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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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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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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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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 June 23, 2013 at 1:33pm
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pschumacher, Allstate wouldn't let us discontinue my son's car insurance, even tho if I had driven the car, my insurance would cover any accident. Maybe it was written in the loan agreement? can't remember. I ended up driving it some, fell in love with that little Mazda! but not with the stick shift!
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Comment by pschumacher on June 23, 2013 at 12:14pm
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My daughter will be deploying soon, while she is away we will be storing her car here with us. She still has a loan out on her car. Is there a way to discontinue or lower her car insurance since it won't be in use the time while she is away ? We do not plan on using the car however think its crazy on paying insurance on it if we dont plan to use it .
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Hugs all around! Good for you, Tamme!!
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Comment by Tamme on June 17, 2013 at 10:11am
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Our Corpsman is back on US soil! For a couple of weeks of R&R at least. Thanks for all your prayer.
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Comment by ktssong on May 31, 2013 at 11:25pm
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Docsmom the days your granddaughter spent with you will always be engraved on her heart and I bet they will be fond fond memories of the days she spent with you. Thank you for sharing that...it's awesome that her dad gets to go to her graduation. JerseySusan it will be a good busy it sounds like for you so those are the best kinds of busy to have. Is the bride to be in the military too?
TexasDocmom, I don't know where my son is going next...Our last FRG meeting notes said we will know in a couple weeks where they will be going. This time the battalion is going three different places so it's just the wait to hear. I suddenly realized that we are all probably in one of the following groups. About to deploy, just returned from deployment or on deployment or I guess on a break from deployment. That probably sounds ridiculous but it is starting to feel like those four categories is where our family will be living for the next 4 more years. And my vacation location has changed from being Destin every summer to GP. I just have two choices to make: will I drive or fly and what dates I go. Other than that, my vacation time since my son joined has revolved in following him around the world. Ha. Ive enjoyed it though. I'm not complaining. I just started seeing a cycle I'm in with him. We are either coming or going. At least I've learned to drive 12 hours to go see him by myself. I would have never dreamed I'd fly alone or drive alone three years ago. I'm petrified of being alone on a free way but I do it. That's what I love about the Seabee's...their motto is "Can DO" I've always thought of myself as a Can Doer too but I never in a million years thought I'd travel alone. But I can do it now. Ha.
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Comment by IDCmom#1 on May 29, 2013 at 5:56pm
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Yes, we will miss our little sweetheart a lot when she leaves us. We had her for a year when her parents were in IDC school so we knew what to expect having her the second time. However, five year olds do a whole lot more talking than a three year old. I have considered duct tape recently. Her daddy gets to attend her preschool graduation on Friday. Very exciting for her.
JerseySusan, my husband and I will one day join my parents at Barrancas. Wish we could pre-select our niche! I don't want too much sun. Assume my son will one day also be at Barrancas. Since we live in P'cola, we won't have to leave home.
Little one is getting very "antsy" right now and keeps asking if it is time to leave for the airport to get Daddy. Just an hour more.
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Comment by JerseySusan on May 29, 2013 at 4:26pm
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Docsmom, I' m very familiar with that National Cemetery in Pensacola FL,
my F-in-L is laid to rest there. We always try to take a trip down there when we visit my M-in-L in Destin. I posted something everyday last week on my FB of Memorial Day Images to remind everyone the weekend is not just about opening beaches and having picnics. It was very much received by many. Awe... And I know how much you are going to miss that granddaughter of yours. Ktssong....Time does fly by soon. Our youngest son is doing so much better since he came back in March. It was a little rough start for about 6 weeks, but I'm very happy to say he's doing well and also taking advantage of the privileges he has stateside. I can say, I have learned so much with how to handle per-during- & post deployment. We are now waiting for our daughter to have her 3rd child (she will now have 3 boys), any day now, and our oldest who is still deployed on a sub, will be getting married in July. We have a very full couple of months ahead of us. Praying for all.
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Ktssong....my heart to you as you work your way to another deployment. Is this one to the box or elsewhere, you don't have to say where...docsmom, how are you going to manage without that 5 year old helper there everyday? I bet she misses you as much or more !
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Memorial Day is always a bittersweet day for me, so many lost in war, so many gone that have fought the wars for this country. I did some family history and wrote about my first cousin 1x removed, grandson of my ggrandparents, Joseph F and Mary McCann Webb : "Funeral Services for Corporal Frank D. Webb, son of Mr. and Mrs. W.D. Webb, 1519 Foreman Street, who was killed in France, Oct 10, 1918, were held in the home of his parents at 3 o'clock Saturaday afternoon with the Rev. J. B. Blansett officiating.
Corporal Webb was a member of the original Dallas Grays, which wen to France as Comapny B, 144th, Infantry, 36th Division.His company was composed almost entirel of Dallas and McKinney men. Many former comrades who served in Company B attended the funeral.
The body of Corporal Webb will be sent to Clinton, Hunt County, former home of the family, Sunday morning, where it will be buried under the auspices of the Otho Morgan Post No 17, of Greenville."
Dallas Daily Times HeraldA few months later, another grandson dies, about the same age as his cousin who died in the war zone...no reason listed, there in Dallas. At first I confused them and thought they both died in the war, but I was wrong. Even back then, the effects of war came home to those waiting....
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Yes, ktssong, I did tear up on Memorial Day. Went to Barrancas National Cemetery (on NAS Pensacola) to visit my parents (Dad was a veteran of WWII, Korea, and Vietnam), a colleague of my husband's (veteran of Korea and Vietnam), and a friend of my daughter's (veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan). My dad and my husband's friend led good long lives and did all the things they wanted to in life. My daughter's dear friend, on the other hand, came back with many demons, and overdosed in his early 20s. I think visiting his graves is saddest part of treks to the cemetery.
On a bright note, my son FINALLY comes home for post deployment leave today. It is a bittersweet visit though, because when he leaves, he takes his five year old daughter who has been with us since his pre deployment adventure began last August. Our home will be very quiet and lonely without her.
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