Greetings Ken! When my son joined the Navy I really had no idea nor a clue on what he’s about to partake in besides what I’ve seen on tv and some stories I've heard from friends and relatives who have served in the military.

However, I'm so honored and very proud of his decision to serve our great country.

From the start, I’ve perused Navy and recruiter information online and beyond but felt that I needed more peace of mind to help keep me from worrying too much. I also wanted to hear from real people who've been around the block and others to share knowledge and experience throughout this entire journey.

That's when I found this website while searching for answers...

We're all in this together and I hope you too will find NavyDads.Com useful with lots of real shared information.

Please don't forget to check out our Groups section and join a group that shares your interest. Please keep us posted on your Sailor's progress via status updates, discussion forums, blogs and photos...

A Warm "Thank You" from our family to you and to your son Nick for his service!

Welcome Aboard and GO NAVY!

The best advice....go with the flow.  Deployments and plans for cruise are a dynamic thing and are subject to change as needs change.  Tiger Cruises are NOT a guaranteed thing and if they have one your sailor will have to keep you informed.  You're not going to know ships locations except in the most general terms- you don't want to know more because if you do someone is communicating more info than they should not be. Get used to limited comms...there is e-mail but if the ship is in a River City condition then they are locked down....think about what you will send and what to put in care packages....stay focused and realize they will have up times and down times.....it comes with the territory. If he has to "crank" he'll hate it- part of being enlisted and is a right of passage so to say ("crank" - do galley duty). He'll get into a routine and so will you....

understand....and things are so much more complicated these days....lot of us have gone thru this routine so as you have questions be sure to ask.