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PIR Aug 5th
I am screwed up on my RTC Calendar day. My daughter in DIV 272 is graduating on 8/5/16. However on the last letter I received last Thursday said 2 Sunday's ago was 5-2. I remember reading somewhere that weekends don't count. So one would assume last
Read more…Accomadations for PIR
Is the Navy Lodge in Great Lakes used by family for attending graduation?
Read more…Starting Dates for the Renmaining 2016 Navy OCS classes
Navy Dads Members,
My son, Peter, has applied for Navy OCS. He's taken his physical exam & all of his paperwork has been submitted to his recruiter. He tells me that the next step is for a board to meet, in August, in order to review his and other
Read more…Bootcamp start date July 13/14, 2016
Anyone have a son or daughter that left for bootcamp on July 13/14 2016? Just curious if anyone got info for sending letters or if anyone got a personal call? Aside from the initial "I got here" call on the first night. We have a son that went throu
Read more…58th Cardinal Company
My son just left for boot camp with the 58th Cardinal Company out of St. Louis with 47 other recruits. Are there any family members of a recruit who are on this sight? If so, please reply as we are starting up a closed FB page for the family members
Read more…Boot camp experience as a Grandparent
My grandson had his PIR (Pass in Review) AKA "Graduation" on September 11th. For him, it was a very good, perhaps great experience. He was "early entry" , so had some background going in, and I'm ex-Navy (HMC) so he had some idea of what to expect. B
Read more…How long does waiver request take?
My son finally met with legal yesterday. He is fighting his case and they are going to look at the waiver he is requesting. He already talked to the doctor about it and she said she would review it. Do they go before a medical review and request all
Read more…Dental Work in Navy
What do you know about having dental work done in the Navy? Is it done in house by Navy dentists? Or can they find outside dentists to do the work?
A school
My daughter's A school is to be at great lakes after pir and I'm curious as to what she will be allowed to have for A school i.e what can we take with us and can we give it to her for check in at A school or stay and give it to her when she reports t
Read more…New recruit july 6
My son just started on the 6th. How do we find his division? Does anybody know how tho find out if he's with all men or integrated? Thanks
Read more…question about eagle pin on sons collar
Was great to see my sons pic today in div 268 and see that he has a pin with what looks like an eagle on his left collar and was wondering what it is for? i only saw that a few recruits have them... thanks a proud Dad
Read more…Ship06 Division 294
Just wondering if any other parents have sons/daughters in this division!? Have a great weekend!!
Read more…How often do New recruits arrive?
Just wondering how often new recruits start. If a SR falls back, do they have to start from the start or just fall back a week or two?
Read more…Div 245 and 246 pictures posted on Facebook
For those of you who have recruits in Div 245 and 246 they have posted group pictures of the recruits on Facebook. Go to the U.S. Navy Recruit Training Command page. There are about 47 pictures I believe.
Read more…Recruit Graduation Re-Route
From RTC: Until August, we will be rerouting recruit family traffic along the route shown in the graphic below. For staff who normally take MLK Drive on graduation Fridays, please be aware of the new route and use your best judgment on how you get he
Read more…Can anyone pls help with SAR Swimmer Graduation?
Good day to all of you.
Right now my son looks like his graduation from SAR Swimmer down in JAX will be on July 22nd. He's just beginning his 2nd week.
Can anyone please share ANYTHING about the graduation? i.e., where to stay... will he have to ret
Read more…Swim lessons
My son is not a strong swimmer. Does anyone in houston know where to get lessons. I am very worried about the prone float. Want him to practice be he goes off to bootcamp.
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