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April 2013 Blog Posts (9)

Our first call

We got a wonderful surprise yesterday, our first phone cal from our son. Thank God my wife forward the land line to her cell phone or we would have missed his call. The Lord works in mysterious ways, we were on the motorcycle when my clip on sun glasses flew off, their about 100 dollars, but anyway I pulled over and started to look for them not even 5 minutes had past when my wife's cell phone started to ring, when my wife answered she got a big surprise it was our son Christian calling, you… Continue

Added by Marco A. Velazquez on April 28, 2013 at 10:05pm — No Comments

T.C.

Any scuttlebutt going around about an IKE Tiger Cruise? They cancelled U.S. armed forces participation for Fleet Week here in New York due to budgetary reasons so I'm thinking it may also affect the T.C. Any info is appreciated. GOD BLESS AMERICA......GO NAVY!!

Added by gregory finley sr. on April 23, 2013 at 12:44pm — 1 Comment

What did you do after PIR with your Sailor?

I'm attending PIR on May 10th and wondering what to do for the afternoon and evening? Any suggestions from people who have been there?

Also do the recruits always leave Saturday?

Thanks, Bill

Added by Bill Fishman on April 23, 2013 at 7:36am — 6 Comments

First Letter

Coming to the end of our sons second week of Boot Camp, still no letter from him. We would love to hear from him, we know its part of the program, but you figured 211/2 years of being here with us, & now not to be able to at least pick up the phone and see how he's doing is hard for parents. I guess you all went thru the same thing. It's not easy!
My Humble Opinion,
An anxious Navy Dad.

Added by Marco A. Velazquez on April 19, 2013 at 3:13pm — 3 Comments

MA "A" school

Can anyone tell me anything about MA "A" school or where to get information?  My son is in boot camp right now and supposed to go to San Antonio, TX for his "A" school.  He has a degree in Criminal Justice and so his rate will be E3.  His PIR is scheduled for Friday, May 17, 2013.  I don't know when he will ship out to go to "A" school so I do't know how much time I will get to be with him before he goes.  I will be making the trip to Great Lakes all the way from California so it's going to…

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Added by Mike Bennett on April 15, 2013 at 9:45am — 5 Comments

Parents VS Mixed Emotions

Even though its early in my sailor's Navy Journey, I must say that dealing with mixed emotions on a daily basis is a true challenge. We feel the pride that is present inside us to overcome the sad feelings of missing our sailors.  Jared graduated Boot camp back on the 15th of March and is now in A School in Meridian Ms.  He's "classed up" and as of today his A School graduation is schedualed for May 23rd after which he will have his first leave. He is AZ which is Aviation Administration…

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Added by Greg Griffin on April 10, 2013 at 10:34am — 2 Comments

Well, he's off.

Our oldest son left today at noon for his final MEPS and then off to Great Lakes tomorrow. Very proud, but boy it sure is hard to let them go. My wife and I have spent the entire day just moping around the house. We have to go through this again in three months when our youngest son leaves for Marine boot camp. Give me strength. 

Added by Craig G. on April 9, 2013 at 7:44pm — 1 Comment

Warm welcome

Thank you all for your kind words. Glad to be aboard. My wife and I met with the recruiter yesterday to get final answers as our son leaves for RTC this coming Tuesday, very exciting and a little bittersweet. What an adventure!

Added by Craig G. on April 4, 2013 at 12:00pm — 1 Comment

Calling Cards.

Wanted to add a little post about a site I found while looking around Navy Dads. For all of the new Parents who may be on this site for the first few times, there is a website called

CallsForRecruits. It is a website that provides FREE CALLING CARDS for your Son, or Daughter while they are in Bootcamp, or A School. They do all of this free of charge. I might add they would gladly accept any donation you might want to sent their way. How it works is you go to their site.… Continue

Added by Randy Lewis on April 1, 2013 at 8:30pm — No Comments

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