Hello all  of you, I'm a new member and  extremely proud mother of a new graduate sailor, and with to many new things to learn about  life in the Navy. My son graduated at GL 4/8/2013, he is stationed in San Diego , and I looking for families of sailors in ship  USS Boxer LDH 4

Wow..

My Seth left for BC April 3rd, and I admit, he has always been a mommas boy!  And when he was here, out of school, sitting in his room with the door closed playing video games until 3am, then sleeping until 4pm the next day, I never thought that being without him was going to be so DIFFICULT.  I love all of my kids equally, but him and I have always had this sort of…

Hello all, 

I am new here as well as a new Navy mom my son Graduates on May 3rd.....15 days so excited to see him. Having raised my two boys on my own it hard to be out of contact for too long. He is doing well ready to be done with boot camp and move on to A School. 

I am so very proud of the young man that calls me Mom :-)

My daughter informed me she is in Div 927 Ship 02. I guess this is the choir. She will be singing at graduation and the family members get to sit up front. I am going to be a blubbering mess... lol :)

Anyone know if boot camp allow any phone calls? Do they get to write to their love ones on certain days only? I heard they can write like one or twice a week. Any information is helpful. Thank you 

Hi my daughter left for Boot Camp yesterday, and I have not received a phone call. Is this the norm.? I have not been able to sleep all night. Any thoughts on this?

Hi I'm new to all of this I received my daughters box last week. I received the "letter"
Yesterday... Does anyone have a child or a loved there? Thank you for all the support.

Has you heard about spice?  Most people don't know what it is.  It is a synthetic marijuana that is sold as an incense but is being smoked because it is supposed to mimic the effects of marijuana.  It is addictive and deadly.  My son, Adam passed away on June 20th, 2012 because he had been smoking it. 

The Navy knows that this is a problem sailors are dealing with.  The made two videos.  One is about spice and the other is about bath salts.  Bath salts and spice have very…

Finally the form letter has arrived:):):)

A txt from my husband came to me at work last night that stated " he has sent a letter" :):) I could not get home quick enough to open it. With hopes that something would be written in it from him, I opened it in record speed. It had no written message but it did have all of the information I have been waiting on so I was completely happy with that. His handwriting , which is normally not that well, was very nicely written in all CAPS and in…

Hello Everyone,

I am Kia  a college student at Fresno State and My Fiance is going to boot camp on September 4, 2013. My Fiance will be working on becoming an IC Man. I am very proud of him. This is another new step in life for both of us.

My son left Friday for basic training and I received my "I am here!" phone call a few hours later.  I wanted to ask him a million questions, but he said he needed to go and even though I understood, I felt like I was letting him go all over again.  I have been crying on and off since I left MEPS on Friday.  Does this get easier???  I am sure I will feel better when I receive his first letter and again when I get to hear his voice again when he calls in 3 or so weeks, as he told me over the…

My son is leaving for boot camp on April 15th. I am very proud of him! He is nervous and is excited as well as I! I have a lot of questions. If anyone can give us any advice on what to expect, it would be greatly appreciated

I AM TRYING TO SEND PACKAGE TO GRANDSON ON SHIP HOW DO I DO IT????  AND WHAT IS THE ADDRESS TO USE????  HELP...dvb

Hi All- my daughter is starting 4-1 today.  Apparently- I am not handling this to well- as I am having panic attacks and have gained 10 pounds- I don't understand it- I'm proud and I've stayed positive- I miss her like crazy but I know she's doing fantastic..How did I get to a point where i don't have panic attacks anymore?