Online E-mail Tips
Read these 4 Online E-mail Tips tips to make your life smarter, better, faster and wiser. Each tip is approved by our Editors and created by expert writers so great we call them Gurus. LifeTips is the place to go when you need to know about Navy tips and hundreds of other topics.
Online Email
Anytime you are sending email to your spouse or family members in the Navy, do not include any information that may or may not be classified in nature. If your spouse is on a ship, do not include port dates or locations.
Gifts for your favorite sailor
Gifts for Dad just got easier, especially if he's a sailor or used to be one. Try this site for official U.S. Navy stuff -- everything from airplanes to flags to you-name-it, and all at reasonable prices.
NavyStuff.com
1-800-850-NAVY
159 Main St.
Annapolis, MD 21401
Keep In Touch
If you both have access to computers, e-mail is an excellent way to keep in touch. The deployed spouse can gain free e-mail through hotmail.com, or enter a chat at powwow.com. Powwow reads the writing phonetically, so if the parent doesn't understand what the kids wrote, the computer will convert it so they will understand.
Sending Email
Depending upon the ship to which the Sailor is assigned. Some do have e-mail accounts and provide an e-mail account to crewmembers as a quality of life issue. Please remember, however, there is no central e-mail directory for Navy people or for Navy commands. You should check http://www.nol.navy.mil/nol/ for the web sites of various ships to see if the ship's web site lists how to e-mail a Sailor.
