NavyDads Admin, Tim's Comments

Thanks, Tim.  Proud of her and appreciate this site to get a better sense of what she is going through while I wait to hear from her.  I was in Ft. Benning for basic in the Army but 30 years is a long time and I'm sure a very different experience

Thank you for the warm welcome, was able to talk to Drew for a couple of minutes on Sat. he  sounds like he is doing fine. Will find out more details once I receive his letter. Thanks again, Steve.

Thanks Tim,

I am finding new things on this site all the time. I really appreciate all the help and support. I didn't really expect all that much when I found the site, but have been pleasantly surprised since then. 

Thanks for the warm welcome.  It's good to know I'm not alone in this new experience.

This is a great place and everyone has been so friendly introducing themselves and making me feel right at home.

We just dropped my daughter off for the last time after PIR, so I will now have time to go through the whole website and hopefully experience everything.

thanks for the warm welcome and I appreciate all the work that is put into this site to keep everyone new to this informed about procedures and duties thank you

Tim do you have any info on a guy they call Sarge? Heis suppose to be very helpful to familes going out to PIR

Tim, Thanks for the info, Was nice to come home from work and find it. i'm sure I will be spending a lot of time here. Already msiing my baby girl. It's just a little hard not being able to check on her  even though I know she's in great hands.

Thanks Paul, Calvin, Jim, Gary, & Tim for the well wishes & all the great info! Between this site & Navymoms my wife & I are so grateful for these fantastic resources! We were clueless & starving for info so we can be better informed & knowledgeable proud Navy parents. Like everyone we were nervous but are now more excited than anything. Our son Brian has always wanted to serve his country in the Navy. My nephew served on the Eisenhower & is now a NYPD police officer and this is Brian's mentor. His uncles & grandfather were police, firefighters, & merchant marines. Civil service is his calling for sure! Thanks again everyone! 

Thany you Tim for the welcome aboard. BZ to you as well for your son's commitment.

I served 9 years myself 88-97. I am very confident my son will find his way in life with the Foundation the Navy will provide.  Do you know of Groups that have the same PIR and Div as my Son's? PIR 02FEB13 Ship 12 Div 089

Thanks , Tim and everyone else for the overwhelming response to my signining up on 'Navy Dads'.  I'm actually a Grandfather to two of the finest sailors (Tim & Ryan) in the Navy.  They are doing a super good job, as are all the rest of our military personell.  Thanks.  This Navy Dads will take a bit of learnining, but I'm sure I'll get it. You guys have been helpful in you comments and suggestions as how to navigate all this.  I'll get tips from my son (Will) as well.  For now- thanks!!!  p.s.  Just call me Bill Or Wild Bill.

Thank you all for your kind words and helpful information, really looking forward to becoming part of the famil! Also a heartfelt thanks to all of your family members serving our great nation, without them we would have nothing!

A litttle about my son Joey. He graduated the "Nuke" program in October, he was chosen as the Section Leader thru Prototype and was then awarded the "Outstanding Military Bearing" award at graduation. He graduated in the Top 10% of his class overall, in my book this makes him a very dedicated and valuable asset to our Navy, hope they see it that way as well. Ok, enough bragging, sorry...

His Grandfather and Great Grandfather both served in the Navy as well, G.G. served on the Boxer in WWII. His Great Uncle was blown off the deck of a ship at Pearl Harbor where he was serving as a Sea Bee. He survived and fought bravely in WWII as well. Ok, enough history, lol.

Joey has two wonderful sisters who admire him, one graduated Wilkes College and is studying to become a Nurse Practitioner(she also just gave me a grandson!). Baby Sis is a sophmore at R.I.T. in the Chemical Engineering program. As you can see I am very blessed & proud of my children, afterall they are all we really leave behind when we go. Pretty sure I'm leaving the wood pile higher than I found it...

Tim, thank you for your welcome to Navy Dads. I've already watched the boot camp videos and some of the website content. 

It's fun to watch our kids march into manhood!

Berry

Happy to report to you, Tim, that my son, Andy, received his Aviation Warfare Pin and also advanced to Petty Officer 3rd Class (E3 to E4)! HOOYAH!! GO NAVY!!

Thank you all for your warm welcome. I am happy to have found this site.  I have so much to learn and share with my son, My wife and I are both missing his presence so much, but we are super proud that he came to the decision to join on his own. Again, thank you all for the welcome.

Thank you for the welcoming words...This looks like a great site with a lot of useful information. I will look forward to visiting it often.

Thank you for the welcome and words of encouragement. I look forward to posting some pics as I get them....

Thanks for the warm greeting.  I appreciate all the advice on how to use Navy Dads website to gain more understanding of the military and more specifically the Navy. 

Rich