navy

"A good Navy is not a provocation to war. It is the surest guaranty of peace." - Theodore Roosevelt

How I Joined the US Navy
Ever since I was a little girl, I always knew that one day I was going to join the military. My grandfather was a huge inspiration to me. He was in the army for 20 years and he would always tell me these amazing, heroic stories of things that he did while in the army. Not only was my grandfather a huge inspiration to me, but my father would tell me all the time that joining the military was a really good idea. The only thing that I was not too sure about was when was I going to join and what branch. Don't worry though, that comes a bit later in the story. Every day I would imagine the amazing adventures I would go on when I joined the military.
By j sdf8 years ago in Serve
Hello, Bootcamp
We talked about it six months prior. I had six months to mentally and physically prepare myself. I knew what I was getting myself into and that it would be hard. Every day for six months I knew December 5 would be a dreadful day. Six months flew by and though we talked about it nearly every day, it felt like it’d never actually get here. But it did. Quickly.
By Kristin Jones8 years ago in Serve
Navy: My First Man Overboard Experience
I was a part of a helicopter squadron attached to the U.S.S Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier. Our motto was, “We Rescue. We Protect. We Deliver.” I never thought about how much weight those words carried until we had to put them into play.
By Kyndall Bennett - Kyrabe Stories8 years ago in Serve
A Christmas Surprise
I'm a Canadian Military Navy spouse. My hubby-to-be has been away training for the past five months, and in that time I've seen him less than 13 days total (a day and a half at a time). Talk about a lonely life.
By Stephanie Robicheau8 years ago in Serve
Life as a Navy Wife
So I’ve been with my husband for a total of 9 years. We met during my sophomore year, his junior year, of high school and after he graduated he joined the military. Then I graduated and a year after that we were married. And here we are now still going strong married for 5years, have a 3 1/2 year old little boy, and a dog. Now that probably sounds like it’s all been rainbows and sunshine, maybe even a fairy tale right? Well I hate to burst your bubble but it hasn’t been...
By Carly Spaulding8 years ago in Serve
Z Day Chronicles: Genesis (Pt. 6)
Commander David Miller led Jake, Dylan, and Cassandra to the Norfolk Naval Base, which has now been set up as a refugee camp. There were hundreds of survivors that had taken sanctuary there. Lines of blood soaked body bags laid outside of the gate. Only a handful of the remaining men, which consisted of different military branches as well as law enforcement, kept watch at the borders.
By Kameron Williams8 years ago in Serve
Z Day Chronicles: Genesis (Pt. 5)
As the remaining group watched the cruise liner sail away on the Atlantic, they overheard the Emergency Broadcasting Station on a nearby radio:
By Kameron Williams8 years ago in Serve
Z Day Chronicles: Genesis (Pt. 4)
"Officer Lancaster to Dispatch, do you copy?" Jake woke up from his slumber, overhearing Officer Lancaster making an attempt to get in touch with the police station.
By Kameron Williams8 years ago in Serve
Z Day Chronicles: Genesis (Pt. 3)
Jake and Cassandra arrived at Chic’s Beach as the graduation party became more frantic with excitement. Graduates from Christopher Newport, along with other colleges all across the Hampton area, showed up to this party. A live band was playing on one end of the beach, and on the other end of the beach was a DJ playing a variety of tunes, ranging from Kanye, Bieber, Grande, and other popular names, along with a few rising artists like Elianna Rose, Danny V., and more. Tiki bars were set up along various parts of the beach, each carrying a couple kegs of beer, as well as a mixed variety of liquors.
By Kameron Williams8 years ago in Serve
Z Day Chronicles: Genesis (Pt. 2)
Jake quickly shot up out of bed. He started breathing heavily, and he was sweating profusely in a puddle trapped between the white sheets of his king size bed.
By Kameron Williams8 years ago in Serve
Z Day Chronicles: Genesis
Jake Riley woke up at Camp Lemonnier. He checked the time on his watch, which was laying on the desk next to his bunk: 0330. He then sat up and laid his feet on the matted floor. After rubbing his still tired eyes, he picked himself up and checked on the Muscle Car Calendar on the other side of his dorm, looking for the current date and his shift time.
By Kameron Williams8 years ago in Serve
I Couldn’t Cut it, and That’s Okay
In high school they push the idea on you that you just have to absolutely know what you want to do with the rest of your life, instilling the idea that there is no time to not know.
By Lyndsie Jines8 years ago in Serve