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June 2009 Blog Posts (12)

ABE

Any body have a son or daughter in ABE going to Pensacola?

Added by Curt Hale on June 28, 2009 at 1:00pm — 1 Comment

First Week in Sasebo Japan

Michael's been in Sasebo Japan for about a Week now and loving every minute of it, Just like you said Lee.The excitement he expressed in his emails was pretty awesome.He purchased one of those cell phones you were talking about it's going to be nice just to hear his voice. His ship, The Essex was at another port and isn't returning till August so i think he thought "cool" I'll get time to really check out sasebo (NOT) they broke his bubble Yesterday and told him there going to Fly him to the… Continue

Added by MIKE GONZALES on June 27, 2009 at 12:29pm — 1 Comment

Any Suggestions for the weekend at Great Lakes

I got the invitation to graduation on Tuesday and my son sent a letter along with it saying to make sure that my tickets were refundable and all of that . You could tell that he is worried that he will get held back and not graduate. He says that his whole division talk about it all of the time. He will be graduation on the 17th of July (hopefully) and I am not sure of where to stay and what to do for the weekend because he says that the division will get liberty weekend. I am keeping my… Continue

Added by cotysmom on June 25, 2009 at 1:03pm — 5 Comments

Sailing the Sea

Well, it has been a little over 4 weeks since Kevin shipped out. Since then, he has already been in Okinawa and is now on his way to Australia. He said there would be stops along the way, but he can't tell me where he is at this time nor when he will be in Australia. Sunday was not an easy day as this was the first Father's Day he wasn't home. He was thoughtful enough to leave a gift for me with my wife. Kevin and I visit Barnes and Noble at least once a month and this year, he got me a gift… Continue

Added by Lee on June 24, 2009 at 9:12pm — 1 Comment

Off to Japan

Well the goodbye's aren't getting any easier, This one I think was the hardest your right Lee" there's a big difference from sending your Son to Chicago and then Japan.Micheal left for Sasebo Japan Yesterday to join his fellow Sailors on the USS ESSEX he left at 10:00am Yesterday from San Diego and arrived in Sasebo at 10:00am this morning which is actually 2:00am tomorrow Japan time that's when i got the very short phone call "I'm ok Dad I'm tired and I'll call back as soon as i get settled… Continue

Added by MIKE GONZALES on June 24, 2009 at 3:21pm — 4 Comments

HAPPY FATHERS DAY

I hope that all the sailors called their dads today

Added by cotysmom on June 21, 2009 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Commissioning & Reporting for Duty

So, we're no longer "In Between" (the title of my last post). After a whirlwind 10 days or so, my daughter reported for duty at Officer Development School in Newport, RI this morning... I couldn't be more proud of her on this Father's Day.



I posted before about Audrey's path to a military medical career, and hope you'll let me describe the events in her fledgling Navy experience as they unfold.



After what… Continue

Added by John Livesey on June 21, 2009 at 1:58pm — 2 Comments

Happy Father's Day !

Added by SeaHag on June 20, 2009 at 2:39pm — No Comments

Proud of my brother and nephew

Thanks for recognizing my brother in the newsletter and my nephew Stephen is in FL about to get more intense trainging. I love that mAN

Added by Aunt Sharon K. Gramza on June 18, 2009 at 10:49am — No Comments

Happy Anniversary NavyDads.Com

Wow!



Where do I start?



June 18, 2008, I launched NavyDads.com two days before my son's PIR. Once finding N4M's when my son left for boot camp I had a light bulb go off in my head to create a site for us dads too. I felt that we needed the support just as much as the moms but as men we weren't suppose to show it. To keep myself busy during Evan's boot camp days, I raced to have the site up and running before his graduation. June 20, 2008 my family and I watched Evan graduate as… Continue

Added by E.G. - ND's Creator/Admin on June 16, 2009 at 10:00pm — 18 Comments

He called today

I was so excited today. I was sitting at work and my phone started vibrating. I reached into my lab coat and answered without looking at the number. A familiar voice said hello mom i love you. It took all I had to hold it together. We got to talk for a while. I didnt cry until we hung up but boy was it hard. He sounded good but said that he was worried about graduating. I told to keep his head up and I knew that he could do it. He is doing great guys.He just wants more letters and hes going to… Continue

Added by cotysmom on June 16, 2009 at 8:11pm — No Comments

How to give your child the right encouragement without making them feel like you don't care

My son left for bootcamp on May 20th. I took him to the recruiting office and he went to MEPS from there. I didn't get a whole lot of time with him. I didn't even get to see him swear in. I think that it might have been for the best. I probably would have broke down. His first letter came in on June 12th. Man it felt like forever for me to hear from him. The letter was so sad. He had told me that he cried when he got my letter. I cried all weekend. It is heartbreaking for a mom to hear that her… Continue

Added by cotysmom on June 15, 2009 at 3:48pm — 3 Comments

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