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A group for moms, family members, spouses or significant others of Naval Flight Officers. A place to share stories, information, and to support each other.
Members: 43
Latest Activity: Dec 13, 2021
My son graduated in 2004, was winged in 2006, has been on one deployment, and was recently selected for Test Pilot School- yes they take NFO's! It's been an exciting and sometimes emotional few years.
Please tell us a little about yourself and your NFO. If you have questions about training, deployment, or anything else, please ask. There will be several members with experience to help out the newbies.
Discussion Forum
Travel on USS Theodore Roosevelt - Parent of Officer
Started by ProudStepMom. Last reply by ProudStepMom Feb 14, 2018. 4 Replies 0 Likes
My son said there was a possibility that a family member could travel on the aircraft carrier from Hawaii to California (at the end of deployment). He didn't know if this opportunity was limited to…Continue
Merry Christmas, all!
Started by PattyM Dec 25, 2010. 0 Replies 0 Likes
Hope you all are having a wonderful holiday! Tracy DID get to come home for Christmas weekend :-) I LOOOOOVE having her on the West Coast for the first time in 4 years :-) Love to all....
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Comment by Growlermom711 on July 2, 2011 at 8:42am
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my son is a LCDR and was at China Lake at the weapons school about 1 1/2 years ago, and is now at Whidbey at the weaons school. he has been in about 11 years.it is good to see posts again.will try to post more!
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Comment by PattyM on June 26, 2011 at 1:27am
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SD is home from first deployment! Yippee!! I get one week before workups for the next det begin...I'll take what I can get!
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Comment by Gail (Gailie) on June 21, 2011 at 3:51pm
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Hi all, my son is on shore duty and am looking forward to seeing he and his family in hopefully September. He got married the weekend he graduated from OCS and t they were married on the beach at Pensacola 2 days later in a beautiful large wedding. Talk about a lot going on that weekend and it was also the 4th of July inbetween those large events. He is loving his life and it has been in 7 years now. He has 2 kids (6 and almost 2) and is super busy. It has been since December since we last saw him and since last September since we've seen the kids and his wife. TOO LONG!
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Hi everyone! I agree...we need more NFO moms here! Some of you already know my daughter's story, BUT.....so many new "faces" :-) Daughter enlisted after getting her BS in 2006. She went to boot camp on Valentine's Day, 2007 and was going to nuke school. Went to nuke school, completed it and was certified. During that process she applied to OCS and was accepted into the NFO community. Went to Pensacola, then JAX for NFO training, was winged in February 2010 and is with VQ-2 at Whidbey Island. After two weeks in Maine she was a little banged up but not bad :-) She is returning this week from her first "desert experience" and I can't wait to see her on Saturday! The training schedule is crazy...hurry up and wait...but well worth the effort. I know we are all so proud of our kids! I love hearing everyone's stories....it definitely creates a bond with all of us who KNOW what our kids go through. God bless...
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Comment by snowmc on June 21, 2011 at 9:44am
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Hi all....my son graduated from BSU in December of 2009, reported to OCS Jan of 2010. He went straight to Pensacola, where he married his high school sweetheart last August. He chose the E6 and is now in training in Oklahoma, where they have bought a house. Been a very exciting year for all of us.
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Comment by lou2949 on June 20, 2011 at 8:57pm
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Hey Donna, My son is an NFO......just completed training in Pensacola and is now in Norfolk waiting to start E-2 training.....just returned from 2 weeks in Maine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A bit thinner but doing great. He was just home last week for a few days..was great having him here. He was in college when 9-11 happened so he dropped out and joined the Navy.....was, honestly, one of the proudest times for my husband and me. College will always be there...he put in his 4 years, got out, returned to college and decided to make the military a career...applied to BDCP, was accepted, graduated in aviation flight and management, went to OCS, then to Pensacola and now back in Norfolk. He is so happy and we are as well. We have a long history of military service on both sides of our family and he is carrying on this wonderful tradition in our family.....
I'm with you, Donna...more activity on this site would be great....I've been on the aviation site but feel a bit out of place there so this is great!!!
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I added 3 recipes the other day and plan to add more this week. The recipes that are there look delicious and I know the cookbook will be great. Let's all help them out and make their quota.
Also, I was wondering why we have so few NFO moms in our group. How can we get more to be involved? Anyone have any ideas?
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Watching your team as we speak...Go Wildcats!!!!! Hope they win for your mom!!!!
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Hi Shelia...how is your mom doing? Hope and pray for a speedy recovery...really hope she can make your son's graduation. I'm so excited for you....flight school is so close....and, it goes by so fast. My son is leaving for Norfolk Tuesday to house hunt...has to report to Norfolk on the 18th.....is given 3 days travel time to get there and 10 days for house hunting. SERE training is May 9th (YIKES) and will return to Norfolk the 23rd of May. E-2 training begins June 20th.....all exciting but I really dread SERE. Glad it will be in May and not January though.
For some reason I'm not getting notified of posts on the aviation site....don't know why and don't know how to fix it...do you???
Anyway, hope you're doing well.....happy your dad is fine and will continue to pray for your mom and a Happy Belated Birthday to your daughter!!
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Comment by rokymtns on April 2, 2011 at 2:47am
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wikipedia.com has a lot of information on NFO's. I have learned a lot there. Click on some of the links in the article and you can see the planes NFO's can fly on and a little about their jobs on each plane.
Hope this info helps.
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