Navy Dads
Patti Chaplin Purcell
Female
Southampton, PA
United States
Profile Information:
- Your Sailor's First Name (Please Do Not Post SEAL Names)
- Thomas
- What Is Or Will Be Your Sailor's Rating (Job Classification) - ex. ABE, AM, GM, etc
- Ensign. will be attending nuke school in South carolina in November. Thomas graduated from Penn State University with a bachelors in Aerospace Engineering. Awarded an aviation slot his senoir year and it ws taken away due to nearsightness ..even though he had PRK that was approved by navy Rotc. Accepted in to the nuclear program. He is currently attached to the Navy ROTC unit at Penn State until he starts Nuke school. His goal is to be Nuclear Officer Submarine and possibly dive officer if he can get in to a program before his first sub assignment.
- Describe A Little About Yourself (your IP address/location will be checked::
- I'm a registered Nurse with 25 years of Emergency room experience. Mom of 3 sons.
My husband is retired Airforce Reserves Pilot. He is currently employed as a civilian pilot for American Airlines.
My husband was activated to full military service during Desert Storm. He flew the C5's out of Dover, Delaware. - What Brought You To This Site:
- My son is currently serving
- What Were Your Feelings When Your Sailor Joined The Navy:
- Proud. He is very intelligent and has a lot to offer.
- What Is Your Relationship With Your Sailor
- Mom
- Please Share: How Did You Find Us?
- through a link on FB...Navy Moms on Facebook
NavyDads Admin (Paul)
Play the following video for a brief introduction to NavyDads.com. We've made some cosmetic changes to the site since this video was made, but navigation remains the same.
Aug 9, 2011
NavyDads Admin (Paul)
Aug 9, 2011
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 Thomas 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
Aug 9, 2011