My son arrived in Great Lakes by way of Dansville, Michigan August 2nd hoping for the best and excited for him. I bet he will be loving P-days as he is not the most patient person. Good luck to all & God bless.
Read more…Hello again to all. My son Seth graduates Oct. 18, 2013. We can not wait to him. He is going to "A" school and I understand that he is instructed to move all of his belonging to his new place of residence which should take 2-4 hours. He will then giv
Read more…Hi, fellow Navy Dads. Allow me first to introduce myself before getting into my discussion today. I am a retired US Navy Chief Petty Officer, and proudly served from 1978 until medically retired in 1995. And now, I am more proud to be here because my
Read more…Now I just wanted to throw this out there for those folks who don't know may get this. You will probably scratch your heads and have that "huh" look, when you receive in the mail a Jury Duty Summons Notification and/or a Selective Service System Regi
Read more…Any dads got their daughter in this division? Mine seemed to have become friends with a girl named Gray.
Read more…With stories like this who couldn't be happy with what our sailors are doing to protect the world in more ways than one. My son Trevor is aboard this ship for the time being. He will be taking his re-enlistment and going to Sat-coms school for the ne
Read more…It has been a long period of time since I have seen my son after sitting with him at MEPS on June 13th and the hard part as a father of choking back tears while saying "good bye" or "see you soon" to my son.
He has always been a "miniature me" as so
Read more…My Son is serving as and learning more about the Gunner's Mate Rates while aboard. He's not mentioned getting sent to school for this. I'm understanding that he'll pick up some of this while aboard.
What resources can I help with or point him toward
Read more…To me the worst case scenario just occurred:
My son, who is a sophomore in college made the decision to join the Navy. I support it as he is struggling to pay for college and worrying about no jobs when he gets out. ASVAB score of 93. Recruiter has
Read more…Hey everyone. My wife SR Baird is in the 948 division. Anyone got a sailor on her ship or her division?
Read more…Just got my son's mailing information so I thought I would start a discussion for anyone else on this sight with SR's on the same "ship" so we can keep in touch, support one-another and hopefully get together at Sarge's the night before PIR
Read more…First phone call for the Division was yesterday apparently, as we heard from my son around 10 AM Pacific. They were allowed 45 minutes at the NEX phone center for calls. He said they had been in P-hold for longer than normal and were only just now
Read more…Hey, fellow dads. Since today is exactly one week since Julia went to boot camp and we didn't have her address yet, and her mother was driving me a bit nuts, I called her recruiter and he found it and sent it to me email less than an hour after I cal
Read more…Hi:
If I do not have the password to get my car pass, but my name is on the list for a PIR, can I park at the Metra Station and walk onto the base? How long of a walk will it be from the train station to the location of the ceremony? Will anybody a
Read more…My son is attending QM A-School at Great Lakes. Is there a Graduation ceromony when they graduate that parents can attend?
Read more…Q&A about sea cadets. A good way for younger brothers and sisters to be involved with the Navy and have a lot of fun. Also fun for parents. A great way to do volunteer hours when active duty.
Read more…I have been reading lots of posts from dad's who have kids that just left for boot camp. I too am one of those dads as my daughter left last Wednesday to start her adventure. Have we heard anything other than the last phone call regarding what compan
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