My son Zachery shipped on Jan 31. We just received his box of clothes today, haven't gotten the form letter yet, but my wife has been writing and sending letters everyday since he shipped. I've written three letters so far. We are very proud of him.
Read more…My son left for Chicago on Jan 11th
when will we find out anything?
He called his wife at 4am and she missed the brief call :(
Read more…Form letter came yesterday! Received his box about 4 days ago. I'm doing better than I thought I would be at this point. He's my youngest of 2 children, so wasn't sure how the empty nest thing would affect me. So far, so good. Want to hear from more
Read more…Hi guys! I got the form letter from my son Colton with a graduation date of December 29th which is a Thursday. No other communication from him since regarding what his schedule is. On the website it says that if they don't ship to A school right afte
Read more…Any one with a son /daughter shp 09 Div 042.
Read more…Hello All!
HELP!
I am a proud USN veteran and my daughter is three weeks into RTC. That is the good news. The bad news is she will NOT be getting her TS clearance for her CT-R job (she was adopted from Russia at age 9 and has an idiot Russian boyfr
Read more…For anyone interested here is a brief rundown on battlestations
http://www.myspace.com/video/vid/18140143
Read more…~S~ All....We are on the final countdown for PIR on 10/7....coming from Boston. My daughter is in Ship 03...div 334. We have reservations at the Courtyard by Marriott....any others? I would love to meet some of you if possible..
Read more…I know I've seen this somewhere but...what address can I use for the gate we go to for graduation? I thought someone said to just use the P.O. Address and it will take you right to the correct gate, but can't even find that. Son graduates the 1st!!!
Read more…~S~ All....I just found this site last night...and what a great Support site! It's nice to know that everyone seems to be sharing the same feelings! My daughter shipped on Aug 16th and is in Ship 03, Div 334. Unfortunately....I missed her 1st phone c
Read more…Hi figured id come here and ask the NavyDads for some advice being that I dont have one to goto for some...
im 26...I ship out in 16 days or so.... i do the 1.5 mile run in 12-13 minutes outdoors in the sun basically uphill lol...at my age i believ
Read more…Looking for other parents with recruits in this group to share info and support. Our SR left home on August 2nd and is just about to enter week four. Have not received any letters yet besides the short three lines of the form letter.
Read more…I learned through Navy Dads forums, that it can take up to ten days for mail to reach a SR.
Questions...
Do we continue to send mail right up to his PIR September 16, or is there point of cutoff recommended?
Will RTC forward any mail received after
Read more…Looking for any dads out there with a son/daughter in the division with a september 23 PIR date.
Read more…We have not heard from our son in almost 3 weeks. With graduation this Friday, I would imagine his division is very close to Battlestations 21 if not having completed it. Hopefully we will get that call with in a day or so. Has anyone else gotten
Read more…I am writing this in the hope that it will educate other fathers and perhaps help other sailors starting their career in the navy, it is my son’s story.
First I must give you some background; my son graduated high school in 2005 and had a scholarship
Read more…We've been gearing-up for the past several weeks to ship Jake off to RTC today (July 4th). After a very difficult weekend (including an AWESOME tribute at Church on Sunday) and as instructed by his Recruiter, we took him to the Recruiting Station at
Read more…My wife called me at work moments ago, crying. She read my son's very short letter to me over the phone in which he basically states that boot camp is so much harder than he ever believed it would be...constant yelling...being told how to do everyth
Read more…I want to thank everyone who welcomed me to this site. This morning we dove to Indianapolis and watched my son swear his oath and get processed into the Navy. It was a nice ceremony and it was great to see my son realize that he's now a man.
Read more…Is there anyone out there who has a son or daughter who started boot camp on June 28.
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