Hi All..our recurit/son Rich is in his fourth week now...graduation on July 29th. Thanks to all who supply information for others. You are a godsend! Two questions..
We received two phone calls from our recruit. 2nd call was last week and he told his
June 28th will be the 7th Anniversary of a Counter-Insurgent mission called "Operation Red Wing" in Kunar Province, Afghanistan. That night a group of 5 United States Navy SEALs were inserted by a MH-47 Chinook helicopter a
We received our first phone call today. I missed it but my wife was able to spend about 20 min on the phone with our son. He said that he was only getting 3-4 hours of sleep a night. He is the starboard watch section leader and he has to be present f
My son leaves for boot on the 14th of June and its really , tearing me apart.I thought i could handle it but i cant stop crying . Since I droped him off at his moms tonight.I have`nt stopped crying because he will be gone 3 months the we see him at g
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This is supposed to be the week for Battle Stations 21 for Division 813. Anybody have any idea when Battle Stations 21 is to commence? Graduation is 1 July. Would be nice to know.
I'm a new member and I'm sure glad I found this site. I served in the Navy from 1968 to 1972 but I cant answer many questions for my son because so much has changed.
Nic is in the closing days of his AM "A" school in Pensacola, Fl. he s
I joined this site quite some time ago when the idea of my son and daughter heading off to Boot Camp seemed so far off and haven't spent too much time here. Now I realize two of my fishing buddies are leaving in less then four weeks. Wow, I think i
I think I'm am feeling every emotion possible right now...its dennis graduation day and I finally get to see him after the long two months! It felt like forever...but it sucks because he's going to have to leave again....sigh I just hope I get to spe
My grandson is assigned to Ship 12, Division 220 and his PIR is July 08,2011. My Daughter, granddaughter and I are traveling to his PIR by car and was wondering if anyone has some advice where to stay during this time at a reasonable priced place (No
In March, my wife and I travelled out to Everett Washinton to watch my son's ship pull back into port. The USS Momsen, DDG 92, was returning from a six-month deployment in the Indian Ocean comprising mostly piracy interdiction, and training for small
My recruit (my brother in law) arrived at RTC June 7. Does anyone else have recruits who arrived around that day? We can share this discussion thread - we will be going through this 8 weeks together here on this forum, while our recruits go
My son shipped out to Great Lakes yesterday. We didn't get the "I got here" call last night. We didn't get the call today either. I work from home so I know we didn't miss the call.
Has anyone else had this happen? Any ideas what might cause th
can anybody please tell me when or how i can find out what "TG" and division my son is in? i want too plan to attend his graduation his dep date was may 18th, all i know is he grads in july sometime. thank you!
My son is a ND candidate. I understand after Boot Camp that he moves to another part of the RTC for pre dive school. Is that correct? If so, can I give him at PIR his I-Pod? He says he really misses his music. Thanks!!!!
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My son Brian is in this program, but is very new to it and is just now going through his A school training. Is there anyone who can give us further information about this rate or some feed back as to what to expect. I thought he would be working with