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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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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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Anyone with Sailors/Soldiers/Marines in War Zones and Combat Areas
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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.
Members: 116
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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To all who drop by! WELCOME! please post below so we can get to know you. If you send a message around to 'all members' , we CANNOT respond. So, please introduce yourself below, and remember to not share dates or specfic movements by any military unit on the board! Thank you!! and again WELCOME!!
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 January 6, 2012 at 7:28pm
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DJ, first of all, you have my prayers. Second of all, call your doctor, if you are not sleeping, call him and get something to help you sleep.You can bet a majority of the folks on this board have done this, you have to take care of you. You have to get some rest. You cannot change anything happening in A...but you can make yourself as strong as possible so when that phone rings your son hears the voice of the mom he remembers that always stood tall for him and took care of him. Get some sleep. Please do this. If it takes going to the gym and running until you drop, do it. Much love to you. You'll get a call, that will help you sleep....but call that doctor!
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Comment by DJones on January 6, 2012 at 4:48pm
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I am with you TexasDocMom. We need our troops home and now. I am worried sick about my son being there and the new offesive that is about to occur. I have not slept in 2 nights and actually feel sick about what he is doing there. I try so hard to stay positive but it's hard when you read the above info about all the casualties. Five months is going to go by so slowly. Just want my boy home and give him a big hug. God I miss him.
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Over the years, we've had more than one mom come to say that she can only come to this group on N4M because she just had no patience with Boot Camp moms or newbies to the Navy world any longer...because all she wanted to do was scream at them that no one was shooting at their kids in Boot Camp. And if Boot camp is too tough for them, then they don't belong serving side by side with our deployed kids...because we want the toughest and the best watching the backs of our kids. That's why it's good N4M is huge site, because life changes for us all as military moms and dads,just like our kids...
I've read the Marines will be withdrawn first, so hoping that happens soon. My granddaughter is dating (and has been for several years) a young man in Army ROTC who will be coming out of college as Second Lt in Infantry. That should be in about 3 years. My grandson is turning 18 this year, and we all know what boys think..."if nothing else, I'll enlist"....please, please end these wars soon.
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My son deployed on my 60th birthday. It took him a long time to tell me the actual date of deployment because of that. I had arranged to have his cell service terminated the day after, so he called me every single chance he got....even at midnight his time on the 21st! and then once during the day, and once right before they got on the plane. I think it was then I realized that he was well aware of the hell he was headed to, and he wanted to keep me calm and connected.
He was on the Syrian border, his battalion was where 3 Marine battalions had been previously, cleaned out the town and now only one was needed. I don't know actually what he was doing...simple me, I assumed he was there all the time, but he was all over that area. He'd email or come on to chat or call when they hit different bases. Right before he was due to come home, the US bombed right across the border in Syria! I almost had a freakin' heart attack...but he came home on time. He told me a little about going out to "measure sand" with the Seals about that time. Long story short, they do not know where they are going exactly until they get there, and they do not know what they will be doing, but we do know they are well prepared to do it, and that they are very well trained. If the news upsets you, turn it off. All that matters is your sanity for the next few months....you cannot change anything else, you can only handle your own changes.
Isn't it a blessing to have such great kids? who love us so much, and serve so well the country they love?
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Comment by Much Trouble on January 6, 2012 at 9:36am
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Susan, I ache for you. When my son went over there he assured me he was headed for the "safest" place in Afghanistan. While he was still in transit, I was hearing all kinds of news reports telling me the terrorist activities were concentrated in his area. Just what a mom wants to hear...right? All I can suggest is to park your butt here, until he finally returns home. We will wait, pray, and cry with you. Try not to think too far ahead...focus on your "now" and savor every moment you have with him before he leaves. You will have plenty of time to worry, when the time comes. (I find the "what ifs" just put me through horrible feelings when they might not even be necessary...no sense in doing that .)
BTW...We DO laugh a lot in this group...in spite of our fears. Stay here and laugh with us, also.
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Just posted that little video that a friend sent me...he's a good friend, he'd send me this type of stuff when my son was deployed....made me smile.
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Comment by Paymaster on January 5, 2012 at 2:24pm
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Yes, the do hate to hear us cry. Mine most of all.
Don't forget dryer sheets, they help with the smell. Baby powder, it helps when they can't shower and also removes sand from the skin.
The things we learn from our children being deployed. We sound like ask Helouse:)
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Tenn Navy Mom, my heart to you. Doesn't it just slay you to hear them say "mom, don't cry?" and bless his heart for calling back to check on you. I've shared this before, but my son never gets off the phone without an "I love you, mom" since he returned from Iraq...not once. They know who is in their corner, mom.
Don't stay away when you're upset, that's exactly the time we want you to come to this board, and share...scream, cry, laugh or meltdown....you are not alone!
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Comment by mom2nw on January 5, 2012 at 11:57am
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thanks for the info on the socks! Very nice that they ship free to military. My son said he was putting his cell service on hold while over there...AND he taught me how to Skype while he was home, LOL.
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