My son just let me know he was at boot camp. He said he had an issue that he could not be entered into DEERS on his own. I reached out to DEERS to have him removed so that he could have his own profile built. I was told that they could not remove
Read more…My son just got his first call to his mother.
Says there are 80 in his class, and that he's the "hype man" for his division.
In this context, what does "hype man" mean?
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A MUST READ for all New Navy Parents
Thanks to a number of our members for these very appropriate words. If you have a sailor at Great Lakes or one soon to be there, you have probably wondered what it is all about and what they are learning and
Read more…Note this apparently only applies to Divisions 804, 805 and 806 (PIR date Feb 7). From RTC Facebook page:
Attention families of recruits in Divisions 804, 805 and 806:
It has come to our attention that the address information the recruits mailed ho
Read more…My daughter will be graduating on October 18th. It's been a long journey because she had an injury. She just went back to a Division this week and we were informed what day graduation would be. Unfortunately there is a conflict. We will definitely b
Read more…Hey all. My son left for Great Lakes on June 20. We got his form letter on July 1. Anyone else in Arizona or other western states able to tell me how long it takes for mail sent from these states to Great Lakes? We sent some on the 1st and wonder
Read more…Can someone point me to information that better explains how Push divisions work?
My wife talked with my son today, who says he was taken from in-processing at medical and pushed forward in training. He was then taken from that division and pushed f
Read more…After graduating on Friday, my SR was taken to O'Hare at 0100 (in the morning) on Saturday. Her flight didn't leave until 1250. So, there were a bunch of tired Sailors waiting for their flights. If you are able to do so, I recommend bringing pillows
Read more…Hey All,
Just thought I would post this up and see if anyone else's Son or Daughter was in the same Company?
My Son just got to boot camp last night, 03/27/18, and is in Ship 12 Div. 218 with an estimated Graduation Date of 5/18/18.
He is schedule
Read more…Hello All! We got a call last week, and received a couple of letters - so far so good. Another five weeks to go! Please share information. Ship 11 is USS Kearsarge (LHD-3)
(Image from http://www.warner.nh.us/lhd_3.htm)
Most of the sites I've seen providing an overview of day-to-day schedule shows a 5-day schedule, and Sundays. The P-week goes to P-5 and a Sunday, and the regular weeks go to 1-5 (as an example) and a Sunday - that's six days. What happens on that mi
Read more…Anyone else with a Recruit in this Ship or Division? My son arrived at RTC on 7/27/17, just received his box of personal items yesterday. Bittersweet, but I'm one proud Navy Dad! Looking forward to seeing how he changes over the next 8 weeks.
Read more…Just got the "I'm a Sailor!" call from my son! Can't wait to see him and all the new Sailors next Friday! So proud of him and all who have chosen to serve our country!!!
Read more…Good Morning from Lake Charles, La! I was happy to receive a form letter from my daughter yesterday giving me her ship and division. If all goes well, she will graduate 08SEP17. I'd love to connect with any other dads that have a recruit going thr
Read more…Hey there! Hi there! Ho there!
We will be taking Metra from The Marriott on Northport Blvd area to O'Hare to see our Sailor off on 7/22/17. I am feeling a bit overwhelmed with the maps. Is there a way to add our starting point and end point and have
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