I did receive a letter of my sons address and PIR date. His PIR date is October 16, 2020 which is a Friday. All websites I have looked at says that PIR are all on a Thursday. I just want to make sure that I should go ahead and go with the 16th as
Read more…My boy just went into pre-BT quaruntine on Monday night. Curious if anyone has any insight as to what their days are like? This dude will struggle if its just "sit around in a room" all day/night. I hope they are working them out, etc.
Anyone have
Read more…Quick question. My son left for Navy RTC on the 17th of August. Researching I saw that I can send him a letter but there are different ship #s addresses. When will I know what ship # he is at and what address to send him a letter? Should I be loo
Read more…From Recruit Training Command - 14 August 2020
Beginning August 21, U.S. Navy Recruits will spend 14-days in a restriction of movement (ROM) status at Fort McCoy, a U.S. Army training center in western Wisconsin, before being transported to Recruit T
Read more…Just saw the email that you can no longer attend graduation! Makes you wonder if there is something to this virus besides the media hype. They also cancelled a huge event here in Austin that would have brought in 1/2 billion in revenue.
We attended
Read more…My kid is going to goose creek for A school. Do they have ice machines? Lol. I am worried he won't be able to enjoy iced drinks and was going to get him one.
Read more…By now most have heard about the changes the Navy is making to the ratings system.
Hope to be able to update everyone with the plan as it unfolds.....
I'll start with this image...kinda explains the plan but does not have implementation dates but d
Read more…My son will be finishing A school in two weeks then its off to San Diego (lucky man!). I live in Northern CA. Was curious if he will have a need for his car or not so much?
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Hello, I am the Dad of a Son who is at the current OCS , Class 12-20
Question, it was our understanding that the candidates would be allowed to make like one outbound phone call on Sundays. We have not received a call from our Son, therefore we are th
I didn't see a thread for Navy OCS class 12-12, so I thought I'd start one in the hopes of connecting with other families/friends of Canidates in this same class. My name is Ellen and our eldest son Joe arrived in Newport to report on March 25, 201
Read more…Apparently no one is unaffected.
I encourage others to contribute links to stories of other navies from already-publ
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We got a letter from our SR after he failed his PFA. He sounded as though he was considering dropping out and needed our advice. We wrote back encouraging him not to give up and not to let the str
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We are going to the PIR Graduation on 4/3/20 and love all of the information on this site. Even after sifting through the different discussions and posts, I still had some questions. Our recruit is staying in Station Great Lakes for
Read more…Hi All, I'm brand new here and loving all of this information by those that have gone before!
I've read this is the place to brag, so I'll just say: I'm the incredibly proud dad of a 2019 US Naval Academy - Mechanical Engineering grad (with distincti
Read more…Son #1 just got commissioned in Annapolis. Waiting for a ship.
Son #2 just got a letter from USNA that he is an official candidate for the class of 2018. With a 36/36 on the ACT composite, a 4.0 with mostly AP classes, and he wants to be an enginee
Read more…I didn't see a discussion for my son's division, so I thought I'd get the ball rolling here. Just got a letter today, and he's doing well. He's still getting used to the early hour wake ups, rushing through the can, and getting yelled at; but, he lov
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My wife and I would like to purchase our SR's photos for him and we are wondering if this is something we can do directly through the NEX photo lab?
I found a form that I can fill out and mail into them that way my SR doesn't have to
Read more…Our son Karcher just let us know he's been assigned to the USS California. He's a Nuclear Propulsion Engineer who is just finishing up Prototype School in Charleston, SC. He'll then go up to Groton for his last training school, Sub School. The Cal
Read more…Well, my family is still adjusting to the news we got about an hour ago. Our son, who started boot camp Dec 9, in an 800 division, just called to say he is being sent home due to failed depth perception testing. I didn't talk to him (my wife did at
Read more…Hey guys, well my son was set to graduate this Friday coming up and I received a call from him today that he failed his 1.5 mile run by 45sec. and they are making him do four more weeks with an expected graduation date of January 17th. The tone in hi
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