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Stationed Overseas
Hello Everyone!
This is my first blog post. My son has been in the Navy for one year now and we just found out that his home port will be overseas. How will we be able to communicate with him? I'm imagining the cell phone charges would be through the roof! Do they get leave time after being overseas awhile???
Help!!! My son will be too far away!
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Comment by Leach73 on March 27, 2015 at 5:11pm
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Hello Sonya209 - my sailor will also be overseas and we also had the same question. Turns out, since she has an iphone, the best thing to do was to get it "unlocked" thru your phone service provider and also put a military hold on it. The hold is to reserve their US phone number while they are serving overseas. Once they arrive overseas, they usually buy a SIM Card and put that in their phone. this will also give them an international phone number. Skype is also another option and always consider the time zone difference. I do believe they get leave time while but i am not sure how often or for how long.
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Comment by CryptoDad on March 27, 2015 at 6:42pm
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My daughter was in the Middle East for a year. Between the wifi on base and her apartment, we used Skype all the time. Phones were too expensive, so she put her's on hold.
Sailors continue to accrue leave at the rate of 2.5 days a month, no matter where they are. Many use their leave to do sightseeing abroad. My daughter did get one free plane ride home during her Middle Eastern assignment.
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Comment by Anti M on March 29, 2015 at 5:57pm
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In Japan, they need to purchase a phone there, ours do not work. The SIM card thing varies country by country, service carrier by carrier. They can use Vonage or Magic Jack for low cost calling, and there are apps for free texting (Viber is one). Email and communicating via Skype over wifi will be your mainstays.
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Comment by Sonya209 on March 30, 2015 at 9:16am
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Thanks Leach 73, Lakeida, CryptoDad and Anti M!!!
All of your responses are duly noted and I will talk to my son and make sure he places his phone on hold and we will definitely use Skype and other resources to communicate!
Thanks so much for the feedback!! I appreciate you all and this site so much because of the plethora of information that we could obtain. We are all in the same boat (no pun intended) lol and the help and support that gain from one another is needed and valued!
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Comment by Anna on April 28, 2015 at 12:03am
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Sonya209,
My son and son in law were both overseas and our whole family used Kik. They used internet to text and we could use cell towers or internet. I was so shocked one time as I was riding in the car but texting back and forth with my son in Afghanistan, It was as though he was in yhe next city!!!! Highly recommend it, You can send pics too!!!
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