Hello, I am fairly new to Navydads.com and have been looking for information on what is acceptable by the US Navy as it pertains to the letters my family and I will be sending to my daughter.
She just shipped out yesterday afternoon and after spea
Read more…This morning we got a nice suprise at 7:30 we got a call from our son and got to talk to him for about 20 min. It was rushed but nice to hear from him. He is clearly at the broken down stage of his training and is being told how terrible the division
Read more…My son is currently in the process of seperation. According to him it was for failing room inspections. I'm sure he did, was late for appointments, and didn't follow regs like he needed to. The informationI have gotten from him is that will be consid
Read more…Long time coming but he made it to Illinois. Just talk to him on the phone and he will be taking the bus to RTC soon.
He shipped out today with one other young man.
They shipped out of the Portland Oregon MEPS
Should be getting his final (I made it c
My son called and stated they are starting seperation proceedings for failing room inspections. I'm sure I'm not getting the whole story. I'm devastated. He needs to appeal, correct his mistake, stay in the Navy. I feel helpless what can I do... anyo
Read more…Hello, I cannot find the information I had on this, so I need to ask: How does one go about getting care packages or cards to troops overseas who cannot be home for the holidays or otherwise may not have family? For example, is it possible to send
Read more…We are excited for him - this is our second son. Our first son was separated from the Navy in 2012. My second son decided to go in earlier than my oldest (he is age 18 vs age 20 when our oldest enlisted). We are cautiously optimistic that this bo
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Is anyone going to the 2016 Veterans Day Parade in New York City, Friday November 11? We are looking to gather somewhere on or near 5th Ave. with other Navy Families. Our son is marching this year in the parade sailing on the Iwo Jima LHD-7. Where is
Read more…My son has been in the DEP program for just about a year. Here we are 15 days before his ship date he gets a text from his recruiter asking him to give the office a call. He called the recruiting office and was told he will not be shipping out on Jul
Read more…How does the packages work during the holidays. I am seeing a schedule, and assume partly this is to insure your package arrives in time you must ship by dates. Do we get any Discounts? I noticed 11/7 usps ground and after 11/25 space available. What
Read more…Much respect for the folks running this site! We shipped our Son off Sept 20 and I found great comfort from navydads.com! We received his form letter yesterday along with the curve ball of a Thanksgiving Grad (Nov 23). I thought I would reach out
Read more…i everyone! I am new to this and so so on the computer. I am looking for info on the group of candidates that started Oct 2, 2016. I believe their class is 04-17, company B.
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Read more…Quick question: When sending homemade food items, how is this entered on the customs form? For example, is it entered as homemade food? And do you assign a monetary value? Thank you.
Read more…Hello, I was wondering if someone could clarify which is the correct street address for Officer Candidate School. I want to send my candidate son a letter. The website lists the street as 1356 Meyerkord Ave, but I also have an address of 291 Kollm
Read more…Ok I realize this is the Navydads forum, but just by chance does anyone know what happened to the navyformoms.com. When you try to go that group it comes up an error 404 not found.
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Read more…Each year, Recruit Training Command conducts the Adopt-A-Sailor program at Thanksgiving and Christmas which offers families of the senior-most divisions to spend the day with them off base, within 50 miles. Recruits whose families cannot be
