I always put crazy titles on blogs as they make you laugh and get you all curious as to what it's about.
Firstly, let me say thank you for the warm welcome to the site from the Admin and co-admin people, it's really appreciated. Leeanne hasn't even left for Boot Camp yet and already I have questions!! Is it true they don't eat or sleep for the first 40 hours? If so, I welcome it for her, toughen her up and make her realise what she is capable of.
Anyway, about Leeanne, she's nineteen and has been bumming around home for a year when I gave her the choice of either college or join one of the forces. Having lived near Miramar during the eighties, she decided to join the navy with a dream to be an aviator. How or why she decided to become a mechanic I'll never know. She is very good mechanically though and it probably showed in aptitude tests etc. For the last two years she has helped her two step-brothers pull their cars apart for goodness knows what reason. I just hated all the parts lying around the house being 'stripped down' - get with it Mom - and cleaned. I do hope for her sake she can maybe change careers should she decide later on to pursue her dream. Is that possible with the navy or once you're in a position you stay in that position until you leave?
Leeanne has just emailed me and has returned from her physical and has a bucket load of information on physical fitness. Surprise, surprise, she has actually got off her backside and started seriously traning ready for enlistment. I wish her all the best as I think she might just need it.
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Annette,
I only hope that I speak for the other admin on this site. We do not welcome everyone to the site because it is our duty, we do it as a common courtesy and to let the new members know we are here and watching our membership grow. We like to make our new members feel like they are joining a new family. My son will be in the US NAVY 3 yrs in June and I ave learned so much from him about his job but I have also learned just as much if not more from my military famly on navydads.com. I only hope that you find the same comfort and all the information that you need in your daughters career.
Please don't be affraid to ask any questions that you may have (someone will have the answer or know where to get it) or to BRAG about how your daughter is doing in her career. Thats what we are here for. Q & A is a big part of what this site was founded on, the community and friendships came later.