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It was very exciting to get my son's box from RTC via FedEx last Tuesday.  It was eerie however, opening it up to find everything he had on him in this little cube.  It was symbolic of, "here's your boy ... We've (the Navy) got him now.  We'll return him later as a man and as a sailor".  There's a finality to it that kind of hit me when we opened it.

The next day we received "the letter".  I was excited to see that his PIR is March 4 - about a week sooner than I expected.  So now I…

I just joined the Navy Dads family. I am not a military veteran myself, but I am an ARMY brat of 25 years. I just want to say how proud I am of my son Mickey. He began his Naval career just this past Dec. 3, 2015.  He is scheduled to graduate boot camp the end of this month. We can't wait to see him.  It's been a very long nine weeks.

I've been struggling with sending packages to my son who is on a DDG. 

It's relatively easy when you address the package yourself but using one of the online stores, it's more cross your fingers and hope.

My son's address looks something like this:

Sailor's Name

Their Division / Department

USS Bulkeley (DDG 84)

Unit 100319 Box 1* (they each have their own box number)

FPO AE…

My daughter, a college grad, just spent six months in a combined A and C school for advanced IT. She went to RTC as an E3 and will be getting a rate of E4 when she starts her first duty next week.  She was in DEP for nearly a year, and was pretty well prepared for what she would be doing in the Navy.  She humbly states that she was "just lucky" to get this opportunity.  I don't think is was "just luck."

An acquaintance of my daughter has been in the Navy for three years as a fire…

When my son gets back from his deployment his ship will be going into dry dock.  I am curious as to what happens to the sailors when this happens.  Are they moved to barracks, given shore duty, assigned to other ships or do they continue on the ship and continue as usual?

My daughter is going to the Stennis as "undesignated".  I would appreciate it if anyone has any tips, advice, etc. for her and us to best deal with her deployment.  Thanks

 Have any of the parents from the ship and div listed had any phone calls or letters from your SR yet ? Today is Sunday Dec 13,2015 @ 12:26 pm central .

I went to Amazon and sent two DVDs to my son who is deployed in the Med.  The package was refused in Il. I'm about to send him a Christmas package but now I'm afraid to send it because it contains a DVD. Any idea if it's because it came from Amazon or if it was the DVD that caused the package to be rejected?

I am scheduled for a TC out of Pearl. Does anyone have a packing list from a past cruise ?

This will be my first.

David

My son's PIR is 11/6/15 (Ship 04, Div. 820). We will be renting a car and wonder if it is better to drive or take the hotel shuttle to the PIR? He is staying in Great Lakes for A school so we heard after graduation it may take several hours for him to move to another location. Figured we would drive back later in the day to pick him up. Anyone have any thoughts. God bless out SR's!!! 

My son Benjamin is in Ship 004 DIV 008, Put 3 letters in the mail to him today, PIR November 13

A very Proud DAD

Rick

Can someone give me an estimate as to when I might be getting my sons permanent address?  Will it come before or after his box? He left for Boot Camp last Wednesday 9/16. His mother and I are dying to write to send him letters, we already have a few written.