Sandboxx
- Open roles
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- Founded
- 2012
- Employees
- 51-200
- Offices
- 2
About Sandboxx
Sandboxx is a military lifestyle technology, communications, and media company serving United States service members, recruits, veterans, and their families. Founded in 2012, it develops applications and services that help military communities stay connected through recruitment, basic training, active service, and deployments. Its work combines consumer software, physical mail fulfillment, military career tools, community support, and defense journalism.
The company's flagship service, Sandboxx Letters, connects digital communication with physical delivery. Families and friends compose messages and upload photographs through mobile applications or the web. Sandboxx prints those messages, includes prepaid return stationery, and packages and dispatches letters daily by overnight courier to military training installations. The service supports communication during periods when recruits have restricted access to mobile devices and the internet, and has delivered more than 10 million physical letters.
Software and military community services
Waypoints extends the company's software offering to active-duty personnel. The application brings together military occupational specialty tracking, promotion guidance, physical fitness scoring, and military pay and allowance calculations. Its tools address practical career, fitness, and financial questions throughout military service.
Sandboxx also operates a community network where military supporters and families can exchange advice and find groups relevant to their circumstances. Its graduation travel service helps families coordinate hotel and flight bookings for boot camp ceremonies. Recruitment and command engagement programmes, including Prep for Success, support preparation for military training and communication with recruits and their families.
Reporting and development
Sandboxx News publishes veteran-authored reporting and analysis on national security, global conflicts, defense equipment, and military culture. This editorial operation complements the company's communications and software products with information relevant to the wider military community.
From its initial focus on maintaining personal connections through letters, Sandboxx has expanded into a broader set of military lifecycle services. It directly develops and operates its product lines, combining software development, editorial publishing, and daily fulfillment operations within the same company.
More about Sandboxx
Leadership
- Sam Meek: Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer.
- Maj. Gen. Ray L. Smith, USMC Ret.: Co-Founder and Board Chairman.
- Swamy: Co-Founder, Chief Operating Officer, and Chief Technology Officer.
- Patrick Michaelis: President.
- Logan McDaniel: Director of Finance.
- Jeremiah Runser: Director of Marketing.
- Jessica Carroll: Head of Government Relations.
Origins and milestones
Meek served two combat deployments in Iraq as a U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant. His wartime experiences and the discontinuation of the military's MotoMail service helped inspire the company's approach to communication during training and deployments. Initial public application rollouts began in 2014–2015.
Collaborations
The report identifies strategic collaborations with Marine Corps Community Services and the Air & Space Forces Association. The AFA relationship supports communication and engagement with new recruits and their families. Prep for Success was developed in partnership with the U.S. Army.
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Where Sandboxx is based
- 10 North Pendleton Street, Middleburg, VA 20117, United StatesMiddleburg, Virginia, United States
Middleburg office
HeadquartersCorporate and executive headquarters supporting product management, government relations, brand design, and administration.
- 4200 Wilson Blvd, Suite 500, Arlington, VA 22203, United StatesArlington, Virginia, United States
Arlington office
Printing and mail fulfillment center, operations facility, and legal notice address.
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