Navy Dads
Dave Eckert
Sacramento, CA
United States
Profile Information:
- Your Sailor's First Name (Please Do Not Post SEAL Names)
- Andrew
- What Is Or Will Be Your Sailor's Rating (Job Classification) - ex. ABE, AM, GM, etc
- I dont know his current classification
- Describe A Little About Yourself (your IP address/location will be checked::
- 43 year old dad with 2 sons and 3 step sons and 1 step daughter. I recently became a grandfather 5 months ago. I am the Transportation Manager for a major food service distributor
- What Brought You To This Site:
- My son is currently serving
- What Were Your Feelings When Your Sailor Joined The Navy:
- I was very proud of my son when he joined the Marines
- What Is Your Relationship With Your Sailor
- Dad
- Please Share: How Did You Find Us?
- I found this site as I was searching for information about Tiger Cruises
NavyDads Admin, Tim
Welcome aboard Dave,
I would like to take this time to point you in some of the right directions. For starters if you haven't had the time take a look at the right side of any page you click on. There you will find some useful information for you. The links under the about this site will help you with how this site got started, navigation, P.I.R., About us, community guidelines and some links to some of the groups that beginners with a lot of questions will find very useful. There is also a link called Navy Enlisted Ratings, this link will take you to a brief description of the rates (jobs) in the Navy that you can find your sailors rate and find out some information about the rate that they are in.
First and foremost though we are all here for the same reason. We are curious about what our young sailors are getting into and for more information about the rate or job that they will be doing for the next 4-6 yrs. of their lives. I know when I first got here I had lots of questions and there was not a lot of people on this site but they all were either going through the same thing or had been through it and had sailors out in the fleet. Now this site has grown to over 7000 members, Dads, Moms, Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles, sisters, brothers, girlfriends and boyfriends. Don't be afraid to ask questions of members in here because somewhere along the way we have all had the same questions and asked. There are a lot of knowledgeable people on this site with various years of experience in the NAVY either on their own account or through their Sailors.
Again welcome aboard and BRAVO ZULU to you and your son Andrew on his enlistment and please thank him for me for making the choice to defend the freedoms that my family, this country and I have and enjoy.
Navy dads Admin Tim
Aug 15, 2013
Dave Smithers
My son gave us dates as well but he said that he had not been informed officially yet.
Oct 22, 2013
Randy Nation
Hey Dave,
We didn't know about the letter and when we cancelled our arrangements it cost us. Would like to know more about what to do to get refund. I know it's late but when I did cancel I told them the situation and they just said to bad. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
Nov 15, 2013