July 2013 Blog Posts (10)

Does anybody have any advice on getting from midway airport to graduation. Im hoping i don't need to rent a car or take a taxi.

Thanks for all the info!  It's been a long process with my son and a seed that was planted a few years ago sprouted without me knowing.  We were watching TV a few weeks ago and he just looked over and said "I think I am going to join the Navy."  He was surprised when I agreed and asked how I could help.  He is a sophomore in college and is starting to see that a college degree doesn't necessarily prepare you for life or guarantee a future income



He's a very smart kid (94 on the…

Son Cody drove to San Diego and is at Coronado.  He is in SERE training and will be dropped in the mountains Friday for his 7 day survival. 

Well folks let me touch on one thing real quick, I am sitting here at Navy Lodge that's right I said Navy Lodge and that feels so easy to say.

This odyssey began right at 3months ago, I never would have dreamed this could be but yet here we are. He is so different from that teenage boy that left my house in mid April and its not the…

The way I understand it, my son has 4 more days to pass his "run" or he'll be separated from service. General discharge. The last day should be a week from tomorrow. Between now and then, he said he'll receive motivational chats from the bottom of the chain to the Commander of the RTC. Through letters and calls, this whole experience has drawn us close together....more so than ever. He doesn't know it, but over the next week he'll receive more mail than he'll have time to read. But maybe…

On the day this young man was born July 4th 1994 I stood at the foot of his mothers bed holding him and as I did I looked at my lovely wife and said "this is going to be a hell of a ride" and I must say it has been at least that

This is the entry that I have been waiting to write for quite sometime now and it has finally come around. My…

Hello everyone. My son has xhecked in with the POs at the airporr and called. He spoke to his morher and she was a bit shaken with his tone. As a marine I tried to explain it is the initial shock of military life. Looking forward to watching my son drill at The PIR. Thanks for welcoming me into the group

Turn by Natalie June Reilly

You think you know what it means to love your country, until your firstborn son comes to you with the news that he’s joined the U.S. Navy. The sheer pride on his face is enough to comfort you — his mother — because you know he’s no longer a little boy. He is a young man struggling to find his feet in this world.

Admiration doesn’t even begin to scratch the surface of what you feel for him and for his decision. However, in the back of your mind,…