NavyDads Admin (Paul)'s Comments

Thanks Paul..I'll check out all the info, so I can understand the Greek in your first paragraph :-)   Congrats on all your Sailors.   My grandfather (SeeBees WW2), Dad (Reserves) and Uncle(NukeSubTech) all served in Navy, I got sucked into Information Technology and never enlisted, but my daughter has brought the fam back into the Service again and I couldn't be prouder

Thanks for the welcome !!

Thank you too Paul for your post and information! As I told Jim, I can see that this community is awesome!! I have had several of my family serve in the military incl. my mom, dad and brother. I tried twice to join, once in the Air Force and once in the Tennessee Air National Guard, but due to certain medical reasons I was not accepted. I took that as God's way of telling me it's not in his plan for me lol. I am very proud of his decision and look forward to seeing him grow into a fine young man serving our great country!!

I look forward to being a part of this community!

Thank you Paul!!  Much appreciated!!!

Thank you so much for the warm welcome Paul! I appreciate you!

No problem Paul, thank you for your response

Thank you Paul. I definitely need to learn the lingo. all of the designations A this and C that..no clue here. I think this site is just what I need so I can speak his new language!

Thanks for this warm welcome from everyone and sharing your experience with me as one among the family member. This really gives me much comfort. Thanks so much again

Thanks so much for your email. I read through the (OPSEC) link and cannot concur with you anymore over the safety and the anonymity of all our countries FINEST. I only wish the Main Stream Media would abide by these rules as where I hear and think to myself, Why would they talk about that information and put our troops in unnecessary danger ??

Thanks so much Again.

no word from grand son as  of yet only second week, i have a son who was in, 11 yrs and a brother who spent 20 yrs  in service,  so i pretty much know whats happenig. to say i spent 4 yrs  in service `1965 to 1969, did time  in tonkin gulf . one of the few ships hit by v c forces, uss keppler dd765, 

Thanks for the info Paul.  I was in the Navy twenty five years ago, and realize very little has probably changed between then and now, kinda just like from when my dad was in compared to my time.  Just looking around, and adding myself to this new group since it will be his ship for the next four and a half years and it's on the other side of the country from where we live.  Thanks again.

THANK YOU so much

Thank you so much for this wonderful page and all of the information and support that you all are sharing here. My son left for boot camp on the 16th (two long days a go) and I miss him terribly. He was my rock for his almost 20 years of life, he was my best friend, my most amazing son. He is good big brother also and I just don't know how am I going to get thru worry about him and be able to keep going and being strong for my and my younger son. God bless you and your families

Super helpful. Like most trials and tribulations in life I know I will get thru it. I just sealed my first letter to him awaiting his address to begin my letter campaign. I love this site as it remains up and running on my computer 24/7.

The following is the post I left for Jim which clearly applies to you as well. I will view the video and read thru the security section as you requested. Again, thank you for providing an amazing resource for those of us uneducated in this experience our sons (and daughters) are going thru. God bless you and your sailors. . . 

Thank you, Jim, for granting me access to this amazing resource and community of dads in my position and those with experience. The morning after he left and a mere eight hours after his call from GL I found NavyDads.com and it has already helped me tremendously. It was difficult to "let" him go as Dominic is my only son and like many I am sure on this site, we had that father son bond from working on cars to athletics and everything in between. NavyDads is giving me the information needed to help me understand what he is going thru and in that bonding way we had a connection to him as if I am still being "dad". God bless.

Thank you so much!  My husband is currently in his 3rd week of boot camp and I am here in El Paso, TX just trying to keep it together.  I had a million questions because this is so new to me.  The good thing is not only does the Navy website give good information, but forums and pages like this one answer the questions I need answers to that the Navy site does not provide. :)

Thanks Paul.  We just received our first letter from our son yesterday and it appears he's doing well.  I've been looking at your site for some time and found it very helpful, specifically through the OCS survivors guide.  It kind of gave me an idea of what he was going through.  And especially thanks for the site instruction video.  It was very informative and will be helpful in navigating the website.  Thanks again and I look forward to viewing information over the course of his career.  

Steve