Welcome to NavyDads M! 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 just returned from a seven-month cruise on the carrier Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) and my daughter Kat returned last fall from a seven-month cruise on the carrier Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72). And M this is a great place to brag about your sailor as well! So join in and let us know how KD 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.

And M- thank you for your service to our great country. Best Regards- Paul

M, Welcome to NavyDad and SEAL Dads (NSW) Group. When you get a chance be sure to read Posting on NSW Forums (this is a must read) on the SEAL Dads (NSW) page. Everyone here is ready and willing to help answer any question you have regarding this long journey you Son is starting. Tell you Son that my Family and I appreciate his desire to join the Navy and we are Proud of his decision, he will be in our Thoughts and we hope him the best.

Thank you and John thanks you! John owes the Sea Cadets for that E-3 rate. M ,I don't understand the meaning of creo? I guess we should have before he picked his rating and signed his contract. He originally thought about GM, but his friend is an AO and loves it and so when John was at MEPS and saw an openning for AO he took it . Congrats to you and your son,you must be very proud he joining the Navy just like you dad.