What a valentines day-- taking my son to join the Navy. Cant say I enjoyed yesterday at all. I'm here looking for something to give me some peace, to ease the pain of letting go.

My navy boyfriend has been at boot camp for 2 weeks and 1 day.. I miss him terribly and was lonely today on valentines day.  After two years of talking every day its so hard. I know we can do it because I have such faith in him and our love :)  Has anyone gotten any letters from Ship 12 Div 100 yet?? Hoping for one soon!!!

Congratulations to Ship 7 Div 063 on your achievements.  That graduation was such an experience for me as a mother.

Anyone videotape or take great pictures they want to share?

Geez, here we go again with the USS Cowpens (CG-63)

Just last January 2010, the Navy relieve Captain Holly Graf of the USS Cowpens for cruelty and maltreatment of her sailors...  Today we find out the new Captain Robert Marin of the USS Cowpens is being relieved for inappropriate personal behavior (almost exactly 1 year later).  …

I had a great day yesterday!  My husband and our future son-in-law had gone out for the day.  My daughter went to work.  My son (SR) was still in bed.  I was just vegging and watching mindless tv.  When my son woke up, he asked where everyone was and I told him.  He then asked me to go to lunch with him.  We went to a delightful diner and chatted and ate.  Then we went to the mall and just wandered around (didn't buy a thing!) and then took a scenic drive home!  It was a great day spending…

went into my sons room he was sleeping away then it was an abstacle course tripping over his games, xbox turtles, picking up clothes then i thought wow soon i will going into a empty room not tripping over anything or picking up clothes. a wave of sadness came over me so at 5am I started doing laundry and cleaning the house its what i do best when i have to think about something else. Then I started going through his senior package for high school and signing up for everything just so that i…

Navy Region Hawaii Public Affairs

Guided-missile cruiser USS Port Royal (CG 73) is scheduled to return Feb. 13 from an independent deployment to the western Pacific and U.S. Central Command areas of responsibility (AOR)..

I was so excited when I saw my 11 year old son opening a box and I realized it was THE BOX!  Everything is going just like this site says it will...we got the I am here call the other night then a few days later we got the box so now I look forward to the Form letter and I will then have his address to write to him and his PIR date for his graduation date.  I put my son in God's hands and I know that God will take good care of him, better than I could( and I took very good care of him,) and…

My son is being sworn in on Feb 14th at Ft. Hamilton in New York and then leaving for the Great Lakes.  He's going to be a nuke.  Is there anyone else in the same boat and hopefully from this area whose son or daughter is leaving too?

My son is currently in seperations waiting to be sent home. It's a huge loss to the Navy. He has a strong military belief system and his grandfather who is a major in the army was able to swear him in. His whole life was planned around being in the Navy. How do you pick up the pieces once they get home to an economy where there are no jobs and the colleges are so understaffed that you can't even get the classes you need. My heart goes out to all recruits that want to be there and are sent…

I feel really supported - getting texts and other messages from others on this site (with similar experiences).  I miss my SR so much! I got a little teary eyed on my way to work, but I am glad that my colleagues were all really understanding and asking about my bf.  I also blog about my running so I did that today and it helped me keep focused on where I am today.  With my running I never look at more then once month at a time, because if I look at my mileage as a whole it is really…

Can't believe my so is graduating nuke A School.... it has been a crazy ride. He has lots more schooling ahead of him, but this is a great achievement! 

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It's been about 2 1/2 weeks since our son left for bootcamp.  We got the "I arrived safely" call the first night, and his box of clothing arrived a few days later.  From what I've read at this site, we probably won't hear from him at least for another week. 

It has been a great help to read posts from other moms so that we know what he has been experiencing during the first couple of weeks and what to expect in the coming weeks.

Yesterday was one week. Eight more to go. I have had a variety of emotions I have gone through in this past week, sometimes I'm doing better, today I cried off and on all day. This is such a good thing, such a good opportunity for Tori, I just cry for the distance between us. I am so used to giving her support though all her hardships, or at least telling her how I handle the same situations. I hope for her she has made some friends, I wish there were other moms from the same ship on here so…

michael just had his first mandatory meeting today (dep) i think its called he was laughing and said everything they talked about his papa already went over with him lol his papa is retired CW3 in the Army. Michael couldnt believe how much his papa knows even though he is Army lol. Gotta love the bond a grandfather and grandson share i know i do. When Michael leaves I wont be the only one upset luckily he has his other grandson Joseph still here he starts high school in the fall.

This has been a long week waiting on my form letter. I have been writing my daughter Jes many letters, to keep he up with what is going on here at home. One thing that has helped me with her being gone has been that i still have everything here that is familiar. Our home, family ,friends and surroundings. She is off beginning her new life with nothing familiar. She is a strong young woman. The thought of what she is doing is making me strong for her. It is amazing how strong a mothers love…

My son is leaving on March 26, 2012 to boot camp, can anyone fill me in on what to expect?  I am so proud for him but also scared and not knowing is the worst part. I have read only 4 non-military can attend the graduation but can more than 4 stay at the Navy Lodge and have access to the base to visit?