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Comment by Jim (SO Dad) on July 5, 2009 at 1:48am

Just like Mom of cjj my son left for BC 6/25 & is in ship 04 & Div 840 PIR Aug 21. I'm a very proud dad just like every one on here. Jim

Comment by John L on July 1, 2009 at 9:37pm

Mom of CJJ,

Welcome aboard!!! Our Son Graduates on the 21st as well. Also on his way to Pre BUDS, Tell him good luck from one old vet to a brand new one!

Wish I had gotten a phone call:(

Comment by mom of cjj on July 1, 2009 at 8:45pm

Hi, Grandpa273!
My son left for BC on June 25th. He's in Ship 04 DIV 840. His PIR is August 21st. Then he'll go into Pre-BUDS.
We are so very proud of him! If you ask him why he joined the Navy, he'll respond...I want to serve my country.
I actually got a surprise phone call from him this evening! He said that they have been in processing and that they actually move into their Ship tomorrow. So, tomorrow is his first official day of BC. But, they have done a PST this week already.
(He had great scores!)
Thanks for responding! I have learned so much from Navydads and NavyforMoms. And I've already met a few mom's of other DIV 840 members.

Comment by NavyDads Co-Admin, Calvin on July 1, 2009 at 7:30pm

Welcome to our Group mom of cjj. Is your Son at Bootcamp, if so how long has he been there?

If you have any questions let us know and someone will try to answer them for you and everyone can learn together.

Comment by mom of cjj on July 1, 2009 at 7:01pm

Hi!
My son is in Ship 04 DIV 840.
Are there any Moms or Dads out there who's son is gonna be a shipmate with him?

Comment by proudriverinedad on June 26, 2009 at 3:00pm

I found a couple great links explaining pre-BUDS:
http://www.honorfirst.com/prebuds.htm
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/0...seals_041908w/

Comment by John L on June 25, 2009 at 8:54pm

Thanks so much and I will pass along your thoughts and kindness to my son. Also thanks for the suggestions, always so hard trying to balance enouragement versus letting your kid sprout his wings and experince some of life on his own.

Comment by NavyDads Co-Admin, Calvin on June 25, 2009 at 8:24pm

John, are you ready for a bumpy ride. Your Son will have longer days and more PT's than the normal bootcamp. When you find out his address start writing, he will really enjoy the letters before he has a chance to write or call home. Words of encouragement, some family news or events, jokes and off the wall subject are good when writing. I did learn not to ask to many questions, as time goes on there will be more and more things the cannot tell you or he just doesn't want to talk about now. With that said our GS would drop a bomb shell about something during training and my wife would get up and leave saying you didn't have to tell me that. For us it have been very informative and interesting to watch our GS grow and become a man, plus this whole Military thing is new to us.

We will have to keep in touch, mostly by private messages due to the nature of what they will be doing and where they will be going.

Keep me informed as to his progress and let him know my family and I are very Proud of him for wanting to Serve his Country in this manner.

Comment by John L on June 25, 2009 at 7:52pm

Well my son just started off on his career to become a Trident holder. Ship out for Boot today. My wife is a member of Navy for Moms, and they have a Pre-Buds Chat group. This program "Pre-buds" is relatively new and is designed as one more gut check/spin up prior to going to INDOC in Coronado.

Comment by proudriverinedad on June 25, 2009 at 9:09am

My son is starting Pre-BUDS in Great Lakes this week for 8 weeks. Can anyone tell me what Pre-BUDS has in store for him?

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