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seal family?
Hello ladies, my Boyfriend has been debating about going back into the Navy (been out since 2011) as an officer then go for seal. Does anyone have any experience with the family life of a seal? and even the process and what I should expect and do for him while he is going through all of it. Just trying to get some information on my end the decision has been stressing me out and I'm realizing this is a bigger possibility than I've been treating it. Anything helps, Thank you
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Permalink Reply by Jenn_NicksWifey on
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We are not a seal family, but I do have a little advice for you. Prepare for the worst, hope for the best. Seriously, anything can and does change and if you are "ok" with one part of it, you have to be "ok" with the rest of it. Especially with a Special Warfare guy.
My hubby started on LCUs, which are smallish craft. They deploy in the welldeck of a ship and don't do deployments alone. He got picked up for a new sort of prototype department called MRF (I don't even remember what it stands for) within his command. But there are only 3 RIBS (rigid hulled inflatable boats) that each carry a 4 man crew and a couple dozen Marines. It's very, very similar to SWCC (except with Marines instead of Seals), which is special warfare. He's doing training in April and then a month in July in Virginia (the day after I'm due with our 3rd baby!) and will deploy next year. He asked me if it was ok for him to switch to that department and I told him that when I considered him joining the military, I put no limitations on it. I decided that I could not expect that he just have a "safe" job or an "easy" job where he'd be home a lot. I had to make a decision based on the worst possible circumstances, up to and including losing him. Yeah, those ideas and thoughts suck, but to be prepared, you have to consider them. I had to consider that he could deploy several times, miss all the holidays, miss seeing lots of the kids growing up, that I would be alone much of the time. I made my peace with it and every time he comes home with something crazier, I can chuckle and say, well, that's how the Navy works. I don't stress over it. Seeing him doing something he is really enjoying and seeing him doing something that might actually make a difference in the world is important. It's why I want to be a nurse and volunteer in disaster areas (think Haiti after the earthquake or the Philippines after the typhoon), once the kids are bigger, of course. But I understand his dream and support him in it. As he will in mine later. Do some soul searching and some heart to heart discussions with him and figure out what you can "deal" with. I'd wager it's more than you think. Ask him about the work, see his eyes light up talking about it.
Best of luck!
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Permalink Reply by TropikalParadize on
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Send me a pm....I definitely have some advice :-)
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