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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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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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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 JerseySusan on March 12, 2014 at 11:25am
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Nicksmom...You will find this site very supportive among these heart warming ladies. Try not to stress out with the calls to the GF. Sometimes they just need to make those calls as a reality check. Your phone call & your packages will be the most important one's to him, even when they're far & few between.
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Comment by Pam on March 11, 2014 at 8:28pm
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Comment by MikeysMom2 on March 11, 2014 at 6:31pm
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Thanks all.... I appreciate the "welcome..." He is deployed 1/7 out of 29palms.... don't know if I said that. What is really pissing me off though.... is.... he has called the GF who evidently dumped him right before deployment on several occasions.... even after they supposedly were "out" and NO communication. Yet, I got nothing but a voice mail. This is SOOOOO frustrating but I guess at that age.... that is what they do...???..... Any of you had that issue? makes me so darn mad.
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Comment by TexasDocMom on March 11, 2014 at 2:08pm
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Welcome NIcksmom! Like MT says, we (and YOU) can discuss anything here....my pet peeve is the people that say they know just how we feel, cuz their child just left for college! grrrr....we keep a virtual bail bond fund here in case someday we have to bail one of us out of jail for punching someone out.
Read back over the posts, if you have any questions, ask or vents, please rage. It's okay. It's okay to cry, it's okay to feel frightened, it's okay to be awake at 3am and come post...it's all okay, Nicksmom. Start putting those notes down on a sheet of paper so that you have something to talk about when your phone rings with that goofy phone number and your son is on the other end, cuz your mind will go blank. Take care of you, so when you answer that phone, you sound like normal mom instead of scared as hell mom....and remember, when he shares things with you, he is not necessarily sharing with all the rest of us on N4M site. If there is really something you need help with or to talk out, please message one of us and we'll help you sort it out.
But the main thing to remember is that you are NOT alone, there are women here will stick by your side through it all, and we all do it with the prayer that maybe soon, we won't have to have this group any more. But while we have war zones, all will be welcome who share the fear. You are not alone.
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Welcome nicksmom- I'm right outside of Atlanta. My son soon reaches his halfway point of his first deployment. He's been a Corpsman since 2010 and attached to the 2/3 out of Hawaii for the last year and a half.
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Comment by Much Trouble on March 11, 2014 at 11:52am
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Nick's mom...Welcome to the group and feel free to talk about anything having to do with your son over there. People said that to me several years ago when my son was there, and at that time we did an intense build up of troops and it was on the news every night. I really think some people live under a rock! I DO think the situation has improved a bit over there, but when YOUR kid is involved any threat is too much. Stop by often...this is a great place to laugh, cry, or just vent your feelings...so you can be cheerful for your son. Trust me, we all know all the feelings crashing around in a mom's head and heart.
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Me as well. Actually had someone I know have the gall to say to me.... "Well, I don't know why they sent him..." "We aren't even over there anymore...." Anyway, whole other discussion NOT for here.... ha ha! Saw a couple of you all are in/around the ATL. I am as well. Son deployed as Corpsman with the 1/7
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Comment by Tamme on March 11, 2014 at 11:26am
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Welcome NicksMom. We are here for support whenever you need us. I hope his deployment is short.
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Hi All. New to this forum as Son is Corpsman newly in Afghan.....
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Congrats to your son Curlytop!
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