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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.
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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 LLovesmysailor on September 25, 2009 at 9:23pm
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Terri, I had an afgan to mail but my son asked if he could have it for his new home. I'll be finishing another one soon and sending it off as soon as I can.
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Comment by lauren on September 25, 2009 at 9:03pm
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ok How is everyone doing???? Terri sorry I have not got my box off to you I promise you will have it and more on time........We have a young woman (40's) in our TRIO group at school that has been told she has cancer and they only give her to the end of the year....she has a great spirit and is try to finish her schooling but she has been denied medicare to date so I have been using my extra time and money working on fund-raising for her so please know that I think of this group of wonderful sisters daily and I will have blankets to ship........hope this finds all with songs in your heart and smiles on your faces.huggs
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I will have at least one done by then and possibly two by mid-December.
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Teri, My non-knitters are doing scarfs out of fleece. Just buy the tie dyed beige color then cut it into strips that are 7 or 8" wide and the width of the fabric ( which is close to 60"). No fringe! If you want to learn to knit, just knit every row until you get to 60". I use sport yarn (desert camo), #9 needles, and I cast on 30 stitches.
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Nope, Hold onto the scarfs for a while. Then you can either send them to me or directly to our adoptees. Right now I'm up to my ears in a basement (sewing room) reno and I have no place to store them. I'll post my address in a few weeks. Some one remind me, OK.
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I'll try and do that. But it really isn't all that hard, it all in the planning, as they say.
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Terri, How long to we have to get them to you? I have all the pieces knitted, I just need to get them sewn together. Things are a little crazy around here. We are about to be under major construction again. I'm trying to get all the items bought before the contractor needs them.
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Terri, I just wanted to tell you that, if you still need some one to sew squares together just give me a yell.
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Terri. What could go wrong?? Well when I was a kid my dad decided to make pickles in the basement. He got these big crocks and put in the cucumbers, the pickling spices and then put lids on them. He just didn't read all the instructions. Like put something heavy on the lids to hold them down and burp them occasionally. Late one night we heard small explosions coming from the basement. We (OK, my Mom did) ventured into the basement to find the lids flying off the tops of the crocks. There was pickle juice and a small pickle or two all over the basement. Good luck with the pickling project. LOL
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Hi everyone, You'll notice a small change in my screen name, but its still me.
Lyn
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