Got up this morning, made coffee, and was sitting back at my desk minding my own business when the wife said that RTC Command had uploaded some pictures on facebook of the recruits. 612 pictures to be exact. As I took a sip of coffee, the wife (She w
Read more…Seems this old Army dog has been embracing all things Navy since my Son's enlistment.
New Navy sweatshirt? check. (don't tell any of my buddies)
New Navy coffee mug? check. (see above)
Navy decal on the car? check. (it's says Navy Mom and I was told
Read more…Last night while at a neighbors having dinner I received a phone call from my sailor. It was so wonderful to hear from him. He sounded great and shared some of his experiences at basic training. All in all it is going very well. He said a few of them
Read more…Anyone else making plans to visit Chicago for the day while attending PIR? My wife and I are planning at least one day in Chicago while we are up that way. Thinking about visiting Willis Tower, the Field Museum and the local aquarium. Our plan is to
Read more…It is my honor to announce that my Son has been assigned to Ship 013, Division 081 with a PIR date of 01/30/15. HOORAH!
Read more…heard it thru the grapevine that recruits in Div 082 were allowed to make phone calls home today. If your recruit is in that division, I hope you heard from them and everything is fine with them.
Read more…I am new to the website because my son is the first one from my family to join the service. I have been a single parent raising 2 children and so we are a tight group. the house seems very quiet and I am missing my son greatly. He shipped out and arr
Read more…I just made a post about Navy movies and no sooner did I finish then my cell rang with a Illinois area code. And it was the Son! Seems he needed some additional info to complete his security clearance investigation and the wife and I were very much h
Read more…My son shipped out 7 days ago and got the box within 3 days. Now I am just waiting for the letter and his division number to write back. The wife is driving me crazy with questions so I set her up on NavyMoms.com and she is learning how to cry with t
Read more…We're down to the last 7 days before he ships out. At first his mother and I were very upset and disappointed that he didn't want to go to college and that he never talked much about military service. He has worked so hard in getting and maintainin
Read more…I've looked up what info I could concerning the venue for the Meet & Greet at Sundance Saloon, and am wondering if this is something we'd bring our daughter (18yrs old) to or is this supposed to be for parents only? The wife and I want to attend, but
Read more…I noticed from the photos of today's PIR that there is a lower and an upper tier of seating.
I know they have sections for each division. Do they put some division's seating area on the lower and some on the upper?
Read more…My son is in ship 02 div 907 has anybody heard anything from them like how there doing?
Read more…My son is being sent home from basic training because of an old medical issue. He was prescribed for Adderal. I guess the Navy doesn't like that. He says he can appeal but has no idea if that will work.
Does anyone have a suggestion?
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Seems my young sailor is struggling and it's only day 5 for him. He is saying he made a mistake and wants to quit. I hope the TI 's don't give up on him. He has never been a boys boy meaning he is soft. Lacks self confidence and motivation he never t
Read more…My son shipped out today and I should be getting that short call around midnight tonight.
Thanks to NavyDads.com, Navyformoms.com, Navydep.com and Reddit I think I am thoroughly prepared. I wish this much information was around when I went through RT
Read more…Can a Navy Representative locate you especially those that live in rural Area. I was a Casualty Assistance Calls Officer (CACO) that had to make personal notification to family members of deceased or seriously ill or injured Sailors. I always went t
Read more…Well, that was much faster than I was expecting! It's exactly 7 days since he got there and I got the form letter just a few minutes ago. He must be in a push div. because he will be there exactly 8 weeks.
Gosh, this makes it very exciting! Now I can
Read more…This may be a question specific for Jim as I got the list from his posting, or maybe someone else has info. What I'm specifically looking for, is each division is named for a ship, list is:
Ship 1 USS Pearl Harbor
Ship 2 USS Reuben James
Ship 3 USS H
Got the " I 'm Alive" phone call after 3 weeks yesterday from my IT SR...was so great to hear from him. I almost had a wreck when I saw the (847) area code pop up on my phone. We had 7 VERY fast minutes, but he sounded tired, but in good spirits. H
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