Navy Dads
Steve McElroy
Male
Profile Information:
- Your Sailor's First Name (Please Do Not Post SEAL Names)
- Eric
- What Is Or Will Be Your Sailor's Rating (Job Classification) - ex. ABE, AM, GM, etc
- MA
- Describe A Little About Yourself (your IP address/location will be checked::
- Single dad with me son living with me for the past 14 years
- Prior Military Experience
- Proud Navy Veteran
- What Brought You To This Site:
- My son is recently enlisted (before PIR)
- What Were Your Feelings When Your Sailor Joined The Navy:
- I was very proud of him
- What Is Your Relationship With Your Sailor
- Dad
- Please Share: How Did You Find Us?
- On line search
NavyDads Admin, Tim
I would like to take this time to point you in some of the right directions. For starters if you haven't had the time take a look at the right side of any page you click on. There you will find some useful information for you. The links under the about this site will help you with how this site got started, navigation, PIR, About us, community guidelines and some links to some of the groups that beginners with a lot of questions will find very useful. There is also a link called Navy Enlisted Ratings, this link will take you to a brief description of the rates (jobs) in the Navy that you can find your sailors rate and find out some information about the rate that they are in.
First and foremost though we are all here for the same reason. We are curious about what our young sailors are getting into and for more information about the rate or job that they will be doing for the next 4-6 yrs of their lives. I know when I first got here I had lots of questions and there was not a lot of people on this site but they all were either going through the same thing or had been through it and had sailors out in the fleet. Now this site has grown to over 2000 members, Dads, Moms, Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles, sisters, brothers, girlfriends and boyfriends. Don't be afraid to ask questions of members in here because somewhere along the way we have all had the same questions and asked. There are a lot of knowledgeable people on this site with various years of experience in the NAVY either on their own account or through their Sailors.
Again welcome aboard and BRAVO ZULU to you and your son Eric on his enlistment and please thank him for me for making the choice to defend the freedoms that my family, this country and I have and enjoy.
Navy dads Co-admin Tim
Jul 21, 2011
Jay Shartzer
Steve, Congradulations ! My son, Alex , graduates this Friday and also is going to San Antonio for HMS Corpsman school. How soon after PIR did he leave. Alex hasn't seen his travel orders yet. We are scheduled to come back Monday, but if he has to leave Friday we will move our flights up to not miss work.
Thank you,
Jay
Aug 23, 2011
Ray Norberto
San Antonio is a great town. Make plans to attend the MA ceremony, even though it's simple and scaled down compared to the PIR. And take a couple of days there, there is actually a lot to see, and do. Especially the Riverwalk.
Sep 13, 2011