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Comment by Lepus120724 on June 10, 2011 at 3:31am
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Thanks Marcy - I could use some suggestions from all of you. This Sept we will celebrate our first wedding anniversary and my husband will still be on deployment. Do any of you have suggestions on what I could do to still make the day special even though we will be apart?
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Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on June 10, 2011 at 2:46am
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Welcome! Good suggestions, I like the thought of that journal. It also might help with remembering the things you want to mention when you get a call out of the blue. I used to scribble notes during our phone calls, too, as he'd be telling me so much and my mind would be racing, it's hard to remember it all later.
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Hello everyone - I'm new to this group - my husband is deployed for the first time. iLive I'm so sorry to hear about your missed call. He knows that you love him though and you will hear from him again. I know how upsetting it is to miss a call. Heartbreaking but he knows you are thinking about him. It's nice that you have the voicemail. I have a video of my husband just talking from a few days before he left. Sometimes I just sit here listening to it so I can hear his voice.
Hi Depotur - my husband just left so I'm pretty familiar with all of these emotions that you are feeling right now. It must be pretty scary to not know any details but he will be ok and he will contact you whenever he can and as much as he can. Find out if you will be able to get an address once he is there or if you can send things with things that his mom sends - care packages are fun to put together and it can help with the time apart. Mark's wife has some great suggestions. It's great that you will be busy. This is important. I suggest keeping a journal that you carry with you to write down things that you would normally say or text to him etc... then you can give it to him when you finally get to see him. It makes it feel like he's not so far away.
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Hi Debotur! A group you might also like is
http://www.navyformoms.com/group/submarinegirlfriendswifesfiances
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Comment by LLovesmysailor on May 22, 2011 at 1:35pm
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debotur, OPSEC says we can't announce the schedule of the sub. That means we are not allow to say when they are leaving or how long they will be gone. You don't want him to get into trouble. So please edit your last post. That said I hope he enjoys his deployment.
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She can receive and send e-mail. You can put anything but aerosol cans and any food that can go bad. So stick to cookies and candy. Just remember that she has very little room for storage. She also might like shampoo and fancy creme rinse. I hope this helps a little.
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Comment by Mari on May 19, 2011 at 9:40pm
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My daughter just got assigned to a destroyer. How often do the receive mail? Is it only when they reach a port? What kinds of things can I put in a care package? Do they still receive care packages when they are in a dead zone? Sorry for so many questions? She has been state side and I have had a lot of communication with her. I am not sure where her ship is, but she said they were going to fly her to her ship? Has been not so much info from her since she got her orders.
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Comment by debotur on May 9, 2011 at 3:47am
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Thank you! I'm actually excited for him, he leaves in about two weeks and hes so also anxious for the experience :)
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Once he gets to his ship, he will get an e-mail address and a snail mail address. You just send it through the US mail and they will deliver it to the FPO (fleet post office). Then the Navy sends it on to his ship. The only difference is if he would be on a submarine. They only get e-mail, no snail mail.
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I sent my boyfriend his pocket watch today :) I hope he loves it! And yes I wrote him about twice a day every day during bootcamp and plan on doing the same for his deployment but how does it work? Well I get the address when he arrives and send it through the US postal service?
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