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Hi,

My son has been in the Navy for about a year and is on his first ship assignment.  I want to send him international phone cards so he can call friends and family more easily, but I don't know the best way to do this. 

Are there certain kinds of phone cards to look for?  Can I e-mail him cards?  Are there certain carriers, rate plans, etc. that I should look for?  Any restrictions by the Navy? 

Thank you, your experiences would be helpful!

Katrina

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You can get ship to shore cards for him to use on the ship, the best way I have found is to order them online through the NEX, its the only thing you can buy as a civilian on the site, you do have to send it to his ship address. The only problem with international calling cards is if you dont know where he is going to be, the cards are specific to different parts of the globe. Like one for Europe, one for Asia,etc., you have to know in advance. They have a new thing on ships, (well they do on my sailors ship) she bought a cell phone and just buys new sim cards with minutes on it when she gets to port, she never has to wait to use a phone. It has worked out well for us. If he has a computer he can skype as they do have wifi in most ports. I dont believe you can email him a calling card, if you get a ship to shore card you can add minutes to it, so long as he gives you the card # on it. Dont know if this helps.

Here is the link to purchase the Ship to Shore Calling Cards needed to use from onboard the ship:

https://shop.milexch.com/scs/Product.aspx?deptid=42000

I got a few of these for our sailor on the last deployment. I did not send them directly to him.. I had them delivered to me and I encluded them in care packages.  It seemed that boxes/packages got to them so much faster than the letter variety of mail last deployment.  I don't know if that is still the case.

As far as in-port calling.. they are going to try Skype (assuming the availability of wifi) or Tango.. not sure if sims cards are needed for them though.  I'll let you know when he gets a chance to try it at different ports... after the fact, of course :)

 

that link comes up unsecure, do you have another?

The conversation was dated 2012, you aren't likely to get an answer.  

I have always heard that the AT&T cards are very good. Yes you can email the info. They simply need the numbers.

http://www.usa.att.com/military/index.jsp

He could ask his shipmates which cards, phones, plans they are using while deployed, then he could give the information to you.  That way he'd have good first hand info.  

Their emails are screened, and some ships do not allow attachments.  You'll have to ask him if it would work for his situation.

AT&T does have excellent global service, just read the fine print carefully.  Lots of cards charge minutes for activation and connection along with talk time.  

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