All Members are encouraged to submit an article for inclusion in The Oakleaf. Member stories are the highlight of each issue: sea duty, spouse activities, travel, pcs orders, successes and failures. Your experiences are part of our shared Supply Corps story!

Approaches to sharing your story include:

• Why I joined the Supply Corps
• NSCS today: lessons from Newport
• Tale of an event, interesting experience, or tour as a Supply Officer
• My highlights in the Supply Corps to date
• Life as a Supply Corps spouse/child/family
• How I benefitted from a NSCF program/service
• Did you know? Shipboard life today
• What leadership taught me
• How I found a Supply Corps mentor
• Supply Community comradery
• Inside a NSCF Chapter
• Memories from sea duty
• Most valuable lessons learned in the Supply Corps
• Why I volunteer for the NSCF
• My experience Transitioning out of the Navy
• How the Supply Corps prepared me for a civilian career
• My post-Naval career successes and failures
• Lifelong Supply Corps relationship
• Why I donate to the NSCF
• Memory of a Supply Corps Officer
• Then and now: what’s changed over the years
• History of the Supply Corps

Click HERE to begin your article and/or image submission! 
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ARTICLE ATTACHMENT: Articles will be sent as a word attachment (.doc or .docx) format. DO NOT SEND IN .PDF FORMAT.

• Articles should be approximately 300-500 words. Up to 1,000 words may be accepted with prior approval.
• Word doc should be single spaced, with one return (but no indents) between paragraphs
• Add only one (1) space after each sentence
• Please also include the title for your article

IMAGES ATTACHMENT: 3-5 related pictures should be submitted along with your article.

• Images will be sent as separate attachments —DO NOT EMBED IMAGES IN A WORD DOCUMENT
• Images must fall into one of these categories: [1] your own work—i.e. you took the photograph; [2] freely licensed; [3] public domain
• should be in .PNG or .JPG format
• official Navy photo should be included for Active Duty Members

IMAGE CAPTIONS ATTACHMENT: A short (1-2 sentences) caption for each image should be submitted as a word document (name, rank, location of people in photos).

Please note: The Oakleaf is published 3x a year.
2025 Content deadlines:
Spring issue ~ March 1st
Summer issue ~ July 1st
Fall issue ~ November 1st