Thanks for the welcome Grandpa! I did as you suggested.

grandpa273,

Thank you for the welcome and coments..Jason will be our third generation sailor!! my wife;s father was a destroyer type in WWII and I was an airdale type ASW helos.

the military is a close knit group and look forward to Jason being another member also.

Hey, thanks for your information and answers to my questions.  I will pass on your blessing too my son and make sure to look over that info again.  We wrote our first letters the other day and that has put mama at ease.  Have a great one!

Thanks for the warm welcome grandpa273!  Thanks for your service as well!

Ben.

Thank you for the warm welcome, my only concern now is how often I will get to see him as the recruiter lied to us big time. We understood he would have 3 to 30 days after boot camp to come home but when he left yesterday they told us he most likely would go straight from boot camp to school in Fla.

William

Hello Grandpa273 !!! Thank you for warm welcome ! I hope everything will go perfect for our sailors !!! We already bought tickets for his PIR on July,29.

Alex

Grandpa273 thanks for the warm welcome and the support. Justin has always dreamed of being in the service and we are very Proud that he joined the Navy.

I did not serve in the military and don't know what to expect in alot of this, so I am very open to any help that you can give.

Thanks Grandpa273,

I'm just now starting to get into the swing of things. Bobby swore in about three months ago in San Diago and will ship out to Great Lakes in September. I'm just starting to get the lingo down. I'll have a bunch of questions. First, I'll rumage through this site so I won't ask the same thing that everyone else has.

Let the learning curve begin,

-Bob

Granpa273,

Thanks for the welcome; good to hear from so many of you.  We are proud to be Navy parents and we look forward to contributing and adding to our new extended family; Go Navy!

Jamiel

Thank you for the kind welome.  My son PIR'd in Feb of this year and has been in Goose Creek, SC since then. He is scheduled to graduate A school on 8/19/11, which is still honestly iffy- he has made it this far - hoping he can pull it off!

Hi grandpa, and thank you for the welcome.  I know you from N4Ms.  You are always a wonerful support !!

Tee

Good Afternoon Sir. Very much appreciate your warm welcome to Navy Dads and look forward to having your advise as our son journeys through Boot Camp and Navy Life.  The Navy Dads web site is very informative as well advise from other family members.   

take Care and have a cheerfull day !!!!!

Thank you so much for your message.  I truly appreciate you kindness!  Blessings, Kim

Hey - thanks for dropping me a line. You've got to be very proud of your Grandson. Wes was home for ten days - after finishing his training in Florida as a CT. He came home on leave  last month for the first time in a year. Man - did I miss him! He's now stationed at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. He and his buddy got an apartment together, and having a great time. Thanks again for writing, and for the info. in regard to this site!

Warren

Thank you for the welcome. I am a member of Navyformoms as well. My son has been in for 4yrs now and is stationed in Hawaii. He is on his ship right now. So I am not totally new but thought I would check this site out to see if maybe if I had any questions some on my other site couldn't answer maybe you guys could. I hope they don't mind I joined. I aslo have  son in the Airforce as well. He has been in for a year now and will be heading to Iraq soon. Again thank you for the welcome. I will check out the sites on here and look forward to joining some of them.

Thank you  its my first child in the military I am a green horn.

Hi ya...5 yrs ago, my son was a recruit. Since he has been in, he  has been deployed 4 x's, has help build wells and a school in  and a medical  clinic in Cambodia, During his first deployment, he was in charge  of safety and security on the base, and  he  has learned alot of things. I think he  is better qualified  than some  of the licenced  electricians  in the area where I Live. But that's  just a proud mom  talking. I wish  I had  1/3  of the support when I went into the reserves 31 yrs ago  that i gave my son when he went in. I am so very  proud of him. I am hoping  that my youngest  decides to go in when he  is old enough. But that will be his decision. I  just wish I  could have received the dental training I  was going after.. but I guess  it was not meant to be. The Army  hasn't been as  good to me as the NAvy  has been to RJ. I  just wish his grandpa could have seen him in his Navy  uniform. But Dad died 3ys before my son graduated from boot camp. I know he  is smiling down from  heaven though. Rj  re-upped before he left on his last deployment. Well you have a nice nite

Grandpa, Thank you so much for the welcome, my daughter just signed her contract today, and , well very happy for her and a bit sad since she will be away for some time.  but than again, its for her own good and the good of God and Country, right? Anyhow, I am getting acquainted with this site and am going throe as much as can and learn what she is going to go through in the eight weeks after August 30 so, thank you for the tips and should let you and everyone know how things go with her after August. We will be in touch.

Oscar. 

GP, thanks for the welcome. this is a great site, and I hope that in addition to getting help here, I might be able to lend some also.

Jack

Extreme Southeast.  Port Arthur. 

Thank you for your reply to Toto.  I did not understand exactly what he was saying - I don't know if I am the "ill minded father" of if it is the gov't, but it was very disturbing.

I have 1 son in workup with his team  for deployment and another who is in the processes of being DEP'ed in for SEAL.  Toto's last e-mail was equally offensive to me – If, God forbid, My son’s have to pay that price – I would not want to hear someone say it may be in vain!

My God protect your grandson, my sons and all SEALS.

Thanks for your support and encouragement! My daughter doesn't report to boot camp until January 11, 2012 but until then I will do my level best to prepare her for the shock and awe of it all!

This site is indeed an excellent resource and already paid dividends with the RTC training guide PDF which I was able to download and will read! I will also pass a copy on to my  future sailor daughter. Thanks!

Many thanks for the welcome, appreciate that very much. Pretty excited to have a Son be a part of the Navy.

Thanks....this site is going to be my best friend for the next few months.

Thanks. Been lurking for a while. Interested in finding others whose kids are shipping out February 06, 2012 (02/06/12)

Thanks for the welcome, Grandpa. Good to be here. I'll probably ask more questions once my son has departed and I know he won't be sneaking looks at my questions and the answers!

Grandpa, my son says he'll study to be an SECF, assuming he gets through boot camp! He also got credit for signing up another recruit or two, so he's supposed to go in as an E2. He's pretty sure he'll be sent to Connecticut for training after boot camp, but I'm less sure than he is. I'm not as trusting as he is that the Navy will stick to what it said concerning future jobs.

Hey, gp, we're just north of San Antonio.  My son is DEP for Nukes, and very excited about it.  I am sure he will be on pins and needles by the time Feb rolls around.

GP, you are welcome any time.  Thanks for the encouragement.  He is in pretty good physical shape, and it appears he has a good recruiter and is keeping busy with the other DEPers in the area,

Thank-You for your support. I'm sure I will have some questions in the future, and I appreciate the support I've already recieved so far. I know I will be returning to this site quite often.

Thanks again for your comments...

Hi Grandpa, Thank you for the welcome, our son is halfway through his training now and he seems to coping well.........it is nice to know there is support for parents of a recruit.

Thanks grandpa 273 looking forward to the days ahead,be in touch......lol

Thanks gp273,  i'm impressed of how you guys welcome newbies here.  My son is coming home on the 9th from his first deployment, i'm sure he's got a lot of stories to tell.  besides being a plane captain in 54 days, he said it's a record.

Thanks for the welcome. Mike just graduated from the Academy and is assigned to a guided missile cruiser based in San Diego. His grandfather (my dad) put his ensign boards on his shoulders at the graduation ceremony. He is a WWII vet and former POW. Very moving moment.