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Comment by Debby on March 25, 2010 at 11:45am

Mermaid, I have my sons pictures on my page however I have blacked out their last names in paint.. I also do not say my son's first names here because they are very unique they are of mixed heritage and I dont want them to become targets of racists :) So I refer to them as my Navy son and my Army son..

Comment by Mermaid on March 24, 2010 at 7:57pm

Help!! Being new to this site, I am not sure if I should mention my Grandson`s first name? I do notice some people have pictures of their loved ones.

Comment by Mermaid on March 24, 2010 at 1:41pm

Thanks again Debby. I figured everyone had to be careful. I thought of people looking at this site to see what we write, but I never thought of how the person I might be talking to might not be who they say they are!! You can tell I am a Grandma--not up on the "ways of the world" as much as I should be, and not as computer savvy either!

Comment by Debby on March 24, 2010 at 1:34pm

Mermaid yes and even in emails to others because as sad as it is... this is an open website so you never know who your really talking too. we talk in generalities here... :) but we all understand..

Comment by Mermaid on March 24, 2010 at 1:29pm

Thank you Debby for telling me where to go on this site to talk to other Riverine`s loved ones. I hadn`t found it on my own. Your words of wisdom and encouragement made me feel a lot better, and I`m sure I will reread your words often! I know he has had a lot of training in several different places and is really enjoying the training. He is more of a son to me than a grandson, so we are very close.
Thanks also to Connie for responding. My grandson is in Squadron One. Maybe they are buddies who will back each other up In Iraq.
A question---Do you have to be careful what you say on here as to where the sailors are or what they are doing, also their names?

Comment by Debby on March 24, 2010 at 10:40am

Mermaid I responded to your post on the message boards, this is my son's 3rd deployment to Iraq. I know how you are feeling its scary. I do know on his 2nd deployment he complained about how little they had to do.. The Iraqi's take the lead in most things going on there now. Its much safer now than it was on deployment 1 that's for sure, however I dont want to underplay that there is obviously danger involved in what they do. I do know the Navy has invested a small fortune into each and every sailor going there, with the medical training they all receive to the security training. It mindboggling what they are trained to do.. I have video's on my page of some of the training. The Riverines have never lost a man everyone has always come home safe!!!! and that has a lot to do with the training. For those of you who are Riverine mom's we also have a seperate group Riverine Mom's, I have a list on there for deployment need to knows, especially if your sailor is single it will help you be ready for them to leave, things like what you need to have together, power of attorney etc.. Feel free to message me privately too I will answer anything that I can answer for you. There are several of us here who's son's have been Riverines since the very beginning who are always happy to help out with information and support.

Debby

Comment by Mermaid on March 24, 2010 at 5:16am

My Grandson is at Little Creek and will be deployed to Iraq the end of April. I am very proud of him, but also worried, of course. Does anyone have a sailor going at the same time?

Comment by matthews_mommy on March 10, 2010 at 11:06am

hello everyone. My husband just got to little creek in sep. But now is on deployment. Any ideas of great pleaces to go when he returns.

Comment by John and Yvonne on February 12, 2010 at 11:53am

While I don't have it myself, Skype is definitely an awesome service. We had half a dozen sailors from Brazil fellowshipping with us in our home while their ship was in port in '08. I have a wireless router in my home and they would pull out their lap tops and talk with their families in Brazil. Once we had an international, intercontinental singalong. One of the sailor's mothers would start a hymn we knew in Portuguese, in Brazil, and we would sing the same song in English in our living room in Virginia Beach! Then we all prayed together the same way. It was awesome!

Comment by John and Yvonne on October 10, 2009 at 1:00pm

In addition to the Focsile the bowling alley on Little Creek has computers that are hooked up to the internet that guys can use for free too. There are abouy 6 of them. It's free to use. If they have their own laptop then there is internet access in most Barnes and Noble bookstores, Starbuck's coffee shops. There's one of those on base too. Little Creek is about ten minutes from where we live.

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