William A.Schoonover Jr

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Profile Information:

Your Sailor's First Name (Please Do Not Post SEAL Names)
Abigail & Zachary
What Is Or Will Be Your Sailor's Rating (Job Classification) - ex. ABE, AM, GM, etc
AC & AM respectively
Describe A Little About Yourself (your IP address/location will be checked::
I am a Journeymen Toolmaker have been for 26 years and very much enjoy riding motorcycles. My wife (Allison)and I plan on traveling now that the kids are spread around the world.
What Brought You To This Site:
My son is currently serving, my daughter is currently serving
What Were Your Feelings When Your Sailor Joined The Navy:
I knew they would have a lot of oppurtunities in the Navy
What Is Your Relationship With Your Sailor
Dad
Please Share: How Did You Find Us?
A friend of mine, whose son is also a sailor told me about the site when I was questioning him about the tiger Cruise that I hope to particapate in.

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  • NavyDads Admin, Tim

    Welcome aboard William.
    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 therate 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 5000 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 sailors Abigail and Zachary on their enlistment and please thank them for me for making the choice to defend the freedoms that my family, this country and I have and enjoy.
    Navy dads Admin Tim

    Nov 28, 2012

  • Don C Douglas Jr.

    William,  Good to hear from other soon to be Tiger!  I get in Saturday 4/20 in the evening, so call anytime on Sunday after you arrive.  I plan on going to the Pearl Harbor museum places on Monday and will be doing that all morning and into the afternoon.  My cell is 719-332-1836.  Yes I did order the shirt from the navyDads Website, navyoutfitters.com.  Hope it gets here soon!

    Mar 27, 2013

  • Don C Douglas Jr.

    Got my shirt and hat!  Ready to go.  I have reservations for the Arizona on Monday at 11:30 and yes you should try to get reservations.  http://www.nps.gov/valr/planyourvisit/feesandreservations.htm

    go there to start the reservation process and get details.  I bought the full package to the museums, USS Missouri and Bowfin tours plus the airplane museum on Ford Island.  That is going to be my Monday morning and early afternoon fun.   Call me when you get to Honolulu.   719-332-1836

    Apr 10, 2013