Corpsman Moms

nursemom (lisa) Congratulations!!! Did you attend the graduation? Was he in the first class to graduate?

Wishing him the best in his much needed field. Congrats again!

Group for moms with kids in Afghan/Iraq link

Welcome to all the new moms! Christine, I've included the link to the group for moms/dads with kids in Iraq/Afghanistan, so please feel free to join us...we're the group no one wants to join, but we seem to have a steady supply of good, strong folks who offer a lot of support. Just want to remind everyone to not mention days of departure/arrivals, countdowns to those days or any travel information concerning destinations out of the US. Your Family Readiness folks will be in touch with you either by email or phone...and they will share with you the information you can share with loved ones and friends.

Just wanted to touch base with ya'll...some kind of bug here, if I sit down, I fall asleep. My dog is disgusted with me.

Karen...you are so right!  the siblings never want to hear anything from each other.  The Navy does a good job of training our guys and gals.  It's wonderful that our corpsmen/women will be able to use their training for the rest of their lives.

Inga, your daughter taught so many of our kids!! Be so proud!! and now she's off on a whole new world, greenside with the Marines, deploying soon, getting her FMF, and on to become a Chief! 

Ladies, I have to smile. Last week, I had to go out of town for a funeral. So I got my son, the FMF Corpsman instructor, to come stay here at the house over the weekend. Our little dog, Rosie was ill and on meds...antibiotics and steroids. Now, the kid who will lecture me on gall bladder and cholesterol stuff and worry about my pain meds for my arthritic hands being too strong....was on the ceiling over giving that dog her meds! He told me over the phone all the things to watch for, lots of water, frequent potty trips, yada yada...but he worried himself almost sick when he got here to stay with her! His dog and Rose never get along well, and she was grouchy with the steroids...evidently it was quite the weekend! Good thing neither dog are fighters, just jealous little brats! So funny! this is the same guy that glued up his best friend's split eye brow, but the dog, I guess...is different!

Great (and funny) story TDM!  Animals can bring out the best in us and they depend on us totally for their comfort!!!  Stressful even for an FMF Corpsman!  I stress everytime I go out of town and have to have someone take care of our australian shepherd.  She's a "mama's" girl and won't even eat for the first day when I have to leave her.

Inga - definately an end to an era there at Great Lakes.  I traveled up there last September for my son's graduation.  Good luck to your daughter and may she stay safe going green.

NavyMom...It could be busy work.  My sailor had down time on both ends of fmtb.  Once it gets started, he will be plenty busy and it's a pretty fast pace.  They have so much to learn.  At least here they can have their phones, etc, even if they don't have much time to use them.  My sailor said they lived in a dorm like situation, which was like going back to bc again after A school where he had a room with only one other guy. 

My daughter has been assigned to Bremerton WA, does any one know what would be there?

Thank you Linda. My daughter is graduating from A school on the 23rd.

Adriananavymom:  Good for you!  Enjoy your visit with your daughter.  I'm sure you're very proud of her.

Hi Jacqueline! Thanks for the info.  I may ride with my sailor to WA. He is going to drive from N.Carolina to Phoenix where we live. Then he's going to go on to Washington and I'm going to go with him. So we may be e-mailing you to show us around and maybe to meet my son?  (Don't let him know LOL!) I'll feel better knowing he knows someone there who he can turn to in case of anything. Hope that's okay with you.

Welcome to all the new moms! please take a look above the discussion area for links to various groups around N4M as well as some other helpful links.

If your corpsman is deploying soon to Afghanistan or Iraq, let me know, I'll post the link to our group for loved ones of those deployed to the Middle East.

US Navy Hospitalman Riley Gallinger-Long

19-year-old US Navy Hospitalman Riley Gallinger-Long was killed on 11th August 2011 in Helmand province during a foot patrol with a US Marine unit in Marjah district.

The sailor, from Cornelius, Oregon, graduated from Forest Grove High School last year. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 6th Marines, Regimental Combat Team 1, 2nd Marine Division, based at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

Prayers are with the family and friends of this brave, young hero.

So sad!

My thoughts and prayers are with Riley's family at this time of devastating grief.  Riley's valiant work as a Marine Doc should never be forgotten.  He is an inspiration to us all.   God bless our corpsmen/women and keep them safe from harm.

Prayers for Riley's family.  God Bless. 

Words cannot express how heartbreaking it is to lose someone so young.  His sacrafice and the sacrafice of all those serving will not be forgotten. 

Thank you for your service and for allowing me and my family to live in a world made safer by the brave men and women who serve in the Armed Forces and for protecting the rights and freedoms that we all enjoy every day.

Kathy-   I will also keep you son in my prayers.  My son is also as of today a HN. 

The corpsman are such heroes since they save lives sometimes risking their own.  Bless your family and your son for serving this country with such valor.  Thank you.

Mary  (lived in Visalia for 31 years and MA from Cal State U. Bakersfield) 

Too many, too young. Blessings and prayers for this Doc and his loved ones.

New moms...we want to welcome you to our group, and remind you that we do follow OPSEC regs on this group. Please, no names, dates of arrivals/departures or specfic locations of your sailor or their stations here, please. Remember that when you get to skype, talk with or online chat with your sailor that they are sharing with their mom and not the group of us, so please honor their privacy as they share their experiences with you.

Loose Lips Sink Ships...

Thank you.