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Boot Camp: Making a Sailor (Full Length Documentary - 2018)
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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 July 18, 2011 at 9:00am
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I hope they still carry pepper spray to keep from being swarmed by them....they are in such a tough spot (beyond the whole WAR ZONE thing..)...we raised them to be loving, nurturing adults and that's the opposite of what they have to be there in many instances, like with the kids. And the kids....what would our boys think if they went out in their town and saw a foreign military force patrolling? Mix all that up with religious faith and fevor, fear, and normal kid stuff...it's just too hard for me to comprehend.
I'll always remember the storieds my Viet Nam vet friends came home to tell us about how the kids were used and the things they would attempt and do to harm our troops. No wonder our troops adopt dogs there instead of people!
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When my son was in Iraq, he requested supplies to repair the dart boards he was finding as they hit some of the smaller bases, etc. Since Afghan doesn't seem to have those, maybe a dart board set or two? I'd include the "repair" stuff and maybe a small upgrade in darts.
Yeah, I like that "don't wait up" line, Cancerthecrab...what a hoot!
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Marine Recon training on Discovery channel
This is amazing....
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Susan my concern was that someone confirm that their loved one is with this particular battaltion in Afghan. I worry, because I have heard of some strange situations, that some louse reads our posts, connects Mom A to a corpsman or seabee serving with Unit xyz deployed overseas, and then works back to get home phones, more personal info, and then Mom A's phone rings or she gets an email from a stranger who says he/she knows her deployed child, and the kid needs this or that and money or even more personal information is shared....there are creeps out there as we all know, and I don't want them making any connections here on this group. This group is for support of one another, maybe making some connections with other moms/dads that can be shared by private messaging or whatever. So, as my son once said "mom, be the bitch on there, and jerks are less likely to hit it." So, I keep reminding us, especially as we get newbies on here, I do not generally direct it at any one person, just all of us. I've been guilty of it myself and have had that same reminder directed at me...and I'm glad of it!
Reading a book called "Until Tuesday" about a therapy dog named Tuesday, with an Army vet as the author. That vet was in the same spot in Iraq very early on that my son was deployed to with his Marines. I find it easy to read about Tuesday, but so hard to read about the Army vet and learning so much about that particular area. Secondary PTS, do you think?
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Good morning! my apologies for being missing in action, but just put a dear friend on a plane home after a week of sadness and the loss of another dear friend last weekend...and I don't have a smart phone, so I had to just jump on the internet when I could...so tried to keep up. Welcome to Tenn mom, and any other newbies and lurkers, we hate to see you here, but will always be around, as you can see...someone always steps up!
Afghan news just spotted this on my catch up the news morning read, and there's a photo, so thought maybe someone might see someone dear....and a reminder to not share too much on the board. This unit taking the hits, our prayers with them every single day...and with their families.
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Comment by Dan's Dad (John) on July 14, 2011 at 10:59pm
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Nic'sWife- what is your husbands rate? Just curious, chain of command is the only path to take I believe. My son was given the choice to go greenside out of Corpsman A school and that's what he wanted. As parents, we were hoping he'd go blueside and be stationed at a hospital but that's not what HE wanted.
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Nic, we are parents and loved ones of deployed personnel, we have no influence. Our advice hinges on support for one another, we want our kids to come home safe and sound.
If the Navy wanted him in Afghanistan, he'd be there.
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DOD causality list I couldn't locate this young corpsman's name or rank on the DOD list. Please use the DOD official link/announcements to share these tragic events on this board. The last thing we want to do is share information with family members or loved ones who may not have yet been notified by presenting it on a public board. Thank you.
Blessings to this family, and to the family of the young Marine from the 1/5 lost this week as well.
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Dang! ya'll just reminded me I was suppose to take Dan's box to the PO today. It's still sitting on the dining room table. :(
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Comment by Debby on July 11, 2011 at 10:09pm
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Hello Ladies... Glad to see we have some good news.. especially little baby joseph!!
I am going to Seattle in a week and a half for my parents 50th anniversary and my brothers going away.. he leaves for afg soon ... I really can't believe that I am gearing up for another deployment ... My son's are teasing my brother though telling him he will have it easy in an a/c tent and probably better food... I was told there are 3 types of medical facilites he can be at and some more dangerous than others.. I will find out more when I see him..
former sailor has more tests for his TBI coming up so anxiously awaiting the results of all of that...
Army son has met with the neuro surgeon and they are not going to surgery they do not think the issue with his brain is big enough yet but someday he will have to have it.. he's been refered to a headache specialist and he is doing injections in his neck..he has been headache free for the first time since he was in Iraq so that is my good news..
and after reading the post about care packages ......I remember my first care package I sent out.. had a melt down in the post office I'm sure bystanders were worried I might have a gun.. LOL .. I didnt know I had to do the customs form.. and panic set in cause i couldnt remember everything in the box.. the poor woman behind the counter reached out grabbed my hand looked at me and told me, "its ok dear just do the best you can... and I will keep your son in my prayers"
Yep meltdowns happen in places other than walmart...
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