My husband and I went to see him swear in. I have rarely felt so moved in my life. I'm proud and sad and everything at once.  We stayed with him at the airport until the last hour and half. He called from O'Hare and now we wait.

This is as hard as I thought it was going to be, but I know it is going to be worth it all.

My son just signed his contract last week. My husband and I have learned a TON of information about the Navy in recent weeks but feel our son has chosen wisely by joining the Navy. He leaves for boot in Sept then onto FL for A school. As a mom of course I worry about the little things: should I mail him civilian clothes, what about towels or sheets, what about transportation for when he leaves base, what foods can I send to him? Anxious about everything because it is still new, he has not…

As many of us in America have been affected by the economic crisis. My older daughter graduated from college with a big deb and us barely making it. My little one was the most affected. She slept in friends homes and my husband was struggling finding a job while living at my sister little apartment. Finally he moved to live with his sick mother and I went to do volunteer work in order to have a room and food. While my little one worked as a food server in a restaurant. She managed to get…

Got letter yesterday, they stated that PIR was on April 10th. That's a Thursday... I thought they were always on Fridays. Could they have a made a mistake with the date???

My son's at Boot Camp in Chicago also.  Tried to get him to have them out about 3 weeks ago before he went. He refused so feel sorry for him if they made him have them out, but he didn't want to listen to good ole Mom so..... hope he's alright!

Can anyone tell me how I can find out on my own what Division my son is in so I can track when his Graduation from BC will be?  He left January 7th and had been delayed a day or two getting to Great Lakes due to the bad weather.  That's all I know.  I rely on my ex-husband to give me any information.   I do not know when he actually arrived there even though I asked numerous times.   According to my ex husband he said he's received no more information on my son since.  I find that hard to…

I am so happy to say that my daughter made it! After 5 nerve wracking weeks of being in the Fit program and coming up short on her running time, she finally passed and is now happily at her A school in Indoc awaiting her classes to start. Just thought I'd post some good news :) and thank everyone for their words of encouragement and prayers.

Hello:

WOW this has been a long journey for us. My son started the process his Senior year of High School and was denied because of a med he was on. They told him he needed to be med free for 1 year before he could try again. At the one year mark he was back in the Recruiters office starting the process all over again. it has been almost another year since he started his process they have cleared him and he leaves the first part of March for Basic Training.

He is…

You will hear faint noises, thinking it is them..walking through the door. See a reminder and their face pops in your head. You'll have a moment where you want to turn around laughing to share it with them and its empty space. Everyday I stand proud that raised such an amazing young woman. Everyday I cry hoping she doesn't feel lonely, praying she feels my love and takes strength from that. Everyday I want to hug and kiss her when she lays down at night. Everyday i want to hear her voice for…

Calling all Navy Mom's,

My SR graduates 2/28/2014.

My Father was admitted into ICU on Friday and we are on Critical watch for 24-48 hrs he has Pneumonia and has an infection in his blood stream from the Pneumonia... I am the only one that takes care of him which means I NEED GOD TO HELP ME THROUGH THESE TRYING TIMES. AS A MOM I WANT TO SEE MY SON GRADUATE, AS A DAUGHTER I CANNOT LEAVE MY FATHER'S SIDE....PLEASE PRAY FOR US!!!! I do not want to make that decision.....

Oh my GOD--- I'm just coming back down to earth (from 5 hrs. ago), my Sailor son on Truman called me his Mom!!  Second call since being on Deployment, y'all it felt like I look at my lottery ticket-- all numbers match and I won the whole Jackpot!!!!  lol  He sounds great and strong (u know how we mom's be listening for something in they voice) :).  He said he can't wait to get back to see his baby girl (mini-him & BFF), she was 9 mos. when he deployed, now she's going on 16 mos. old. …

I got it! I finally received his first letter! It felt like Christmas morning opening it. He started off with the less than happy news, which wasn't anything major. Thank God! Just irritated by some people who talk too much, which gets them ALL in trouble. :-) He said the people were really nice and the food was amazing. LOL! He also told me to write as often as I could. Little does he know his sisters and I have already been doing that. I did get the sense he was a little homesick, so I…

Please stop talking about ship movements on public forums. This is not only extremely DANGEROUS for our sailors but it can get their email cut off and shut them out from their loved ones for days weeks and months. So please SHUT UP about ship movements and future port of calls. Help keep our sailors safe so that they can return home. THANK YOU!