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This group is for families with family members aboard the USS John C. Stennis. Please remember not to discuss the ships movements or use last names. No personal information on your family members stationed abord this ship. Thanks
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Comment by Navymomkathy on February 11, 2013 at 5:08pm
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He also has a calling card but I need to make sure he can use it for intl calls. I thought email was going to be our main source of contact. But any advice you can give me on the best way to do phone calls would be greatly appreciated. Just got the boot camp stuff all figured out and now this. LOL
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Thank you for your encouring words and advice. His cellphone carrier told him calls and texts would be very expensive so I think he is going to have it turned off. Can you tell me about the sat. phones?
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Comment by Dyon Abbott - Kevin's Mom on February 11, 2013 at 1:01am
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Hello DavesMom!
Coping advice...keep a journal for yourself, you can look back on it when your son completes his deployment....send a daily email - keep it light, talk about the weather - what's happening with you - what's going on in the hometown. Send care packages - keep yourself busy.....and of course talk to us on Navy4Moms!!!!
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I understand Navymomkathy.......You are being quite NORMAL!! Please don't deny yourself a good cry. And, I can about guarantee you will shed some tears when you say your goodbyes at the airport. {{{HUGS}}}}
On the bright side ~ the technology is GREAT!!! Will your son have a national plan cell phone or a sat. phone? The ship-to-shore calls are good, just hard to get used to the lag time....and SKYPE is the next best thing to having our children with us!
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It has been so nice having my son home on leave. Not looking forward to Tuesday when we take him to the airport. I am going to try so hard not to cry in front of him. But I am finding myself getting teary eyed already when I think about it. I am so glad for all the technology that will keep us in touch. I know that he will be fine and I am so proud of him
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Comment by DavesMom on February 7, 2013 at 1:19am
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Hello All! My son should be reporting to JCS any day now. He is my first military son and this is his first overseas deployment so I welcome any coping advice and reassurance. When I was a kid my closest cousin was in the Army in Viet Nam and, like you Dyon Abbott - Kevin's Mom, I remember the snail mail correspondence with him. It literally took weeks to get mail back and forth. I'm looking forward to using current technology to stay in touch once he gets there and gets hooked up. Thanks to all of your sailors for their service, too.
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Hello to two more new members!!!
Please take a few moments and introduce yourselves!!
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ALSO - don't know if you members know about the USS John C. Stennis page on Facebook - the PR folks are super GREAT about posting videos and photos of the things going on during our loved ones deployment.
AND, check out the MWR Stennis (Morale, Welfare, and Recreation) Facebook page - good news items and photos there.....
THEN, there's the USS Stennis FamilynFriends Facebook page.
If any of you have any other websites that are dedicated to the Stennis, please let the rest of us know!
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NavyMomKathy:
So good to have you aboard!!!! Enjoy these last few days with your son.
I'm an Air Force brat....so am used to having our loved ones deployed overseas while we are left here at the homefront. In those days, I could only write my dad letters or send postcards. NOW - I have email, Facebook, Skype, and cell phones to keep in touch with my son. Still miss him EVERY day that he's not in the States....but, when I remember the SLOW mail of when my dad served....I don't whine about the technology available to us today.
My son is an Intelligence Specialist - and he LOVES to say, 'can't tell ya, Mom....if I did, I'd HAVE to shoot ya!' - he's NOT kidding, either!! LOL
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Hello Kathyf -
OUR country owes YOUR family a HUGE "Thank You!!" So good to have you 'onboard'. Also, kudos to you for keeping your grandbaby!
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