Recruit Man - Ronny

Hello,

Thank you for your information. My son has graduated from bootcamp in thr Great Lakes. His is now in Goose Creek,SC in the A school program and hopes to end up a Sub. All I know is that he is supposed to be in the barricks at the Quarter deck. Thats all I know. He has no phone and I haven't heard from him since he 1st got there. I have tryed leave messages at the barricks for him but I never do. From some of the information I have read on your site I also need to have his number an I know nothing about that. Now you know all I know. I don't think I will be an asset to the site since that all I know.Thank you Mary

Thank you Ronnie!  I will check out your suggestions.  My son reports to OCS August 25th.  He is so excited and I am proud.  I also come from a navy family!

Many thanks Ronnie! I have signed up for the site. My son leaves for boot camp next week! Scared and excited over here!

We will be sure to check them out! Thanks for all of your help!

Thx so much for your generous assistance & warm welcome Ronny. It is greatly appreciated! My son just arrived in Great Lakes, IL late night of Tuesday, 6/11/13. He was part of the Chicago White Sox 2013 Navy Special Recruit Division. YAY! lol He was able to stay for 7 innings of the Blue Jays vs Sox game which was very cool since we got to hang out as well. Thx again! #ProudNavyMommie

Thank you so much I love what you did with my daughters picture..She has been in Great Lakes IL since May 29th..It has been hard since I havent heard a word. Of course I have sent many letters and passed her address along to family and close freinds..Hope to have a letter or phone call soon..This is a great site and you are a wonderful man for doing this..Thank you and goid bless you and your family

Hi Ronny thank you for the nice message.  My son recommended I join in March.  I joined and then have been so busy with his senior year of baseball and graduation was not able to get back on here!  Now I am back.  He just headed to Great Lakes this past Thursday the 13th and will be there til at least the 9th of August!  He will then fly to Pensacola, FL for A school training.  He is going to be an aircraftsman.  Still much for me to learn,  Thank you for messaging me and excited to hear from you again.  Becky

Thank you my daughter left June 11, for boot camp haven't heard from her.

Thank you so much for the information. My daughter leaves for processing tomorrow morn and then starts Boot Camp Wednesday. I know I am going to be on this site A LOT for support!

Thank you for the information you left on my only posting so far about my grandson on Delayed Entry into the Navy for Corpsmen........I have so many questions, it boggles the mind!...his recruiter is helpful but has a lot of others to deal with I am sure.....your information and offer is greatly appreciated and thank you.....to you and yours for service

Hi Ronny, you had mentioned phone cards.  What if my son doesn't have one?  He has been calling home, but was wondering if he is being charged and having to pay out of his paychecks, or how that works?  Thanks, Becky

Thank you!!  I appreciate the help and advice :)  My husband is retired Army so it is weird - we know some...and then some is totally foreign.....the important thing is, we are thrilled about this decision and excited to watch his future!  I will go and check out the CallsforRecruits site - thank you for letting me know, and even more so for developing such a great program!!!!!

Now to go and check all of this great stuff out :)

Thank you Ronny. My son just actually graduated from Master -at -Arm "A" School at Lackland Airforce base in San Antonio,Texas. He will be stationed in Georgia. I love your pictures. where did you get the blanket - proud parent of US Sailor. I love it.

Hey Ronny!  Havent talked with you in awhile.  My son graduated from PIR in April.  It was great!  He is a corpsman and 'A' school graduation is just around the corner and i had a few questions i was hoping you could help me with.  Are they limited to how many family members may attend like PIR was?  Is it formal?  I would like to start planning but dont really know where to start.  Thanks and hope you are doing well. Missy

Thank you!  That does help, alot.  I appreciate you checking in on that for me.  Have a great day!

Thank you, Navy mom Website has been such a help and I have met some amazing mom during this BC journey.  My Daughter Graduates BC on 8/16/13.  I can't wait to see her.  I am so very proud and excited.  Words just can't express how I feel.

Thank you, I know a lot about the Navy, I was a sailor from 1984-1990, honorably discharged at NAS South Weymouth MA.

Thank You Recruit Man - Ronny.  My son leaves for boot camp on Oct. 8th .  He will be Master at Arm.  Thank you for your information regarding free phone cards.  A little nervous about things but this support is truly appreciated.  Thanks for all you do.

Thank you for the info, Recruit Man - Ronny.  My son left for book camp in April 2012.  So he's been in for over a year now.  He's an RP stationed at Camp Pendleton.  My uncle, my brother & my son's father were all Navy men.  It's been helpful for him to have someone to talk to and it brought him closer to his dad so it's all good.  I wish I had seen this way back then but now is better than never.  :-)   Thanks, Lieu2010 - Sarah

Hello, Ronny. My son is in 2 1/2 yrs. now. His PIR was 7/1/11. Thank you for your kind gesture, but he is all set for calling cards, ect. He is an PSSN E3 on the Nimitz. He is enjoying his Navy life, & looks forward to more adventures. Thanks again, God's speed & blessings upon all our troops!

Hi Ronny and thanks for the comment. I am new to the Navy as well as this online forum. My 19 yr old son Nathaniel is newly stationed in Bremerton, WA aboard the USS Kentucky Gold Star crew. He is a submariner machinist mate. He just got to his new base in May and now deployed to Guam he said for qualification exercises. I am not sure how I am to write, text or call him aboard a sub. any advice would be appreciated. thanks, Melissa

Hello Ronny and thank you for your post I am so new to this site. My daughter graduates boot camp Aug 30th, and so far she is doing great in boot camp. She received a ribbon for sharpshooter and it was her very first time handling a gun. she is also Squad leader or section leader I am not quite sure. But she marches in front on the side. She received her orders for Washington State after A school so I am not sure if she will get to come home or not? I am hoping she will get liberty to come home before they ship her off. My middle son was in the marines and he was able to come home for a few weeks after boot camp and for a month after his deployment to Afghanistan and a few weeks before he left for there. I am learning that the navy is quite a bit different then the Marines and I am thankful that my daughter chose the Navy over the other branches. I hope to be a regular on here learning all I can my daughter is my youngest and my only daughter so I am very over protective lol

Thank you so very much and sorry it is taking me so long to respond I have a busy busy daily routine haha. I will definitely check this out and I do appreciate this.

Hi Ronny...My son-in-law is on the USS Harry Truman, he is naval intelligence. I believe he is in his third year and is hoping to go into the Pentagon when he is finished with his enlistment. I am wondering how to send care packages to him. I have never done anything like that before and have no idea how to go about doing it. I know there are rules on what you can and cannot send. My daughter is pregnant with their first child and is due October 29, a boy!! She's been pretty emotional since he deployed in July and is to be gone 9 months. I just thought it might be easier on her for me to do something like this and try to keep tab on the ship and ask questions so I don't upset her even more, especially with the situation in the Middle East being what it is. I'm hoping she calms down at least a little after the baby is born. This is their first and they were just married October last year. Ok, enough about me, I hope everything is going well for you and your family, your son in particular. Enjoy your Labor Day Weekend!! Take care...Kimmi

Thank you for your message Ronnie,

I joined this site when my older son entered the Navy, but wasn't sure if I should write anything because he is a CTR. My second  son is now at boot camp, and his rate is the same as your son. It has been a little easier second time around.It is his dream to work on helicopters. But as long as it's mechanical, he is a happy guy. 

Thanks, Ronny for the welcome!

thanks for the welcome, i will check out page you suggested.

Thank you for the welcome and I hope to use alot of this useful information that this great website offers. 

Thank you. About 3 wks ago we found out my daughter will be leaving July 7th for Great Lakes. This is my first born. My emotions have been out of wack ever since. Thought this wouldn't get to me as bad as it has. But I'm a very proud momma none the less!

Thanks so much for the welcome!  Just curious where to go exactly to post a question about Liberty weekend.

Thank you Ronny! 

Thank you for the Welcome and I have finally found my way back here.  I am having difficulty navigating the sites so please bear with me as I am doing my best.  My son left August 19th for BC  PIR is 10/18.  Thus far I have made flight reservations as well as hotel reservations.  I have wrote daily or have sent cards (or both)  I did receive a call yesterday and he mentioned it would probably be his last for approx 2 weeks.  He sounds great and making adjustments to Navy Life.  There Division has improved and even got a Flag yesterday. I don't know much about that so I will need to find where to look for info on that.  I am forever proud and can't wait til PIR.  Suggestions or tips is always appreciated. 

Thank you so much for the info!!

I am a bit tardy but thank you for the welcoming message.  I will most likely have some questions as we get closer to PIR.

Thanks for the welcome!  I've actually purchased a blanket from you!

Hi, this is hard I miss my boy he is due to graduate this month, we only spoke once. i am so very proud of him but I do worry. What will happen after graduation. will we have more contact during "A" school?