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Your Sailor's First Name (Please Do Not Post SEAL Names): Matthew

What Is Or Will Be Your Sailor's Rating (Job Classification) - ex. ABE, AM, GM, etc: ET Nuke

Describe A Little About Yourself (your IP address/location will be checked::: I live in Matthews NC have been here since 1991.
I work for an Airline and have for 22 years.
Have a side business in computer industry.

What Brought You To This Site:: My son is currently serving, other

What Were Your Feelings When Your Sailor Joined The Navy:: Very PROUD to have another member of the Family to serve.

What Is Your Relationship With Your Sailor: dad

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At 5:55pm on February 20, 2009, Bob said…: Mark
Thanks for responding back. My hope for Aaron is he gets his wish of fast attack. Funny I tried to steer him to subs but he was insistant on carriers. then he goes to his classification and after hearing the chief he decides that subs sound a whole lot better. So we will see what comes we have a long way until he gets to his first boat

At 8:08pm on November 30, 2008, NavyDads Admin (Paul) said…: Once you are in the group, when you click Join you should get a message bar (green) across the top indicating that you've joined. I just did in the nukes group and joined with no problem.

I'm guessing you have a comm problem of some sort....try exiting the page, close Explorer or whatever browser. Restart the browser, get back into the site and try again...otherwise you might have to try a re-boot.

Let me know......

At 10:40pm on November 20, 2008, Kenorian said…: Hi, Mark. Amidst all of the parents I've stumbled across on the several forums I frequent, sub sailor parents are in the minority - 'cause sub sailors are!

Paul is on the USS Cheyenne (SSN773) homeported out of Pearl Harbor. That's a fast attack boat. Your son is on a boomer, I see.

I wrote a little ditty about my experience, you can find it here:

http://www.norian.org/tiger.pdf

If the picture link doesn't work for you, let me know and I'll send it to you.

What's your son's rate? How long? Looking forward to talking more!

At 1:32pm on November 20, 2008, NavyDads Admin (Paul) said…: Check in with Kenorian (CLICK LINK HERE) as he did a Tiger Cruise on his son's boat.....also be sure to spend time in the Sub Dads group!

At 1:27pm on November 20, 2008, E.G. - ND's Creator/Admin said…: Mark, Welcome Aboard!. I found navyformoms in searching for answers to my son's future. I just knew their had to be a site for dads like n4m's but I was wrong. So I started this site so us dads would also have a place to call home. I'm new at this and I hope this site will benefit fathers that come behind us. So jump right in share concerns, join groups, share info, and show off your sailor. I'm so glad to find out their are so many proud navy dads just like myself. Thank your son for his service for me and thanks again for joining. Sincerely, EG

At 1:04pm on November 20, 2008, NavyDads Admin (Paul) said…: Welcome to NavyDads Mark! 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 is almost two months into a seven-month cruise on the carrier Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) and my daughter Kat just returned from her seven-month cruise on the carrier Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72). And Mark this is a great place to brag about your sailor as well! So join in and let us know how Matthew is doing! Best Regards- Paul

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