Where do I start. I hope this will help all you new dads who have sons/daughters going to bootcamp and are full of questions concerning PIR (Graduation). About 6 weeks ago someone posted something similar to this and it helped me out alot. Well here
Read more…I have sent some photos to my Navydads address for cell phone pictures but none have shown up. Do I need to do something else to get them posted? Thanks, Tony
Read more…I am hoping to get some additional information. I am getting conflicting information from various people. The situation is my son is scheduled for his PIR on April 24, 2009. They hand out 4 tickets and 1 car pass. My ex-wife will be recieving the gra
Read more…If your child has liberty and does not have watch, can they leave with you immediately after PIR? Or, do you need to set up a place to meet later on? Tony
Read more…Greetings to all! We hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and holiday. We enjoyed our family but missed our son something awful. He is still in boot for 2 more weeks. He graduates on Jan. 9th Div 060. I have a question I am hoping someone may have
Read more…Does anyone have a video (of the drumline in particular) from the February 13, 2009 graduation? My husband was supposedly going to be performing, and I'd LOVE to see him if anyone has a video? !
Read more…my son is graduating from the great lakes training center this september what do i need to exspect.... time of ceremony and the leave he will get ???
Read more…Hello everyone, I am happy to report that my son Manny is one week away from graduating from Great Lakes RTC. I received a letter from him today letting me know that he passed his swim quals and will be graduating on March 20th at 0900 hours. He als
Read more…My son John has been studying hard for the asvab test on Thursday while his mom and I try to calm our ragged nerves. I just learned that we can be there with him on Friday as he selects his job and that makes his mother and I happy. He did very well
Read more…Hello everyone, I have heard from son at RTC Great lakes. He is having a hell of a time with the 'prone float' portion of the swim qual. He is there now 5 weeks and his Chief is threatening him to send him home. Does anyone out there have any info t
Read more…Don't know how many are aware of it, but the Naval Institute Press published an excellent book documenting the entire Navy Boot Camp experience. Titled Honor, Courage, Commitment, it follow a division of recruits from MEPs to PIR. The book was writt
Read more…my son is on ship 4 and would like to know if anyone else has a son or daughter there i would also like to know if anyone knows the definite date for this PIR or has heard from their soldier
Read more…If you provide me with your mailing address (DO NOT post in the public area of the site- go to Contact Us on the top menu bar and use the e-mail address there for NavyDads Admin to send it to me) I'll print up about 4-5 pages of adhesive labels (10 l
Read more…My son is graduating at Great Lakes on Feb. 27. Anyone else have a graduate in Div 111? Could be fun to meet at PIR.
Read more…Still recovering from my sons PIR on 06 Feb and WOW is all I can say. If you think you were proud of your recruit, just wait till you see your sailor! Incredible event. the down side is the hours on liberty call are of course far too short and the S
Read more…My wife and I would love to hear from you if you have children in this Div. Our son is in this Div.
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