What Is Or Will Be Your Sailor's Rating (Job Classification) - ex. ABE, AM, GM, etc
AT
Describe A Little About Yourself (your IP address/location will be checked::
I live in a small historic town in southeast Kansas. Our town was the heart of the oil & gas boom (Circa 1900). I spent my career working for our town’s oldest business, a printing company which was founded in the spring of 1870. I also love the outdoors and have fished most of the lakes and rivers in SEK & NEO. From the age he could safely do so my son fished with me, and when he was old enough to carry a gun he hunted with me. Later he would hunt with his own friends. I can’t think of anything better than to have left him such a great heritage.
What Brought You To This Site:
My son is currently serving
What Were Your Feelings When Your Sailor Joined The Navy:
I couldn't have been more proud. Ours is a Navy family. My son’s Grandfather and Great Grandfather both served in the Navy during WWII. His Great Uncle was a soldier during the Korean war. His Uncle is a retired Senior Chief who served in Desert Storm and many years before that. His cousins, male and female, joined the Navy shortly before he did. Another cousin joined at nearly the same time. So my son always had a great respect and admiration for the Navy. I always stepped back and tried not to influence my son’s decisions as he became an adult. I must admit, my son’s self-motivation and his desire to make a difference never fail to impress me. He made the decision to serve with little encouragement other than the quiet example of those who served before him.
What Is Your Relationship With Your Sailor
Dad
Please Share: How Did You Find Us?
I was taken to this site through a link in my email. Because my son is out at sea on a West Pac cruise I created a “Google Alert” for anything involving the USS John C Stennis. It was while I was reading one of these alerts that I came across Navy Dads.
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Welcome to NavyDads.com Douglas! When my daughter enlisted in 2005 and left for RTC, I had virtually no knowledge of Navy life or how the Navy did things. By the time her PIR rolled around, I was starting to get the hang of things and understand some of the language and abbreviations, but still felt like a fish out of water when dealing with most topics concerning the US Navy. When my son enlisted and left for Great Lakes in 2007, I got serious about trying to learn as much as possible about the Navy. Now, several years into my journey, I’m blessed to say I have two sailors in the family - my son Eric (AM3) was on the carrier Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) and just reported to Helicopter Squadron Light-37 (HSL-37) in Hawaii after re-enlisting earlier this year. My daughter Kat is now a Navy veteran and was stationed on the carrier Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) as a Mass Communications Specialist and is currently using her GI benefits to go to school. If NavyDads.com were around in those days, it would have made my journey as a Navy parent much easier!
I'm sure you'll find NavyDads.com as useful, educational and informative as I have over the past few years. I hope you take the time to explore the site and make some new friends. Read the discussions and add your comments. Browse through the postings in the various groups or start a new one. If you have any comments, questions or concerns about your sailor and what he is going through...be sure to post them! In my experience someone here can answer your questions or concerns or can point you in the direction to find out. And Douglas this is a great place to brag as well! So join in, get active, and be sure to let us know how Jared is doing! Please remember that we talk about the Navy here and we must keep the security and safety of our sailors and the fleet in mind. On the right or starboard side of every NavyDads page is an area we call About This Site. Please take a minute and read through the Operations Security (OPSEC) link for some guidelines as to what we should not talk about in a public forum like NavyDads.com.
Play the following video for a brief introduction to NavyDads.com. We've made some cosmetic changes to the site since this video was made, but navigation remains the same. Best Regards- Paul
Welcome aboard Douglas.
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 4000 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 Jared 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
Greetings Douglas! My son recently joined the Navy and I really had no idea or a clue on what he’s about to partake in besides what I’ve seen on tv and some stories told by friends and relatives. I am honored and very proud of his decision to serve our country.
I’ve perused recruiter literature from DEP and beyond but I felt that I needed more information to keep me from worrying too much. I also wanted to hear from real folks on what their experiences were like and what they've gone through. That's when I found this website while searching for answers.
I hope you too will find NavyDads.Com useful with lots of real shared information. Our family extends our warmest thanks to your son Jared for his service.
When you get a chance check out the many groups here. There's the John C Stennis group you'll probably be interested in to join. My nephew is currently on-board CVN-74 as well. Glad you could join us.
Welcome aboard...
A School for Dads, NASCAR for NavyDads and the book of acronyms and ranks. We’ve also added a Spanish language Group.
If you have problems or questions about the Groups, discussions or navigating our site please let me know. I’ll be happy to help or find someone more knowledgeable about your isssue.
Again Welcome to NavyDads.
Please feel free to ask questions.
Again Welcome and keep us updated on your recruit.
HooYah US Navy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!