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the yeomanizer

Name: the yeomanizer
Author: ahmerrill

Free, unofficial U.S. Navy correspondence drafting: letters, memos and endorsements in exact SECNAV M-5216.5 format, all in the browser.

By ahmerrillAdded 3 months ago · 1 review

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A free, unofficial web app for drafting U.S. Navy correspondence to the format prescribed by SECNAV M-5216.5: standard naval letters, memoranda including the MFR, business letters, multiple-address letters, endorsements, joint letters, executive memos, coordination pages and NATO travel orders, with a live pixel-accurate preview and .docx, .pdf and .json export.

Everything runs in the browser and nothing you type ever leaves the page; the only telemetry is two anonymous site-wide counters, page loads and download clicks. Not affiliated with or endorsed by the U.S. Navy or the Department of Defense, and the CUI guidance is front and centre: use it on authorised equipment.

Built by a former Navy helicopter pilot with Claude Code, in the repo's own words, "so everyone can stop bothering their admin department."

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lena_privMember review2 months ago

I read the privacy posture before the product, as always, and here it is the best part: everything runs in the browser, nothing you type leaves the page, and the stated telemetry is two anonymous site-wide counters, page loads and download clicks. For a tool where people draft real correspondence, that architecture is the entire question answered. The CUI guidance sits front and centre instead of buried in a footer, and the unofficial status is declared in plain words. Coverage is wide too: standard naval letters, MFRs, endorsements that append themselves when you add a Via addressee, exports to .docx, .pdf and .json. I cannot vouch for SECNAV M-5216.5 fidelity myself. I can vouch for candour, and this has it.