I'm new to this site, so I hope this is a repeat post. Our son is currently at "A" school at NAS Pensacola. We are planning a trip to visit him once he reaches phase 3, and is able to leave for the weekend. It is my understanding that we will have t
Read more…just wondering if anyone knows why the navy is treating my son and his new wife who is also in the navy so badly just because they got married.
Read more…My Daughter was assigned to the Navy Base in Lakehurst, New Jersey in August 2016. My Wife and I live in Northern California and are planning a visit of 5 to 7 days this Spring. She works at the Medical Clinic and gets off work around 16:30. We would
Read more…I am looking for the origins of a term I learned in my youth and still use to this day.
"To ret (rett) the table."
Meaning to clear off the table after dinner. Both my father and mother were in the Navy as well as my older brother and thus, as Navy
Read more…Hello all. Navy Dad newbee here with no prior military experience, and I'm seeking some clarification on terms, structure, etc.
I received the first letter home from my son. He has been at boot camp for about 3.5 weeks now and things seem to be go
Read more…Greetings to all fellow members of NavyDads! I think this website it great. I've gotten a lot of very useful information. We flew in to O'Hare for our son's PIR on 02/03/17. We had a great, but short time. We both shipped out the following day,
Read more…My son just shipped out to boot camp yesterday. Proud of him. Made me remember when I shipped off to bootcanp 24 years ago. Good times! Miss having the sidekick around.
Read more…My wife and two daughters and I attended my sons graduation last Friday and I must say it was quite impressive. Of course emotions were at a high since we haven't seen our son in 8 weeks and we are a very close family. The entire ceremony was very t
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My son left for Bootcamp Jan 18th. We just received his letter about PIR, including his mailing address. However on P2 of the letter it states " Recruits may not receive any food items due to diet and sanitation concerns". Is this correct? I r
Read more…Hello! My son has been in RTC since Thursday of last week. I received a package via FedEx today (was lucky to be home to sign!) with his clothes, phone, charger. I expected it to include additional information - like the address I can write to him at
Read more…MY wife and were wondering if the grad gifts are permitted at the PIR or if we should give them to our son later.
Read more…Just got the I'm a sailor call. Now onto the next phase. Gary
Read more…Quick question here. My son heads RTC in June. We currently bank with Wells Fargo. I've heard some chatter about Navy Federal Credit Union and USAA. I am familiar with USAA but not NFCU. Are there any benefits to getting him set up with either one of
Read more…Hi, our daughter graduates corpsman school today does anyone know if there will be a video of it anywhere? Thanks, Robert..
Read more…We were wondering if it is customary to bring a gift to our sailor for his graduation, we have no military background and were not sure or not. If so what would be appropriate.
Read more…My son is in ship 11 division 057. And we still after 4 weeks have not received his clothes or the form letter about graduation. I am starting to get a little worried! His first letter home he told us he was going to be graduating on January 27, 2016
Read more…My son has been at Great Lakes since Dec. 6. He is Ship 02, Division 913. I have been writing to the address that he provided and after the first couple of weeks started sending letters via write2them.org.
I got a letter from him today and he says th
Read more…My son is scheduled to hit boot camp on March 6, and I'm trying to figure out the whole business of calling cards. I've never used one before, and am wondering if some are better than others, where to buy, how much money to put on it, etc. I'd appr
Read more…Got a call from my sailor last night. He is very upset about the new sytem of doing away with the ratings. he asked me to share why and ask anyone I know to sign the petition. the navy has a longstanding tradition of the ratings system and to hear hi
Read more…Hello all and thanks for the quick support as soon as I signed on. I just want to start by saying what a proud day today was. My son, Chris, has been going through the enlistment process for the past year........ waivers, expired waivers, and more
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