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my son will be returning soon from his first deployment is there any way that I can get video of there

return.

Anybody know who won the Captain's Cup this week? I heard rumblings that my son's ship  (ship 14 div 073) won

Hello all.

Does any one know if its ok to bunch the first group of mail for a recuit and send them via Next Day Air ????

Hello again all.

Since my son signed up last summer, I  have given thought to the Blue Star flag. I know about them and the use in WWI and WW II. My Fathers Mother's flag had three blue stars. My Mothers Mother had one Blue Star. Sadly that Blue star had to be covered with a Gold star when the Indianaoplis was sunk.

It would seem that the Blue Star Flag is being used again.

Anyone know of the current proper respected use of the Blue Star Flag ?

Hello all. Have a couple of questions if you don't mind. I have been reading but haven't found the answers. Yet anyway.

I already have three letters written and ready to mail when I get my sons first letter telling us his official address. Any one know of what the usual time frame is from day one unitl we should expect his first mail? I did read at NavyDads about recuiters not always having the correct address due to different things that can hpapen to recruits and Divisions schedules, so won't even ask the recuiter.

Question 2. Are recuits  permitted to have photos? Any limit on how many? In my day things were different, But new Navy and new rules so I thought I would ask.

And question 3. I'm sort of getting the impression that there might be current photos or even short videos on NavyDads I haven't yet found of recuits. Sort of like daily or weekly random posts for parents. I realize RTC is indeed a military installation and subject to the usual security, but there are sort of general videos of interest that are here.

Thanks again in advance for your help. I am indeed quite impressed with NavyDads. Especially the PIR telecast. That made the rest of the family happy to hear. Some new things since 1964 can be good changes.

Hello all. Still new to this site so don't know how to reply to each of you . So I will have to make a group Thank You for the welcome aboard and info.

Many new things for an old sailor like me to get used to. I was in boot camp in San Diego in 1964, and was totally shocked to learn there is no "boot liberty" or "boot leave" anymore. Its the new Navy with new terms and proceedures, but no boot leave!?!?!?!?!?

And the new working unifroms? When the recuiter came to the house before I at first thought he was a Marine! He never even heard of undress blues. The blue shirts and jeans that us oldblue jackets wore for many generations now replaced by the jump suits, not very Navy looking for us older guys. The most shocking was he didn't know what Battleship Row was.

The good news is that boots today are treated better than we were, and thats a good thing. I'm grateful to all of you and NavyDads to have a place to learn of all the new proceedures, terms and info I can find here. For example I was a mothball but my son is a smurf. Same idea about new recuits but for different reasons. So I will continure to read, and learn. Thanks to you all and this old fa_t will continue to learn and be so proud of my son. Craig

Let's try a little edition
Of trying a piece of deck log tradition
The new year is logged in rhyme
The OOD's special writing time.

CO and XO
Are top of the page
Special positions
Don't start their rage

We write of the course
Bearing and speed
State of the plant
And what's on most

Inport we tell of the lines
What number, type, size,
And of what kind.

The watchstanders on Deck
Are given a line.
The CDO, POOW, and OOD
Are often Fine.

Conditions all listed
Whether normal or twisted
Complete the entry here.
Thus is the way
We log a New Year.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! 2014 IS UPON US!