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E.G. - ND's Creator/Admin

Male

Brandon, Ms

United States

Profile Information:

Your Sailor's First Name (Please Do Not Post SEAL Names): Evan
What Is Or Will Be Your Sailor's Rating (Job Classification) - ex. ABE, AM, GM, etc: ABE ( Aviation Boatswains Mate ) - Equipment
Describe A Little About Yourself (your IP address/location will be checked::: Welcome Aboard!

My name is E.G. and I have three sons and a beautiful daughter. I also have the most amazing wife, Cindy. Our oldest son "Evan" served as an ABE aboard the USS Ronald Reagan in San Diego, Ca and my family and I couldn't have been prouder.

My Navy Dads journey began when my son enlisted in April, 2008. I started building NavyDads.Com while he was still a recruit at RTC in Great lakes. I designed, built, and launched NavyDads.com June 18, 2008, two days before his Navy graduation.

My hope is that this site will help Navy Families find answers to questions, share concerns, help another along, and lastly, a place to show their pride for their Sailor.
What Brought You To This Site:: other
What Were Your Feelings When Your Sailor Joined The Navy:: I was very Proud and Supportive of his decision.
What Is Your Relationship With Your Sailor: Dad
Please Share: How Did You Find Us?: I'm the Creator of NavyDads.Com

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Bud Rose

nice job! Great pics! Thanks!

Nov 9, 2009
clay H

Thanks we dads need help too! I'll catch up on acronyms soon as I can.... Thanks for having me!

Nov 9, 2009
Bill Shanley

Thanks for the welcome. I've already found this site useful and reviewing others comments have answered a lot of my questions but does anyone know when we should expect our first phone call other than the one we received when he arrived at boot camp?

Nov 11, 2009
John V.

Tony is swearing in at MEPS Milwaukee today. My wife, his older brother,and myself will attend. Good luck and God speed to all those who have chosen to join him on this journey.

Nov 16, 2009
Charles W

Thanks for the welcome. This site is great. happy to share and help out any way I can.

Nov 16, 2009
Chris B.

Thank you for your kind words and warm welcome. My son, a PO2 ET Nuke, is on staff at NPTU Ballston Spa. He celebrates four years in the Navy 1/3/10.

Nov 16, 2009
Raymond Matchke

EG, Congratulations on a wonderful websight. Thanks for providing a place for loved ones to share our expieriences.

Nov 17, 2009
Vicki Kaun

Thanks EG, I just wanted to see if the boy's write differently to there dad's then mom's I received 3 letters and 1 phone call which by the way was heart breaking as he cried - never thought my son would cry but I think it was because he heard my voice as he didn't cry with his dad or step-dad. your site is just a great as navy for moms, alot of info for us parents that don't know to much about the military Thanks again

Nov 18, 2009
seng vang

EY PA..HOW YA'LL BEEN...I'VE BEEN GOOD..HOWZ EVAN DOING...LOSE HIS NUMBER SO I CAN'T CALL HIM..WAS WONDERING TO SEE IF I CAN GET HIS NUMBER ANG CATCH UP WITH THINGS..HEARD HE JUST GOT BACK FROM DEPLOYMENT..IS HE HOME??..HOWZ THE FAMILY??...ITS BEEN AWHILE SINCE I GOT ON..

Nov 20, 2009
Thomas A. Schneider

Thanks for your hearty welcome! We just received our second letter from her yesterday as I expected. A bit shorter than the first, but much more interesting on all she has to put up with and the adjustments she is having to make. One of her most common comments is how good the food is! Though she does not go into explantation, which we will have to prod her for. But for the most part, she is doing her physical training and getting through it just fine. I will return here soon,and again Happy Thanksgiving and God Bless all you Nany Dads! Thomas Schneider

Nov 26, 2009
Jim Stram

EG, thanks for the welcome. I appreciate it! Also, thanks for creating the website. I have already found it very informative and helpful. Happy Holidays to you and family and a special thank you to your son for serving and protecting us.

Nov 30, 2009
Mitch Madruga

Thanks EG. I always envisioned my son following in my footsteps and joining the Army. He would attend Jump School and I would watch him make his final jump. I would then have the honor to pin his "second generation" jump wings onto his chest. He would then attend Ranger School and I again would have the honor to pin his Ranger Tab on. I didn't push him to enter the military at all and he made this choice all on his own. I must say I couldn't be prouder of his decision even though he chose the Navy. Lol.

Dec 1, 2009
Mitch Madruga

Oh, and thank you for starting this site. As my parents told me when I was in the Army, precomputers, the worst part was not knowing ANYTHING. You have given us something the generations before us didn't have......knowledge that we are not alone and the ability to find out what is and what will occur. Thank you.

Dec 1, 2009
Dan (Zach's Dad)

Thank you sir for starting this site.. it has so far answered alot of our questions, and N4M has also! I am an Army Airborne Infantry vet, and when they were all talking this PIR stuff, I immediately was shocked.. my son didn't tell me that the Navy had a Parachute Infantry Regiment!! heheheh brought great laughter to our family to know it meant PASS IN REVIEW!!! LOL!!! :)

Dec 2, 2009
carolinagurl

Thank you for the welcom EG, it is great you started this site for Dads, they were infiltrating N4M's LOL. We love the dads over there, we have fun with them :)

Dec 2, 2009
Robert Hofmann

Thanks EG! I am very glad that I joined this site, as I have gained much from reading everyones comments and suggestions. We are off to Chicago tomorrow for Bootcamp Graduation on Friday. I look forward to getting involved with the site, and groups.

Regards, Robert

Dec 2, 2009
Chuck

EG,
What is the latest on Evan?

Dec 2, 2009
Joel A. Ortiz

(EG) you're welcome was appreciated. Though I started off browsing Navy mom's as you, I did not end up creating a Web Site ! If I were wearing a hat it would be "hats off to you" for this awesome Web site for Navy Dads.

The holidays are a crazy time for our sons and daughters to be off fulfilling their dreams; a consolation is that PIR comes around in the first month of the new year; a wonderful way to start the new year. I have to go check the forum topics to see if anyone has posted what to expect during Christmas.

Thanks again, I look forward to getting to the wealth of information that abounds within, as you have many respected fathers and sailors each with their respective insights. Joel

Dec 3, 2009
Steven Anderson

Thank you for the kind words and the warm welcome. I appreciate it very much.

Dec 5, 2009
KastIron

"Thank you for your service to this country and thanks again for joining us."

It was my privilege to serve and I will help out here any way I can.

Dec 8, 2009
Bill Shanley

What are the awards recruits earn that are presented at PIR. MOAA, etc? Thanks.

Dec 9, 2009
John

Thank you so much. Thank you for creating this site.

Dec 9, 2009
katie99

Paul,
Please pass this message along....... For those of you that haven't heard about it, check out Daddy dolls.com ( 0r mom) it is a precious inexpensive gift that means the world to the children left behind by a parent. They can hear the parents voice and have a mini me!

Dec 13, 2009
sean mcaleer

Thanks EG for your support. Currently Alex in stationed at Camp Leatherneck as a Seabee. He found a live IED and got stabbed by an insurgent all in the same week. And believe it or not it all happened within the confines of his base!! There is a war going on that most of us don't even know about.

Dec 28, 2009
Honor, Courage, Commitment

EG, thanks for the reply and forming this site. Appears to be a little less streeful then NavyforMoms (LOL)...lots of candle lighting and spirits over there. Always proud to serve and thanks for sending us your young ones into today's military and in our care. If there is anything I can answer for you, please let me know.

Jan 4, 2010
Brian Cook

EG,
Thank You for putting this site together, I have already found out some really good pointers for My Son's PIR. My Wife belongs to Navymoms and She has found that site helpful as well...I am glad to have a place for the Dads to go to. Again Thanks.. Brian

Jan 8, 2010
Steve Whatley

Thanks for getting this thing started. We received our first call from Steven today-very unexpected at the least to be getting one this soon. He was upbeat but could barely speak due to all the screaming. Hang with us as neither i nor my wife have learned what all the initials stand for, but we will learn quickly. I look forward to seeing/hearing more from you and the other dads that have their sons/daughters serving our country. Once again, thanks for starting this.

Jan 10, 2010
pgmarx

Thanks. My son was just notified he was accepted to the UnivofSoCal NROTC program. We are processing the medical applications, but we are trying to figure out what comes next?

Jan 11, 2010
CCR

I recently went to my video on You Tube and they deleted the whole soundtrack which were only snippets or one liners of about 12 songs. Copyright crap.
If I purchased the songs, why can't I use them? the whole video makes no sense now.

Jan 20, 2010
Dan Burch

Thank you for the welcome. Mywife and I were in Hawaii 5 yrs ago and got to see the Reagan on its first voyage and really thought that was great. We took pictures of each other in front of it as it was docked near Pearl Harbor. Never imagined our son would be serving 5 yrs later. These young men deserve our praise! Right now he's bored as they await ship repairs but are going out on a sea trial soon so he's excited about that as he's only been on ship a little over a month.

Jan 21, 2010
Dan Burch

Worked just fine so not sure what happened before. Maybe it was a bogus member as I haven't been able to locate them on the member page.

Jan 22, 2010
Luis

Hey EG, I'm baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!. Got internet service at home again. How's everything? My son is now stationed at the Jacksonville Naval Station (4-5 hours from home). He starts school this February and will then be part of the P-3 Orion squadron. He told me that his squadron will be the second to service the newest model.

He is doing better then when he was in Pensacola. As always I am a Proud Navy Dad. Take good care and God Bless. Luis

Jan 24, 2010
Vernon A. Kelly

Thanks you for starting this site. I'm sure it will be a tool for so much information that we can learn from. Again thanks.
V.Kelly

Jan 26, 2010
Grant's mom Ship 9 Div 131

Thank you for the welcome and for starting this site. I am very proud of my son, he arrived in GL yesterday afternoon, I received my I'm here call last night, I can't wait to hear from him again. Proud navy mom

Jan 27, 2010
Mr. Fleetwood

Thank you for this site, I am so proud of my son, I have two older sons as well, both are married as Kris is. His brothers have been so impressed by him that they are trying to join up also. They are not able to be Navy but they are not letting that stop them. They are starting the process to join National Guard. I am a very proud dad to say the least. Kris graduates boot camp Feb. 26th. his baby will be born any day now, we are so excited about his choice for his future.

Jan 28, 2010
NavyDads Admin (Paul)

Jan 29, 2010
Michael Gabby

Thanks for starting Navy Dads, I am proud to be part of such a group.

Feb 5, 2010
jim

Dear EG,
Thanks for your support! My wife had found Navy Moms site. I stumbled upon the Dads site. Thanks for founding it. Now we have equal time! A salute to your son also!
Did you hear that they had a small earthquake due west of Chicago, early this morning? It was a 3.8! mild , compaired to the ones out Calif.way! If my son felt it he probably thought the RDC was coming to get him! Busy here in the 'Burg ( Pittsburgh,Pa) Shoveling snow , we got dumped on ! Not as bad as DC. or Philly,feel bad for 'em....Thanks again EG
Jim

Feb 10, 2010
Cindy

Love the changes you've made. I know it's been awhile since I've been here but you and Cindy are never far from my thoughts. I did take over the Idaho Moms Group as of yesterday. Don't know what I'm in for, but I'm sure it'll be interesting.

Please tell Cindy and the kids I said hello. Miss hearing about your daughter's adventures. One of these times your wife and I will have about 2 or 3 hrs to sit and chat.

Feb 13, 2010
Chris Kramer

Good post. I am the son of a Navy WWII pilot and I am the Dad of one. I am very proud of him. He will soon been graduating and his PIR is set for 3/5. I will be checking for tips before I go to PIR, but I have already learned that getting a hotelmotel with a kitchen will allow us to cook some home cooked meals for him.

I will add more when I go online again.

Kudos for doing the website!

Chris

Feb 15, 2010
Luis

Hey EG, I just came across a video on youtube that had two pictures of my boy. Thank you sooooo much. Brought the tears back again. God Bless you my friend.
Luis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvEQwzXaLQY

Feb 15, 2010
NavyDads Admin (Paul)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BOSS !!!!!

Feb 15, 2010
Luis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piVKYMb4nzM

Hey EG, heard it was your Birthday so here goes. Hope you have a great one. God Bless you my friend. Luis-Navy Dad & DAMN Proud!

Feb 15, 2010
Dennis E. Robinson

Thank you for adding this site to communicate with others who have the same desire to talk and give to this county. I am greatful for the this site.

Feb 16, 2010
Dennis E. Robinson

Thank you paul for being devoted to those whom communicated and honour those in service as the admin to this site I know you must keep busy. My hat is off to you, Thank you again.

Feb 16, 2010
greg delany

E.G.
Thank you first for the gift of this site. Second we wish you a happy belated Birth day!
Thank you son fromme for his service.
Greg

Feb 17, 2010
Jen

Thank you so much and for a wonderful site. I might be the Aunt but he is more like the son I never had. He shipped out to basic on the 11th and is on Ship 4 Div 809. He's going for the Seals program. This takes a lot of getting use to as he enlisted last year on the DEP. Time went by fast. I thank God I have a place to come and share stories and be with other families. Thank you for all of your loved ones service.

Feb 18, 2010
Ed Smith

Thanks for the message. We are very proud of our son. He is currently assigned to the USS Eisenhower as a air traffic control approach officer. He was commissioned in November 2009 as a Ensign through the LDO program. His mother and I went to the commissioning ceremony and that is really something to see all those young men and women who are serving our nation. It was really an honor and privilege to be with them.

Feb 24, 2010
Richard Scherman

Thank you for the welcome and for the site. Currnetly Alex is in Florida waiting for his A school... I guess that he has bit of a wait ahead of him as quite a few people are there ahead of him. We just spoke this past weekend and I can't wait to hear from him again. He is going to be picking up a laptop soon so chattng should not be too far out of the picture.

Richard

Feb 25, 2010
Christopher Lupton

Thanks EG it's nice have a site like this go too. Our son is CO on the USS Blue Ridge, he took command in Nov. 09. Just starting to really enjoy the ship, looking forward to the spring cruise.

Chris

Feb 27, 2010

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