{"id":33661,"date":"2018-11-11T14:36:28","date_gmt":"2018-11-11T14:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/11\/11\/check-out-apples-veterans-day-app\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:03:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:03:01","slug":"check-out-apples-veterans-day-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/military-honor\/2018\/11\/11\/check-out-apples-veterans-day-app\/","title":{"rendered":"This app by a veteran-owned start-up is spotlighted on Veterans Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Apple is spotlighting an app created by a veterans-owned start-up team in Virginia that is helping thousands of young people transition into the military.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sandboxx, featured on Apple\u2019s iTunes app store<\/a> on Veterans Day, helps to connect recruits, trainees and deployed service members to their friends and family back home during basic training and deployments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sandboxx is a web and mobile platform that bridges the gap between modern social media and the military\u2019s traditional mail call with a service that lets family and friends type a message on a phone or desktop computer and have that message immediately converted into a physical letter that is promptly delivered to military installations worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sandboxx also offers programs to help recruiters communicate with prospects and helps prepare recruits from all branches for basic training through content delivered in the weeks before they enter the military.<\/p>\n\n\n\t