What Is Or Will Be Your Sailor's Rating (Job Classification) - ex. ABE, AM, GM, etc
FC
Describe A Little About Yourself (your IP address/location will be checked::
Bm2 Retired Aug 21st 2009. Son left for boot Dec 14th 2010.
Prior Military Experience
Proud Navy Veteran
What Brought You To This Site:
My son is recently enlisted
What Were Your Feelings When Your Sailor Joined The Navy:
Super proud of my son. He will step forward and become a man far away from me. But I will stand next to him from afar and knowing full well that he will accomplish whatever is put in front of him. To my son. I love you and I miss you. But most of all I am so very proud of you. Thank you for serving and protecting our country. Thank you for standing the watch.
What Is Your Relationship With Your Sailor
Son
Please Share: How Did You Find Us?
I got lucky surfing the net.
Comments
Shawn...check out the Lincoln group: CVN-72 Link
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, PIR, About us, community guidelines and some links to some of the groups that beginners with a lot of questions will find very useful.
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 2000 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 Brandonn 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 Co-admin Tim
Play the following video for a brief introduction to NavyDads.com. We've some cosmetic changes to the site since this video was made, but nagivation remains the same.
As a parent of a sailor currently or soon to be at Great Lakes you'll have many questions about what your son is going through. In the Navy Bootcamp group is a discussion called A MUST READ for all New Navy Parents. Read through this post as it will do a lot to give you some understanding about what your sailor is learning and why. And be sure to check out the videos available in the Bootcamp Group as well.
As PIR draws closer, be sure to spend some time going through the PIR-Tips, Hints and Helps group- we’ve tried to assemble some tips and suggestions to make your sailor's PIR more enjoyable. Best Regards- Paul