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Corpsman being deployed if they are reserve??
My son Robbie has been at bootcamp for 2 weeks now. His plan is to go to A-school in Great Lakes for 14 weeks after PIR. After reading all that I have on this forum I am curious if anyone knows if a sailor is reserve do they still get deployed to middle east?? His recruiter told us he would not hardly ever be put in harms way??? I also know nothing was ever said about c-school!! I hate all this not knowing what is or is not going on with my son's future. Now I am going to lose sleep worrying about him going into combat or something and IED's and who knows what else!!! I know I am freaking out probably for nothing but I am new at having a kid in the military!! I guess I just need reassurance from someone!! Please!
Cheryl T
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KWebb,
Thanks for your words! I am trying as hard as I can to get to the place where I will not worry so much. At this point I am only taking it one day at a time. I don't know what the future holds for my son nor does he. I will accept whatever his future assignment will be and be as supportive as I know I am able. He has changed already as I can tell in his letters. I am so proud of him thus far and I know I will be increasingly proud as time goes by. As far as my not crying if he is indeed sent off to the middle east I can't say that I am that strong but I am working on that. I still feel as if people have judged me as stupid and naive in regards to my initial posted question and for that I am sad. I honestly didn't know of any of this and it only came as a real shock....looking back I was naive to a point and I can't change that. I can only hope that someone out there has been in my shoes and can understand what it is like to feel like the air has been sucked out of your body! Thanks again for you comment. God BLess you!
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Cheryl,
I agree 100% with what Karen said. You have to find outlets for when your son is gone...while you can spend a ton of time thinking about him and praying for him, your life has to go on. Find something physical to do, so that some of that pent up stress can have an outlet. It is not good to focus everything you have on your son. He needs to see and understand that you trust him and his Marines enough to go on with your life. Find something to do- I began walking and joined WeightWatchers. Patrick was so proud of the new and lesser me. When he returned and first saw me at Homecoming, he couldn't get over how much better I looked since I lost the weight and that really made me proud too. Do some fun things...don't stand still....learn something new so that you can occupy your spare time...and it will also give you some new and interesting things to discuss when you have time with your son. Don't worry about what others on here think about you. If they haven't had a son in the sandbox, they don't have a clue and won't be able to understand. My friend Amy is still working on getting you a connection with the Marine Moms private support group. Hang in there and do, as you said, take one day at a time, one hour at a time, one minute at a time...whatever you need to do to get through this. I'm here if you need me. -
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Karen,
I appreciate your response. However I don't really need to find an outlet as I am not sitting here dwelling on my son's future with the Navy as it may have appeared. I am a full-time restaurant manager, I have a 2 1/2 month old granddaughter and daughter still living at home, along with being a wife. I feel like I have been misread to a point as I only wanted information that I was not given in the beginning of all this. I WILL be fine it is an adjustment thats all. Whatever my son's future holds he is in GOD'S hands now and I will continue to pray for his safety and success. Later today I am going to close this discussion as I don't feel as though it has helped me in any way. I only feel as though I have been made to feel stupid. I don't come from a military background with exception of my father being in the air force, but he was out when I was still very young. I had hoped to get comfort here but I haven't. I will still check the other groups I am in regarding PIR and his DIV, but other than that I am done with this discussion. Don't get me wrong I am not angry at anyone just disappointed.
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