Welcome to NavyDads Doug ! I'm sure you'll find the site as fun and useful as I have. Explore and make some friends, add your comments to a discussion or two, read the postings in the various groups-- even start one or two. I have! If you have any questions or concerns about your sailor and what he is going through...ask! I'm sure someone here will have the answer or can point you in the right direction to find out. I'm lucky enough to have two sailors- my son Eric is on the second half of a seven-month cruise on the carrier Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) and my daughter Kat recently returned from a seven-month cruise on the carrier Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72). And Doug this is a great place to brag about your sailor as well! So join in and let us know how your sailor is doing!

As a parent of a sailor currently or soon to be at Great Lakes you'll have many questions about what your son is going through. Thanks to one of our members we have two excellent videos that you can access from the Video area on the NavyDads.com main page: New Bootcamp 1 of 2 and New Bootcamp 2 of 2. These videos will answer many of your questions and concerns and will give you a better understanding of how the United States Navy transforms our children into sailors!

Be sure to spend some time in the Bootcamp group- there are many questions and answers available to help you understand what your sailor is going through. And as PIR draws closer, be sure to spend some time going through the PIR-Tips, Hints and Helps group- we’ve tried to assemble some tips and suggestions to make your sailor's PIR more enjoyable. Best Regards- Paul

be sure to root around the site as there is a lot of info scattered here and there about PIR. We have a PIR-Tips, Hints and Helps group as well that has quite a bit of information to make the experience that much more enjoyable.

congratulations on your sons enlistment and welcome to navydads. I too am new here but one thing I liked was the welcome that I got from people I didn't know from Adam. there is kind of a sister site that my wife is a member of it is www.navy4moms.com. I have noticed that there are moms, girlfriends and family members on here also.
Once again welcome to navy dads and thank your son for joining the navy and doing what he can to help keep our country free. Tim