Greetings Sean! 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 I 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.

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 your son Daniel for his service!

Welcome Aboard :)

Welcome aboard Sean,

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, P.I.R., 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 7000 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 Daniel 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 Admin Tim

Hi Sean and thanks for the info.  I am in that group also.  In fact I think I am in a lot of groups and they really do help.  I am concerned that I have yet to get the "official form letter".  His father and I got 2 letters in one yesterday and the first one made me feel good.  He seemed to be doing better and sounded good.  Although home sick but better.  He missed a swim qualification test because of his knee injury and it seem it was getting better until last week when he started PT again.  He is a tough kid and always got through all his injuries playing football. He did mention he was SIQ for having 2 wisdom teeth out and of course will have to make all this time up to graduate.  My concern is will they let him and can he do it?  Still going on the "no news is good news" theory and he seems very optimistic that PIR will be on the 13th.  Just wanted to know if this is all normal and that we are under 29 days til PIR and any thoughts on if this will actually take place then.  As Ive mentioned I haven't officially received the 
form letter but he keeps counting the days so I am assuming that things are on track.  I hope and pray that they are.  Any suggestions from you or anyone else including the administrators with regards to this would be greatly appreciated.  I just wish I knew for sure that all this is normal and that his PIR date is official.  This not knowing is driving me insane .....thanks again to all.....and all inputs, advise and suggestions are welcome.  Thank you all in advance.

LadyRocker