January 2016 Blog Posts (4)

Was wondering if anyone was aware of a dinner the night before graduation? If so I know I read it but do not see it anyware. It was at a grill and pub around 5 if I remember correctly any ideas

It was very exciting to get my son's box from RTC via FedEx last Tuesday.  It was eerie however, opening it up to find everything he had on him in this little cube.  It was symbolic of, "here's your boy ... We've (the Navy) got him now.  We'll return him later as a man and as a sailor".  There's a finality to it that kind of hit me when we opened it.

The next day we received "the letter".  I was excited to see that his PIR is March 4 - about a week sooner than I expected.  So now I…

I just joined the Navy Dads family. I am not a military veteran myself, but I am an ARMY brat of 25 years. I just want to say how proud I am of my son Mickey. He began his Naval career just this past Dec. 3, 2015.  He is scheduled to graduate boot camp the end of this month. We can't wait to see him.  It's been a very long nine weeks.

I've been struggling with sending packages to my son who is on a DDG. 

It's relatively easy when you address the package yourself but using one of the online stores, it's more cross your fingers and hope.

My son's address looks something like this:

Sailor's Name

Their Division / Department

USS Bulkeley (DDG 84)

Unit 100319 Box 1* (they each have their own box number)

FPO AE…