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Join groups! Browse for groups for your PIR date, your sailor's occupational specialty, "A" school, assigned ship, homeport city, your own city or state, and a myriad of other interests. Jump in and introduce yourself! Start making friends that can last a lifetime.
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
Always keep Navy Operations Security in mind. In the Navy, it's essential to remember that "loose lips sink ships." OPSEC is everyone's responsibility.
DON'T post critical information including future destinations or ports of call; future operations, exercises or missions; deployment or homecoming dates.
DO be smart, use your head, always think OPSEC when using texts, email, phone, and social media, and watch this video: "Importance of Navy OPSEC."
Follow this link for OPSEC Guidelines:
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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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Latest Activity: Jul 14, 2020
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 DJones on April 16, 2012 at 6:51am
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Still missing my son, dearly. He's on patrol every day where he is at right now. Not comforting. His return cannot come soon enough. Two friends of mine did return yesterday from Afghanistan. I cried seeing their homecoming. More so because I cannot be at my son's homecoming. It really is hurting me. I live in east coast and he's in Cali. I want to spend at least a week with him when he gets his leave so I can only make one trip. Only 3 more to go. Going to register to do a 4 week CNA course and become licensed. Need to get out and find a job.
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Comment by ktssong on April 16, 2012 at 6:25am
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Good idea. Thank you. ....Not many on here lately. I've been working two jobs and odd hours and wonder if I'm missing anything and well, TexasDocMom, I'm glad you were here. Is everyone dpomg ok out there? Anything new?
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Comment by TexasDocMom on April 15, 2012 at 11:34pm
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No. you are not the only one to feel that way. I was more than a little confused by family members who didn't think about my son being a war zone like his dad and I seemed to...but I also had friends who had husbands/brothers in Viet Nam, and who listened every time, and when my son came home to Austin, drove here to be at the air port. Sometimes I think it's just the life experience of each individual...next time they say that say "yep, good thing it's only 3 months, 16 days, 21 hours and 12 minutes until he's boots down USA and I can stop, right?" and smile...and come here!!
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Has anyone ever had the situation where you feel like you are balancing your affection to everyone in your family as evenly as possible but if you mention your deployed one they all say it's all you talk about? Then you feel like you can't talk to anyone about them because you don't want anyone to think that about you. Or am I just the only one that feels that way?
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I think, ktssong, while we all know the fear of having a child in the warzone....sometimes we just MISS them. Just plain miss them like they were at college, or on a trip or living in another town or base someplace. We are caught up in the fear, the danger they are in, but sometimes moms just miss their kids. That's all. And it's okay and natural to do so...glad you're staying busy, it's how I had to handle it! So glad you got that fb message!!
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Thank you for the Easter Greetings. I did get a facebook message. It was short but just what the doctor ordered. I didn't know there was a message for me and I had been choked up all day because he was the only one missing from our family gathering yesterday. I made a large homemade birthday card for him and have spent over a week getting signatures and notes by all his friends and family in it to send soon. It's almost done. I do same spend all my time doing something. I rarely sit still. I have to keep moving. Today at work I just was choked up from yesterday. Even though everyone kept me busy it just wasn't the same. This is the second Easter not together with his family and I'm starting to lose track of how many holidays he's away and all the family events and that's what is hard is that I miss him at everyone of them and it affects all of us. I know it will make reuniting even happier though. Sorry, sorta teary today. I even designed a camo bracelet that we are giving all the supporters we've had that have asked about him and signed the cards and I've had requests for more. I'll try to take a picture of them to show you. Also organizing another Navy Mom breakfast here in Cincinnati to get together and share with each other. Plain and simple though, no matter how busy I stay, I can't help it, it's natural and normal, it's my son, he's in harms way, they are big and strong and prepared but I don't want to forget him or run from thoughts of him. I love keeping his memory strong. Even when I was at the store, a song we used to sing together came on, I feel him in my heart and I do believe TDM that they miss us just as much as we miss them. It's what helps all of us through, thinking and praying for each other.
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Comment by mama bear on April 8, 2012 at 7:50am
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Happy Easter to all and your loved ones who have joined the military family in 2011/2012. Keep Safe!
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Thinking of you all .....and planning a beautiful gorgeous day of work in the yard, so I'll be in and out and around the computer, just come visit if you want, or need to.....Happy Easter! hope each of you gets that phone call! or Facebook chat...
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Mariann....I painted 3 bedrooms and the hall way when my son was deployed. Dug a garden, walked the dog until she just said no...staying busy is how I stayed sane. Or some semblence of sane...Now, watch it...I'll put up some video that will make you cry for an hour or ten...but then you'll feel better and maybe get some sleep.
You're not alone, we're all here.....and I'm thinking you'll all get some sort of communication over the next week or so....cuz they are thinking of you and home as well.
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Yes, there are battery powered razors that are made by Gillette Fusion I saw them at Meijer when I was buying shaving cream for my son. He asked for the Gillette Fusion Razor and I was wondering if I should do the battery powered or manual and my son at home said mom, send the manual because if he runs out of batteries he can't use it...so I did the manual and bought the shaving cream for the Gillette fusion that is to prevent skin breakouts because he said that the air over there was so dry it was making his skin irrated. Even one of the pics I saw of him his skin was broke out and he said the shaiving cream worked and send more. So I did..Of course. All he has to say is mom and I'll drop and run and go get whatever it is. I made a large homemade birthday card to put in his box that tons of people are signing. it folds like a trifold wallet does. Everyone has loved signing it. I'm hoping he enjoys it and I hope he gets it because right now we don't know where he is. I keep sending anyway just so he gets it whenever . It's good therapy for me to fill boxes.
Also on the forms for customs....the post office is very nice in helping to teach how to fill them out. Our post office said just put the information you have on each line and it will get there. And it always has.
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