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Hi, Bill :) You are officially my first 'friend' on NavyDads! "Our" sailor is indeed on the Ike. He is actually our daughter's boyfriend of 4+years, a neighborhood young man that we are very close with.. he grew up just a block away from us, our families are now close.
This has been a very interesting deployment, it's our second experience in the role of "Ike Supporters". Our military experience until 4 years ago was all Air Force, so we had to re-learn so much.
Are you planning to meet the ship at the pier?
Bill, Welcome to Nave Dads and Airdales. I connected last year when my son was on his first deployment. He is a helo pilot with HSM-77 in San Diego (NAS North Island). He was on the Abraham Lincoln for last deployment. He's now on a exercise with the Lincoln group getting ready for a December deployment. Right now, he's with a small detachment of his squadron and on the USS Momsen, DDG-92, and they are in a communications "black-out" called "River City." I send him e-mails but he can' t respond. It was puzzling at first, but now I understrand more about Operations Security and the fact that they lock down information in many instances. Today's Navy is probably a lot different than when you served. Navy Dads give you a forum to see and hear what is going on...and ask questions.
I'm sure you'll find NavyDads.com as useful, educational and informative as I have over the past few years. I hope you take the time to explore the site and make some new friends. Read the discussions and add your comments. Browse through the postings in the various groups or start a new one. If you have any comments, questions or concerns about your sailor and what he is going through...be sure to post them! In my experience someone here can answer your questions or concerns or can point you in the direction to find out. And Bill this is a great place to brag as well! So join in, get active, and be sure to let us know how Patrick is doing! Please remember that we talk about the Navy here and we must keep the security and safety of our sailors and the fleet in mind. On the right or starboard side of every NavyDads page is an area we call About This Site. Please take a minute and read through the Operations Security (OPSEC) link for some guidelines as to what we should not talk about in a public forum like NavyDads.com.
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Best Regards- Paul
Please feel free to ask questions.
I would also like to Thank You for your Service.
Again Welcome and keep us updated as to you recruit’s progress.
HooYah US Navy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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 4000 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 Patrick 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
Greetings Bill Livingston!
My son recently joined the Navy and I really had no idea or a clue on what he’s about to partake in besides what I’ve seen on tv and some stories told by friends and relatives. I am honored and very proud of his decision to serve our country.
I’ve perused recruiter literature from DEP and beyond but I felt that I needed more information to keep me from worrying too much. I also wanted to hear from real folks on what their experiences were like and what they've gone through. That's when I found this website while searching for answers.
I hope you too will find NavyDads.Com useful with lots of real shared information.
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