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Deployments
Hey Girlfriends, Fiance's, and Wives! My boyfriend is currently in A School at Great Lakes Naval Base. It is estimated that next summer sometime is when we find out where he is going to C School, and then shortly after that he is deployed. We often talk about deployments and I was wondering from the women who currently have sailors on deployment- how do you keep in touch? I hear it's different for every ship! Also, my sailor was explaining to me that it is suggested that women and their sailors figure out a code to communicate with when your sailor is coming home from deployment! For example, his teacher was telling him that his wife and him would use verses in the bible for the month and day that he was coming home! Wondering what kind of codes you girls may use!
Thank you!
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Permalink Reply by meagan5220 on
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The code idea is used quite a bit, you will usually know about when they are coming home, not for sure, but round about, the code is used a lot for port visits. In our ALFA (FRG for many ships) meeting they suggested using like MLB teams for the days and colors for the months. So they could say we are pulling into port 4 on Yankees in blue. :) We dont have one bc he was too lazy to make one before he left. lol As far as communication goes it is different for every ship for my husbands. its strictly email, no facebook, calls are aloud but no sykpe on the ship, Idk what all differences there are but I have been told his carrier is one of the strictest in the Navy.. idk if its true just what my sailor was told by a chief. They will know dates ahead of time. Heck as a spouse I knew when they were pulling into their first port before my sailor did, I also knew how many months of tax free (combat zone), how many ports for sure, possible port visits (2 are up in the air due to multiple issues). If you are a spouse by that time go to those meetings. FRG= Family Readiness Group
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Permalink Reply by chelsjade17 on
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Thank you so much girls! All of those answers definitely helped! We still have a while before my sailor is deployed but I just like to be ready! How do you women keep sane? Haha, I'm not sure how I'm going to handle deployments...how are you women handling it?
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I am actually doing really well. I thought it would be worse. But I am staying beyond busy. I am making money, planning a move, and looking for a house. I feel I am doing too well somedays honestly. My sailor missed Christmas. is missing V day, our anniversary and a few other things and instead of being horribly tore up about it I am sending him a box for each one. Thinking about the deployment in terms of care packages is making it seems a lot shorter. also I do a count up. count downs violate opsec! but at the end of each day I put what day # it is. and know I am one day closer. Plus I know roundabout what day # they should be coming home so it is a countdown in a way.
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Permalink Reply by lalagoe on
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Yes... code is helpful. It can be difficult to get information from time to time. You can really get creative when it comes to code as long as it's easy for you both to remember. (movie titles, song lyrics.... a long time ago we used to call his homecoming a completely different event... like an imaginary person's birthday) You can also get the Family Readiness Group information for that ship and you can get updates from them.
Email is about the only contact we have... a phone call every couple of weeks or so... whenever he passes by a phone that's free or even if the phones are working. Sometimes email will go down for days too.
So keep busy, keep distracted, and keep strong.
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Permalink Reply by Nicolynn on
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Hello!
My boyfriend and I are going through out first deployment together right now... not too much longer and time goes faster than you'd think after a while and you develop a routine. We only knew 11 days in advance that he was going out to the ship - but that's normally not the case. I was kind of glad to find out out of the blue so that we didn't dwell on it for months on end. It was just a lot to get situated in a short amount of time.
He is on a frigate, and said this is the worst communication he's had on a boat - to me though, it is better than I expected. We email daily, sometimes even multiple times. There are days occasionally where email is down, backed up, or being worked on... so those days go really slow, but try not to worry. I try to number my messages/pictures that way we can verify we've gotten everything. He brought an old prepaid phone with him and certain ports have chips you can put in them and load minutes on to them. So we were able to talk on the phone for a few days last visit which was amazing!
I'm in school 40hrs a week and work about 15 hrs.. and take care of our bills, apartment, etc. It's a lot but it really does help to stay busy. Learn to value your time alone and use it to improve your life and grow! I'm stronger already because of this. And this deployment has made us even more sure that we want to be together in the long haul.
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Thanks everyone! I guess the deployment codes are different for everyone. I've had a hard time so far keeping busy, but it gets easier everyday! I'm going on foreign exchange to Greece for a month next summer so hopefully if that's during his first deployment that will keep my mind off of things!
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