I received the Yellow form from my son, and I will be coming up to take him for his 11 hours of liberty on Christmas Day, I have no clue of the area . My question is where would be the best place to take him for a nice Christmas Dinner. I am blessed
Read more…My son is graduating on December 11. Being disabled and on a fixed income and living in Florida, I had to tell my son that I would not be able to attend. Between my fiancé getting a second job and the fact that the price of oil being so low now that
Read more…Just received my SR son's box of civies and the form letter yesterday. It still seems kind of surreal. I am very proud of my son for taking this first step on his journey to the rest of his life. I am really looking forward to PIR. Seeing all of our
Read more…did anyone hear from ship 04 today.
I didn't get to hear from mine today. :(
Read more…My daughter got her orders today and she is to report to the John C. Stennis. My guess is that the Stennis will be deployed sometime early next year. She is currently "undesignated" due to some problems that occurred in her A-School.
I have plent
Read more…I've found many resources online that talk about how to tune a bosun's pipe. However, each description of how to tune is not precise enough for me to know what the instructions mean. So, I've pasted the description I found most helpful below and I'
Read more…Just got a call from our son. He is wrapping up A school in Pensacola and received his orders today. He is headed to NAF Atsugi, Japan. VFA-27. He (and us) is very excited. Hooyah!!
Read more…I just got a call from my son. Apparently they are talking about doing a medical separation because he had ADHD when he was young. I am not sure if there is something we can do to help him.
Read more…My daughter is in basic training. She runs the 1.5 mile in under 12.5 which is very good. She does 38 pushups which is also in the very good range. Her problem is the situps(curlups). She can only do 35 which is poor. It is my understanding that the
Read more…My son's ship date is coming soon and I wanted to get ideas on what I should be doing to get everything set for his departure. I've seen all the lists of what to bring and what not to bring but I'm trying to see if there's anything more. We already h
Read more…My son arrived last night and we got our call at 11:04pm. I am prior Air Force and still learning everything I can about the Navy. If anyone has a son or daughter that arrived yesterday and wants to become friends, please send me a quick note. Todd
Read more…My son just reported to Submarine training, in Groton Conn. Anyone else have a family member going to school there?
I was wonder how you all deal with the reality that your daughter will be in harms way. I am not sure in ready to address that.
Read more…Hello, First let me thank all those who responded and thanks for the invite to join Navy Dads. My daughter just graduated Sonar "A" School in Point Loma Ca.. She isn't sure where she will be stationed. I thought the next step was C school but she sai
Read more…I couldn't be any more proud of my son Zak, who is in the Great Lakes completing boot camp. Graduation is creeping up on December 11th and unfortunately I will not be able to make it. Due to being on disability for the last 7years due to a persistent
Read more…My son will be finishing GM "A" school within the next week or so. His orders for his next duty station are to report to DDG 114 which is still under construction at Ingalls Shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi. As I understand it, the Ralph Johnson i
Read more…Hello,
Just wondering if anyone else has a recruit that will graduate NOV 20th, 2015 ? Also wondering if there are any from the following ship / division, SHIP 03 USS HOPPER and DIV 012.
Is there a meet and greet with your recruit the day prio
Read more…Well today was my sons day to swear in and head out. After his swearing in he literally had 20 minutes to give us hugs & kisses, grab his gear and get in a van headed for the airport where a group of recruits were heading to the Great Lakes basic tra
Read more…Is there a group for Bahrain MA. Erik graduates in San Antonio today and reports to Bahrain command on November 10 for 2 years.
Read more…spoke to him today and school his A school AT-o is delayed until Jan 2016? but has no clear understanding why. So I guess they will be pulling weeds and cutting grass for 10 weeks? Does anyone know why the start of classes has been delayed?
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