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Comment by DJones on December 14, 2011 at 8:32am

This is wonderful.  They all look homesick.  God bless them all.  He's very good.

Comment by Much Trouble on December 14, 2011 at 7:42am

I love it!  They will miss "home" with friends and family...but they WILL find ways to celebrate in a unique way.  The important part of Christmas is the spirit behind the celebration...and no one has spirit like our troops! God bless them all!!!

Comment by TexasDocMom on December 14, 2011 at 12:47am

After my son was transferred out of the 2/2, they were deployed to Afghanistan...and this was made there in 2009.

Comment by Paymaster on December 13, 2011 at 4:50pm

Susan....He will just be with his family as they are in the Southern US and we are on the west coast.

 

Happy holidays to you and your family.

Comment by Paymaster on December 13, 2011 at 2:07pm

I hope that since it is quiet here that everyone is good?

 

Mine will be returning from a short deployment next week, just in time for the holiday's.  It will be nice for him to be with his children as he has had to miss many holidays, and birthdays in the past.

 

 

Comment by TexasDocMom on December 6, 2011 at 6:03pm

When my son was deployed, and those times would come when I could not hear from him for weeks at a time, I'd throw myself into my family history. I found out my great grandmother lost two sons in WWI. and it was highly likely that after they enlisted and left for war, she never heard their voices again. And as I read about my family's life in the Confederate times, I remember those movies where the mom didn't know many times until she say her son shuffling up the road and down the drive to their porch if he was even alive or not...and there was no therapy for PTSD, no one to help them...just bring him back into the family fold and love him as hard as they could. I know how hard this is for each of you, and you know me well enough to know that I am not diminishing your pain and fear, I just think in today's horror of war, the communication is so much better, and you can bet those commanders are working to make sure your sons and daughters are going to come home safe and that they will be able to  make that call on Christmas. I know that will happen, keep those phones glued to your side!!

Comment by DJones on December 6, 2011 at 4:33pm

Is anyone else's son with 2/11 from Pendleton? Would love to correspond.

Comment by DJones on December 6, 2011 at 4:17pm

Susan, I know the feeling. My son is a Doc in a very remote area with no com right now and feeling very low after his Marine buddy was killed last week.  They may not get their mail since the road they have to travel on to get it is to dangerous.  I just wish I could bring them all home.  I guess I feel better by sending out lots of goodies to all his unit, his friends units and our friends.  Makes me feel better.  I have good days and bad days.  Yesterday was a bad day where I did nothing but cry all day.  I'm lucky to be able to talk to his gf who is having a hard time also so we keep check on each other.  Hang in there and remember we are all thinking of you and all those troops who will not be home.  It's tough, but somehow we manage to get through, don't we.

Comment by TexasDocMom on December 6, 2011 at 10:17am

Susan, I'm not sure how the rotations are working with Afghanistan. I do think that from the rhythm of the posts on this board that the Marines (and our corpsman) are still on those 7 month deployments, more or less. And what  I learned as my son moved around with the 2/2 was that much of their movements were planned out pretty far in advance. That said, the bring down of forces in A (Marines in particular) might have changed that, but unless they are serving with units with some different jobs than the weapons/infantry guys, that you would know by now what the orders were and when they are deploying. I would find that Family Readiness officer for your son's battalation and email him/her and ask. It's the holiday season, I'm sure they are getting a lot of emails like that and have an answer. I hope!

I hope that mom finds this group as well, I tell so many women about it, I don't know if they come to lurk and not post or what, but if they do I hope they read enough to know that they are not alone and that there are others praying for their kids just like we have prayed for all of ours....and that crying is the right thing to do....cuz Lord knows we can't do much else sometimes!!  My son turned 21 on a training ship someplace in the ocean....he was an old guy of 22 when he went to Iraq, turned 23 there. Our big day was being able to celebrate his birthday with him last year for the first time in years!

I hope you get some answers soon.

Comment by TexasDocMom on December 5, 2011 at 9:39am

docsmom, my son was assigned to  Lajuene right out of corps school, went to FMTB and then on a Mediterrean cruise with the 2/2, who had just returned from Iraq when my son was assigned to them in 06. I think he was probably in basic, and corps school with Anderson, there's a little group of them that remain very close, and the loss of Anderson is probably one reason why. My son deployed to Iraq in 08 with the 2/2. 

When my son went to FMTB, there were about a dozen of them that were pulled out of clinicals to fill the class, so each of them were assigned to a Marine unit at the end of FMTB. My son and one buddy went to the 2/2, the others were assigned elsewhere.  Back then, they were short of trained FMTB corpsmen. Some of those young corpsmen went directly from FMTB to deployment.  I'm very thankful that my son had that time to "season' before going to a war zone.

I do know, however, that here on N4M's, many of our kids serve together and we have no idea!

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