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BUDS Class 291

I am a father of one member of this class. Day one yesterday. Was really good to hear his voice last night, especially since it was my birth day. Looking forward to hearing from him this evening if his time allows.

 

Any other fathers in the same boa

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Citizenship issue

My son was accepted into the SEAL EOD training but because he has British and Canadian citizenship he is required to renounce those. The British one is a simple application but the Canadfian one requires that he have an address in the US before he ca

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Seal Prep duration

My son will have a bootcamp PIR 7/8.  He is then scheduled to G&G for Seal Prep. I understand he will stay at Prep until there are enough qualified candidates for a new BUD/S class. --sometime in either August or September seems like a reasonable gue

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SQT Graduation

My son graduates in July and I have heard about a 5 family member limit to attend . Has anyone else had to deal with this ? Any suggestions on more attending ? Grandparents, parents , siblings is already 6 .....

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class 289

My son got rolled from 287 to 289.  288 was full.  We may be driving his car to him next week 2300 miles across country.  I think 289 starts B.O. in early May.

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Class 284

I would like to start up a discussion group focused on Class 284.  Currently there is a great discussion group for Class 284 on the navy Moms website, but I thought it to be important for the Dad to discuss and share things pertaining to their Sailor

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BUDS

Does anyone know how much the introduction of the NSW Preparation Course has changed the BUDS graduation rate?


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Class 281

Thought I would start a chat about this class, as the boy is currently in this group. Just a spot to swap stories and backgrounds of the men, families and adventures of this class. Please no names and try to stay away from discussing time lines of Ph

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