Well my son arrived last night GL and I'm sure he will be extremely busy for a while.
Got the call around 10:30. short conversation.
He's probably awake and think what the heck did I do. lol
I went through boot camp back in 1990 and I tried to prepar
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
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I am in no way paid by this company since it is a non profit organization, but when I looked for support here on navydads.com I saw a posting that was very interesting. I read about this service that is provided by http://www.write2them.org/ t
My daughter is leaving for boot camp on July 26th, and I was just curious if anyone else's daughter has July 26th as a ship date? My son went through boot camp back in January of 2006, but it seems harder with a daughter going through it. I would l
Read more…My daughter left 8/23, received a call from her on 8/25 that she arrived safely. Received her box of belongings on 8/30. As of yesterday's mail (9/3), we have not received her form letter with address, division, and graduation date. Is this normal? W
Read more…Is this just an army term or a military term. And if so, after they graduate a school and receive their shipping orders will some just have assignments or are they all considered deployments. I know there first tour is sea and 48 months. Just curious
Read more…My son leaves tomorrow morning. He was very emotional. I kept reminding him this is a good thing he is doing . I will say my prayers tonight for all the young adult going through boot camp. Let me know if you have a son or daughter leaving tomorrow.
Read more…Hello, I just got my sons address on Saturday and I sent him a letter every single day since and I got a surprise call today (5 days later) and he said he has not received any of my mail. I know it takes some time for the processing and sorting but
Read more…Has anybody stayed at the Red Roof Inn recently? Good experience? Thanks
PIR Sep 2
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I have about ten people that want to attend the PIR of my sailor. I know only 3 or 4 can attend the PIR, now my question is if my son find out about other recruits that are not expecting people to visit them at the PIR, can they give their 4
Read more…I had read to have a list of questions nearby when your recruit calls. I got a surprise 9 minute call and had nothing, Conversation was fine, but I got off wishing I would have filled in some gaps. That may be just for me and will eventually answer i
Read more…Can anyone tell me what usually goes on during boot camp on Saturday? I thought it was like a 6 th day and no Liberty? My son tried to call me around 2 p.m. Just thought they could only call on Sunday's. Thanks in advance
Read more…We just went to our son's graduation from boot camp and it was fantastic. Do everything that you can to get there. The night before, we went to Sarge's Meet & Greet and it was such a nice evening. We had the opportunity to meet the parent's of the
Read more…I got a 41 min call yesterday. He forfeited the ability to go get soap just to talk to mom and I. Navy Dad
Read more…Does the "I'm a Sailor" call always happen? Our son is supposed to graduate on Friday and I was hoping that we would get that call this morning. Can someone confirm that it always happens or sometimes it doesn't? Thanks
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