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Link to Navy Speak - Navy Terms & Acronyms: Navy Speak
All Hands Magazine's full length documentary "Making a Sailor": This video follows four recruits through Boot Camp in the spring of 2018 who were assigned to DIV 229, an integrated division, which had PIR on 05/25/2018.
Boot Camp: Making a Sailor (Full Length Documentary - 2018)
Boot Camp: Behind the Scenes at RTC
...and visit Navy.com - America's Navy and Navy.mil also Navy Live - The Official Blog of the Navy to learn more.
OPSEC - Navy Operations Security
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For parents and loved ones of deployed and deploying military personnel...Aghanistan/Iraq and any and all war zones. Please introduce yourself on the main comment page.
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Anderson Hall is in San Antonio, on the campus of Fort Sam Houston...the place where future corpsman will learn their trade.
"Doc" Christopher Anderson served with Marine 1/6.
(He also went to Basic and to FMTB with my son. TDM)
Corpsmen on the job in Afghanistan:
Helpful Links:
It provides access to services and resources at the national, state and local levels to support recovery, rehabilitation and community reintegration.
Absentee Voting Link Get info here on registering to vote and absentee voting.
Navy Individual Augmentee Information "IA"
Ombudsman Registry Find your sailor's unit and contact information
Seabee Info Web site Answers to many questions about deployment, etc even if your sailor is not a Seabee.
Fleet and Family Deployment Navy Facebook
Online Program Helps Military Vote Absentee
Guardian Angels for Soldiers Pets Facebook Page
Dogs on Deployment One-Stop Resource page for military members to turn to for advice and direction to all pet-related needs. They also are looking for fosters for pets whose owners are being deployed.
****Red Cross and Help for the Military, Emergency Notificaton Link to the Red Cross Military Assistance page, on the left is a list of links to important sites, including the phone numbers if you need to notify your deployed loved one of a family emergency. This note: Beginning June 13, 2011, at 8:00 a.m. EDT, all military members and their
families can use one number- 877-272-7337 (U.S. Toll Free) to send an urgent
message to a service member. The change means that all military members and
their families can use this single number to initiate an emergency communication, regardless of where they live.
Coaching Into Care works with family members or friends who become aware of their Veteran’s post-deployment difficulties—and supports their efforts to find help for the Veteran.
This is a national clinical service providing information and help to Veterans and the loved ones who are concerned about them.
Defense Center of Excellence information and help for TBI and PTS for active military, vets and their families.
After Deployment... This web site is VERY useful to service members, family and loved ones after the return of a loved one from deployment.
VAWatchdog.org Very useful links for our vets and their families.
Secondary PTSD Resource Link For families and loved ones of a soldier/sailor/Marine/airman with PTSD.
Facebook Support for OPSEC An online resource for OPSEC regs and questions concerning safety in social media web sites.
Graphic Novel Helps Corpsmen Cope with Combat-related Stress
Links to those sending packages to our deployed sailors/soldiers/marines/airmen:
Molly's Adopt A Sailor Group Join the group, or just read for ideas on what to send to your deployed kid.
Jacob's Program Another group of volunteers sending packages to our deployed folks.
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Discussion Forum
Son in Spin Boldak
Started by rysony. Last reply by rysony Mar 14, 2012. 40 Replies 0 Likes
Care Packages - lists of items, how to order priority boxes and how to fill out customs forms
Started by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom. Last reply by millon4 Oct 2, 2012. 29 Replies 1 Like
Sailors in Afghanistan with boots on the ground
Started by Ruth, Gun's Mom. Last reply by TexasDocMom Sep 18, 2010. 18 Replies 0 Likes
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Comment by TexasDocMom on May 6, 2012 at 6:37pm
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A Soldier Comes Home is a book that I heard about last night from a mutual friend of the author's...just thought you might have some one who could use it. It's a children's book, trying to explain the impossible to kids.
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Christina, your son loves you. My son loves me. But he was not one to call with good night wishes, or any of that. When he turned to walk away from us at the airport departures, he became his professional self. He called occasionally, he emailed some, but he had become an adult, a military professional, and kinda felt it was time for his mom to know that. It's what they do, it's called growing up! It doesn't stop us from being moms, and we all know that moms are the biggest control freaks in the world. I'm not saying that to be insulting because I'm really speaking about myself. But these steps of boot camp, A School, etc...each one makes your son more of an adult with adult responsiblities. He's your son, but only when he's at home will he act like it.I will say that my son's deployment made him so much more gentle and concerned about me, he started telling me he loves me at the end of every phone call. Still does. I don't ask why, I just like it!
Altho my son deployed only once to Iraq, we said our goodbyes twice. He left at Christmas expecting it leave, deployment was delayed until March and he drove his car home for 10 days. That last time, his dad just lost it at the airport and when he went to the car, I looked up at my son and altho I was breaking inside, I didn't cry. I could see his eyes twinkle, because I'm sure he was relieved. And he said," I'm coming home, Mom, I'm not going to die over there. Got it? I'm coming home." And I said "good thing, cuz you know I'd have to kick your ass..." and he smiled and hugged me and turned and walked away. I made to the car, drove around the corner, pulled over and broke down. I woke up this morning hearing his words, don't know why. My son is out of the Navy, safe in his home in San Antonio. Maybe for you, Christina....hang on to those words. Those young heros and heroines have faith and trust in each other to bring each other home. They are well trained, they have commanders whose main goal is to bring each one of our children home from those deployments.
And like MT says, come here. Talk to us, you are not alone. This group of women and some men have been there. We know fear. We know sleepless nights, we know melting down in the Walmart when you're looking at the bacon, we know laughing hysterically when we get that phone call with the strange number on the phone. Start a list by the phone, of topics to share. Things about the neighbors, the local football scores, the dog next door....take photos, real photos, have them printed out and put them in a cheap album, small enough for him to carry in his pocket. My son still has his, his girlfriend tells me he keeps it close. Start those packages going....you are not alone. Say those words "I am not alone."
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Comment by Much Trouble on May 6, 2012 at 6:12am
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Christina...I was the same way with my son. Fortunately, by the time he got sent to the sandbox, he was married and I had become very close to my daughter-in-law, so I got all the important news. Hopefully, this experience will help both of you realize what is REALLY important. Is there anyone he is close to...Dad, sister or brother, best friend...who can keep you updated with news? If so, use them so you don't feel quite so lost. In the meantime, write letters and send care packages. Also, hang out in this group and TALK to us. We have all kinds of things you can do so you don't dwell on where he is and what he might be going through. If you want, feel free to add me to your friends list and we can talk about it more in depth, in private. Meanwhile, hold on tight...you are starting out on a wild and sometimes scary ride, but in the end, I hope you will be able to look back on everything and say it was "good".
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Comment by christinakimjunga on May 6, 2012 at 1:17am
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He just left yesterday and it's been 26 hours since I haven't talked to him. I have yet to get used to this, I was fine when he was in boot camp a year and half ago, and he was already 2 thousand miles away (hes stationed in WA and I'm in CA) and now he's even farther. I guess our relationship has been VERY unstable and that's not helping at all either. We have been on and off for four years now it was never stable, I guess. We love each other more than words can describe.I know he's not going to call me to give me goodnight kisses, I know he can't text me but I can't get my hands off my phone. I need to stop waiting and just focus on my thing, but I just don't know what to do. Please help me...
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If your son and his wife have a joint account, she can get her own debit card off of that account. I don't know what the big base situation is with stores/food outlets there. In Iraq, my son used his debit when their patrols hit those larger bases. And of course, he needed it as he traveled to and fro.
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Good page, some information, but it's strictly corpsmen themselves posting....but great photos, especially if you're the mom of a Devil Doc.
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Comment by Pam on May 3, 2012 at 12:38pm
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Hi All. Some of you I know from Corpman Mom's, FMTB or Georgia Mom's, other's Hello! My son is currently stationed in Italy, but will be leaving there for his next assignment -- being attached to the Marines, 3rd Division in Hawaii. I know deployment is in our future and I won't borrow worry now, but I am already getting that lump in my throat. Can anyone tell me if their Sailors are attached to this Division? I have a cousin who served with the Marine's and he said they are a very respectful division. I'll be thinking about all of your Sailor's and will say a prayer for their safety.
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One way a family copes with deployment...good read.
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Comment by ktssong on April 28, 2012 at 10:16pm
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Praying right now. My heart just dropped as did my head. I'm so sorry. God be with their families and brothers and sisters serving by their sides.
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Yes,, I mentioned those warriors serving with him on my facebook post, should have copied the whole thing here. And those dogs...those good dogs laying their lives on the line every day with these EOD heroes.
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