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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)
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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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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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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 May 12, 2009 at 10:10am
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MMK, that is so heartbreaking, for the families, for the troops with whom those young people served and for all Americans, I hope this is FINALLY the wake up call to remove the bias against those who are not being diagnosed in time with PTSD, and get them the help they need. My biggest fear is that so many vets from this war will live without getting help for their PTSD like my generation did coming out of Viet Nam, it shows up on every street corner, those that could not fight the battles in their brains any longer.
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Comment by Debby on May 10, 2009 at 11:37pm
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Lynda the website is http://va.gov they do have the ability to apply online its at the top of the page, if there is any further info please let me know... I stress getting med records because sometimes there can be issues with the transfering them.. also make sure everything is documented.. hearing tests.. if he was exposed to anything etc.. My sailor is on deployment #2 also.. My army son is leaving for his first deployment early next month :(
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Nice to hear of these kids coming home!! that's a wonderful Mother's day gift even to those of us just listenin!
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Thank you Karen.. and even though my sailor is still in the sand..I was blessed today with his date of return... he will be home very soon... that is the best present I could have received...
Also I see a few posts of concerns with PTSD.. give them some time adjust mom's.. if you don't see improvement.. try EFT http://www.eft-therapy.com/ Emotional Freedom Therapy.. I had told Karen that when I first heard of this I thought it was another hokie healing transcendental thing to throw our money away on.. but I decided to give it a chance with my youngest son who had a driving fear.. We had been witness and unwilling participants in a car jacking in St.Louis when he was very young.. he witnessed the driver of the vehicle shot and killed in front of him when he was 8.. this later came to a head when he got his drivers license and had fears that people would literally kill him if he didnt go fast enough or for whatever reason.. the fear became so paralyzing that we had to go get him one day when he froze in the car... The lady who did EFT on him was an angel and I am happy to report he has no issues driving today, and we saw immediate results.. My son did suffer from PTSD even though he wasnt in a warzone what he witnessed wasnt far off... Google EFT for other resources I just chose the first one that came up..
Also if your son's are leaving the military all together I can not stress the importance of them getting a copy of all medical records before they leave and I mean... EVERYTHING!!! Then go to the nearest VA and have them go to Eligibility and Enrollment.(probably need to call for an appointment). they will assist them in what benefits are available.. The major one for most of our boys that were in the sand is hearing tests.. if they have lost a large portion of hearing even if only 1 ear they are entitled to benefits!!! Feel free to send me an email if you have questions.. My husband other than being a retired vet also works for the VA.. and I will relay them to him for an answer..
Again Happy Mothers Day all...
Debby
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Mother Day blessings to all of you...last year my son was in the sand on Mother's Day, after being deployed on my birthday in April. This year he is safe in the US and I realize what a blessing that truly is. My prayer is that next year all of you are writing those same words, telling the new group of deployed moms that there is an end to the fear and frustration of having a child in harm's way...at least briefly!
I know many of you will not hear from your kids this weekend, but you know they are each thinking of you. My son came home telling me that they sit around over there talking about their families and their moms in particular, and how they are going to "make it up" to us for being such pain in the asses as they grew up. He hasn't forgotten it.
Please know that we all share, on some level, the feelings you are having today, and that we honor you today. We are so proud of you for YOUR sacrifice to our country, for the love and work you put into raising that child that serves in the military today. And we share your fear and your prayers.
Be nice to yourself today. Eat that chocolate for dessert. Get out that photo album and your tissues and take yourself back to when your child was sitting next to you on other Mother's days....and then when he calls, listen to every single syllable!
I am very proud to know each one of you. Thank you for the support you have given me over my son's deployment and I hope I can just do the same for those that follow us.
Karen
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Comment by Lois C T(momma T) on May 7, 2009 at 3:00pm
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Hi All, I have not been on for a while, Marc has been home a month, but I still find myself checking this site to see what's going on w/ everyone.
Denise so glad Justin is home. I haven't seen signs of PTSD, with Marc, it did take him some time to adjust to being home.
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My son was no fun, he didn't want me sending what he referred to as "crap I have to carry around"...so I sent books, I called them "disposable" I mean you can always hand off books to other people to read. Well, I get the stinky package from hell, and alot of the so called "crap" is in it ,along with stinky clothes he swears were "clean", and some of the books. When he got home I asked him about it and he said "I had to keep the books until after I read them, so I packed them around!"....He's a corpsman, he says he has 3 times as much stuff to pack, load up and move everytime anyway, so he just didn't like the extra stuff. He liked the packages, especially with food, and lotion and his fox sox, but he liked to request specific things and get those items sent to him. He did really like the little packets of flavor stuff you put in bottled water and those would fit in all the crevices of the package. Also the menthol cough drops for the sand assault on the throat and nose.
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Comment by Paymaster on May 2, 2009 at 7:23pm
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Karen....I know what you mean about the dinner. Mine was out on patrol for Christmas. They had Cheese Mac MRE. He said the best part of the meal was that one of the guys had M & M's in his pack and shared them as they try'd singing a few chirstmas carols.
We all felt so guilty after we heard that. We all wanted to give up some of our meals so we could send those guys some good home cooking.
We are all so proud of these young people.
Let me know and I will post a few more recipes that do not require eggs.
Jody
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All....I am on our third deployment to the middle east.
Our son does not return from his deployment until August (he left Thanksgiving day weekend).
I hear all of you working through your deployments and I wish you all the best. Please listen to the others when they say you HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF!!! Your soldiers and sailors need you along with the rest of us!
Moving on to the next subjet I try to send homemade bake stuff to my son. I fine that the things that do not contain eggs really travel the best.
Here one of the guys favorites:
Pumpkin Choc Chip cupcake recipe
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> 1 cup pumpkin
> 1/3 cup oil
> 1 cup granulated sugar
> 1/4 cup soy milk
> 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
> 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
> 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
> 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
> 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
> 1/4 teaspoon salt
> 1/2 cup chocolate chips
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> Preheat oven to 350 F. Line muffin pan with cupcake liners (I like to use the foil ones).
> In a medium bowl, stir together pumpkin, oil, sugar, soy milk, and vanilla. Stir in the flour, baking power, baking soda, cinnamon, salt.
Stir together with a fork - don't use a handheld mixer, as it will make the batter gummy. Once well combined, fold in chocolate chips.
Fill liners 2/3rds full. Bake for 22 to 24 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack and let fully cool before packaging.
Like Chris I use airless bags ( I have an old seal -a-meal machine). It works great.
Fair winds and following seas,
Jody
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