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Comment by Mermaid on March 9, 2011 at 7:59am

My deepest sympathy to the families of the 2 sailors killed, and one injured  in a training accident in California. One sailor grew up about 45 minutes from us, in Ft Ann, NY. How very sad.

Comment by mikes mom on March 8, 2011 at 10:12pm

They will get married in a few weeks : ) She is such a sweetheart...

Comment by TexasDocMom on March 8, 2011 at 12:53pm

Yes, Chief, send your son every contact email, phone number, home address, every single thing in an email, tell him to print it out and have it with him when it comes time to fill out those forms.

Comment by vettespace on March 8, 2011 at 12:52pm

Hi Chief88, your son will have to add you to the FRO list if he hasn't already done that.  He'll have to fill out some forms and can do that at the FRO's office before he leaves.  Just make sure he does it!  :-)

Comment by mikes mom on March 8, 2011 at 12:05pm

Chief - Yep take a deep breath... What you have to remember is that he now belongs to the Navy : )  My son called me last week to say " hey mom I will be leaving in less then a month " ! I happen to be the calm one in the family right now... Did you here that Ruthella !!!!!! I am The Calm one in my FAMILY!!! LOL Deployments are never easy especially when you were told one time and then BAM it changes to a lot sooner... This is my second one and yes start thinking positive thoughts and start buying his goodies keep your mind busy... Last year I painted the interior of my house, this time I'm organizing rooms...

 

Comment by TexasDocMom on March 8, 2011 at 11:08am

I go to bed early one night around here and the whole place fires up....what a horrible phone call, Chief...the kind that no matter how well prepared you are, you only hear that one line, don't you? With that said, there may be other changes to this deployment that you don't know yet...like destination. With the uproar in other countries, there are more destinations in the mix. I'm sure he'll have more info to share in person with you. I have some other friends whose kids have been moved into rapid deploy as well. I'm sure this isn't the kids hope, but really, knowing the military, they could end up sitting on the ship watching sea gulls all day, running up and down stair wells to stay in shape, "waiting".  My son sat on the border of Lebanon once (which my older brother did with the same Marine battalion 50 years earlier!) for quite a while. I asked him what he was doing when he called...."trying to keep these Marines from killing their damn selves rat racing the Humvees on the dunes.." In other words, it's the military there can be a LOT of "hurry up and wait".

John, is your son on the same rapid deployment as Chiefs? or on schedule? My son was out of  LJ for a long time, he truly hates that place. Of course now he's in San Antonio only 70 miles from home and his two best girls, so nothing else compares.

 Are you all  cooking yet? How about sox? foxsox or those Thermol? (I think that's the name) plus as my son calls them "throw aways"...plain white cheaper socks. You can get the boxes at the post office, even if they don't say military on them, they'll work and you can eyeball the size limitations of those particular boxes.

Enjoy every single second of that leave, both of you. I found my son would allow photos, etc that he never was very patient with before. I bought a cheapo small photo book that would fit in his pocket, with the basis, mom, dad, sister, niece, nephew, dogs...and a larger one with more photos, from holidays, the neighbors etc...I was cleaning out in that room the other day, found the larger one, and when I opened it, pages fell out. He really looked at that book. I guess the smaller one is with him or lost, but that one I held the other day had seen alot of love. Home connections are important.Even if they can't get to a phone, believe me, they are thinking of home..and you.  You, too, Anna...your son is thinking of you, it seems they just take us moms a little for granted when the new girl comes in play...but mom is mom. Dad is dad. Nothing changes that!

 

chief, if you notice, this group is for MOMS (and dads, too!) of the deployed kids, WE are the focus here, WE can do whatever the heck we want. Sharing your thoughts is not self centered, it's necessary for your sanity. You are not alone.

 

Susan, great work on that poem. I wish there was a place to "anchor" those in this group, so we could have the poems/songs etc all in one spot to share.

Comment by Anna on March 8, 2011 at 10:36am

Thanks, Susan.  That was wonderful!  My DIL has heard from my son three times since he arrived in Adventureland, but has dear old Mom.  Nothing!  So, in true Mom fashion......I keep on!  Taking care of all around me.  *Sigh*

Comment by vettespace on March 8, 2011 at 10:02am

Thank you Susan, what a great poem!

Comment by Much Trouble on March 8, 2011 at 9:59am

Susan...OMG!  You  ripped that poem from my heart!  LOL  Seriously, you took my feelings I couldn't express and put them into beautiful words.  Thank you for a job well done!

Comment by Dan's Dad (John) on March 8, 2011 at 8:48am

He's driving home Friday for two weeks pre-deployment leave, I think when he leaves again it'll really start hitting us. He wants his brother and sister to see him off from CL, which is unusual for the old Dan, really like this new Navy version! Once the daycare provider asked him, "do you get great pleasure from tormenting your sister?" his reply, "well, not GREAT pleasure..."

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