gregory franklin cade

Profile Information:

Your Sailor's First Name (Please Do Not Post SEAL Names)
caleb
What Is Or Will Be Your Sailor's Rating (Job Classification) - ex. ABE, AM, GM, etc
css (culenary specialist)
Describe A Little About Yourself (your IP address/location will be checked::
I am 44 years old and work as a West Virginia state highways inspector. I have a 19 year old daughter that is a Sophomore in college and a 21 year old son, currently serving in the United States Navy. He is currently deployed and last known to be somewhere around the country of Bahrain.
What Brought You To This Site:
My son is currently serving
What Were Your Feelings When Your Sailor Joined The Navy:
So excited. He had been enrolled in college and was having a rough time of it. He was running around with the wrong crowd and going no where but straight into trouble. I feel the Navy has given my son a chance and a whole new outlook on life.
What Is Your Relationship With Your Sailor
Dad
Please Share: How Did You Find Us?
My son had mentioned in the past about these "tiger cruises" he sent me a message about a month ago giving me an idea of when he would be returning back to his base in San Diego California and ask if I was interested in doing the Tiger Cruise. I replied, "not only yes but hell yes."

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  • NavyDads Admin, Tim

    Welcome aboard Gregory,

    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, P.I.R., 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 9000 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 Caleb 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 Admin Tim

    Feb 2, 2015

  • NavyDads Admin, Tim

    Gregory you will get a letter from your sailor that will give detailed steps for timeline and the such for his tiger cruise. If he has put you on the list this letter will come from the ship.

    Feb 4, 2015

  • NavyDads Admin (Paul)

    To amplify Tiim's comment, you may not know until about 4-6 weeks before the anticipated cruise....not all ships have them on return from cruise. Keep after him you let you know as soon as he does.  Read the stuff int he Tiger Cruise group as you'll have to fill out a medical form and will have to be approved by the ship's medical officer.  There are any number of conditions that will exclude you from the cruise....and advise you are current with your Tetanus vaccine

    Feb 4, 2015