jay nolan

Profile Information:

Your Sailor's First Name (Please Do Not Post SEAL Names)
jerry
What Is Or Will Be Your Sailor's Rating (Job Classification) - ex. ABE, AM, GM, etc
AT
Describe A Little About Yourself (your IP address/location will be checked::
elevator consultant in NYC
What Brought You To This Site:
My son is recently enlisted (before PIR)
What Were Your Feelings When Your Sailor Joined The Navy:
exited and extremely proud
What Is Your Relationship With Your Sailor
Dad
Please Share: How Did You Find Us?
My wife searching for information on the enlisting process. As well as my son was in the Navy Sea cadet program Michael Murphy Unit

Comment Wall:

  • Navy Dads Co-Admin Tom

    Hi Jay....Welcome to Navy Dads! As Jerry gets ready, so can you! Look around our site to see what he will be going through. Join the Boot Camp Group....where lots of your questions will be answered. Don't be afraid to ask anything . There are lots of good folks ready to assist you. Best of luck to Jerry!

    Mar 6, 2016

  • NavyDads Admin (Paul)

    Welcome to NavyDads.com Jay ! When my daughter enlisted in 2005 and left for RTC, I had virtually no knowledge of Navy life or how the Navy did things. By the time her PIR rolled around, I was starting to get the hang of things and understand some of the language and abbreviations, but still felt like a fish out of water when dealing with most topics concerning the US Navy. When my son enlisted and left for Great Lakes in 2007, I got serious about trying to learn as much as possible about the Navy. Now, several years into my journey, I’m blessed to say I have two sailors in the family - my son Eric (AM2) was on the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71), was attached to Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 37 (HSM-37) in Hawaii, and is attached to VAW-125, and back on the USS Theodore Roosevelt. My daughter Kat is now a Navy veteran and was stationed on the carrier Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) as a Mass Communications Specialist(MC3). If NavyDads.com were around in those early days, it would have made my first days as a Navy parent much easier!

    I'm sure you'll find NavyDads.com as useful, educational and informative as I have over the past few years. Click How To Get Started for a guide on getting going in your NavyDads.com experience! I hope you take the time to explore the site and make some new friends. Read the discussions and add your comments. Browse through the postings in the various groups or start a new one. If you have any comments, questions or concerns about your sailor and what he is going through...be sure to post them! In my experience someone here can answer your questions or concerns or can point you in the direction to find out. And Jay this is a great place to brag as well! So join in, get active, and be sure to let us know how your son is doing! Please remember that we talk about the Navy here and we must keep the security and safety of our sailors and the fleet in mind. On the right or starboard side of every NavyDads page is an area we call Key Information. Please take a minute and read through the Operations Security (OPSEC) link for some guidelines as to what we should not talk about in a public forum like NavyDads.com.

    As a parent of a sailor currently or soon to be at Great Lakes you'll have many questions about what Jerry is going through. In the Navy Bootcamp group is a discussion called A MUST READ for all New Navy Parents. Read through this post as it will do a lot to give you some understanding about what your sailor is learning and why. And be sure to check out the videos available in the Bootcamp Group as well and as PIR nears be sure to spend time in the PIR group for hints and helps!

    Best Regards- Paul

    Mar 6, 2016

  • Bill Yoder

    Hi Jay, I had mentioned our son also left on March 29th out of Harrisburg PA. I was wondering where your son left from and if you received any letters. We are still waiting on our first one. Thanks, Bill Yoder  

    Apr 7, 2016

  • Bill Yoder

    Hi Jay, Thanks for the feed back. No letter as of yesterday, the 9th. We are away from for the week-end so we won't know until Sunday. Your son would seem to have an advantage being a Sea Cadet. Good start for him. Living in Central PA Sea Cadet or Sea Scouts we not where to be found. Matt was involved in Scouting which I hope he can pull a few things from this memory bank. I'm sure our young men are having a blast----well maybe. :) Hope we find out in a few days. Keep me posted.

    Apr 9, 2016

  • Bill Yoder

    Jay,

    No letter when we returned Sunday. Maybe in a day or two. Unless he is hiding out from the Shore Patrol in a bus station or hanging out on the beach in Rio where is girlfriend is from. :) More likely is they didn't have time until Sunday. Did your son get a rank advancement for being a sea cadet? Let me know what you hear my friend

    Apr 11, 2016

  • Bill Yoder

    Jay, we received a form letter with his address and information about graduation. No personal note. At least we have the address.

    Apr 11, 2016

  • Bill Yoder

    Jay,

    Yes, we're also looking forward to a personal letter from Matt. We're thinking maybe by Friday it he sent one out on Monday. We also plan to come for the graduation events and look forward to meeting you. When I attended Army basic in 77, the guy became a good friend was from Brooklyn as well as my best friend at my first MP duty station. It was interesting, I was from a small mountain town in central PA and never seen the bring lights of a city. Both the guys never experience country life out of the city. We were quite the pair. Take care

    Apr 13, 2016

  • Bill Yoder

    Jay, by the way, Matt is ship 06 div 197. Your son?

    Apr 13, 2016