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I'm a navy wife... my husband recently told me some horrifying stories of suicide in nuke students. He informed me that a nuke student he met while on the job claimed that there is approx. 1 suicide a week. If you ask me thats INSANE.. they need a better way to express their stresses and anxieties. It breaks my heart!! I feel compelled to do something, anything about it. I was doing some research and came across this forum.. I'm not sure what I plan to do but something is better than nothing. I was hoping to reach out to parents who have lost a child to nuke school suicide and make a difference. Facebook is a popular outlet for our generation and I'd like to create a group that helps the students through facebook. Maybe some of the parents would be willing to volunteer their time to encourage and reach out to those who need it via facebook. I encourage any feedback or help! Thank you for your time, Brandi Y
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When my son first enlisted in the Navy I found NavyForMoms in searching for answers to his future. I just knew their had to be a site for dads like n4m's but I was wrong. So I started this site so us dads would also have a place to call home. I new at this and hope this site helps Navy families that follow behind me. I hope this site benefits you or may hopefully point you in the right direction. Thank your husband for his service and thanks for joining us.
Sincerely, E.G.
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. 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 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 husband 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
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