Welcome aboard Stan!!  Try to be at the "Enlistment Oath" ceremony at MEPS..bring your camera, it's very emotional.  Talk to his recruiter if you need more info.  You have found the right place to learn about your son's progress and to learn about the Navy way.  Keep in touch!  Hooyah!!

Welcome aboard Stan.
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 Robert 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

Stan, I'm glad that you attended with your family to your son's Enlistment Oath.  I knew that it was going to be very emotional for you..lol..so that's why I like to share it with others.  Now the fun part begins, the waiting part!!  You may receive about 3-5 phone calls and his letters.  Another advise, sometimes they are so busy with training, that is hard for them to keep writing letters, but the feeling that they get when after a long day of training there name is called for the "mail call" is so spirit renewing!!  So I encourage you to write to your son as often as posible.  I know that he will love you more just for that..lol!!  Hooyah!