Amoung them were a couple of very ( and I do mean very) old afgan patterns. They are crotchet patterns and look easy to do. So if anyone is interested, I will try to figure out how to scan these patterns. Or maybe just bug my husband to scan them.
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anybody hear form Terri in the past couple of days???
I think she'll be excited about s being up to 72............woohoo
"Never despise meager beginnings"........Marty
huggs lauren
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Debbie those are beautiful........someone is very blessed to recieve them
Kathy i think I'm going to try to find someone around here to teach how to make Granny Squares .....maybe even a how to do a couple of "real" stiches.
Grannies aren't knitted are they?
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Lauren, I think that granny squares are the easiest to make. They look nice whether they are in a single color or multiple colors.
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Is it hard to make granny squares? I think they look so cool...
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Jackie, The best way to sew the granny squares together is to just crotchet them together. Put two squares with right sides together. Then use a crotchet to pull yarn through to matching spaces. when you get to the end knot off each two squares and continue til they are all sewn together. I hope that makes sense to you. It really is easy.
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