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Is anyone's boyfriend/fiance/husband doing Damage Control?
Just found out Friday that my husband is leaving to boot camp April 22nd. His going to be doing Damage Control. Does anyone know the deployment schedules for this rate? We have a 1 year old, and we understand deployment is going to be very difficult for him. They are currently inseparable and we just want to prepare as much mentally as we can. Any tips are welcome! :)
Thanks,
Ashley
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Permalink Reply by Anti M on
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Hi!
Damage control is a sea-going rate, first tour is sea duty for 54 months. That doesn't mean he'll be at sea for that long, just on a vessel which can be deployed during that time. How long and how often? No way to know that, because every ship is different, and situations change all the time, and OPSEC. He may get lucky and get orders to a ship in dry dock!
Expect one very long deployment every other year, although a few do six months each year. There are shorter underways, sea trials, exercises, drills and so on, from a few days to a few months in between the long deployments. You can get an idea of how often individual ships go out, but there is no set schedule. Your new best friend will be the ombudsman, a trained Navy spouse liaison, who will have the official information for families. Also, the Family Readiness Group will have activities and support for spouses and children. They will be able to help you optimize communications, know when there will be port calls for skype sessions, and so on.
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Permalink Reply by mcb1492 on
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Hi,
I know it is hard to handle separation anxiety of a toddler. I had 2 at the time. One at 3 years old and one at 1 years old.
1 option is to have pictures, video and audio recordings of Daddy.
My girl friend had Build A Bear stuffed animals for her kids with a recording of their Dad's voice.
Dad can read his favorite books to him on CD and/or DVD.
phone calls and Emails with pictures and video clips can keep it current.
Some moms track the days of the deployment to show that each day is a day closer to dad coming home.
Just keep yourself and your little one busey as much as possible.
Take care and good luck
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