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Trying to contact my son
Hi, I am fairly new to this site and need some advice on how to contact my son who is now stationed at the navy base in Bahrain. He moved there in January and since he does not have an international plan on his cell phone we have not heard from him. He is in the Military Police on this base. I would like to figure out how to contact him concerning some non threating medical news in our family. Is there a website where I can search for people stationed at different bases and addresses that we can use to write them or even a telephone number we can call and get a message to him. I'm sure he is fine, but it would be nice to speak with him. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!!
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Permalink Reply by judy r on
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First, there isn't anyway I know of to contact him via phone from your end. I assume he gave you a snail mail address and that is the way to contact right now.
Second, my thought only understand that each family is different but as long as medical in NOT life threatening I wouldn't worry him with the news, Now if situation changes different story the red cross will help with death or life threatening situations for immediate family members only. They will need several pieces of information from you to do that.
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Keep in mind the ombudsman can not give you any information about your son or his command, unless he gave the ombudsman your information.
Have you tried to email him, or send him a facebook message and ask him how to get a hold of him? They have access to computers
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Permalink Reply by JustCathy on
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He goes on and off Facebook, and I have sent a couple of messages via that site. Just don't know if he closed his account prior to getting the messages sent by myself and his sister. I may just have to wait for him to contact us. My daughter thinks I'm being pushy about this, but I don't look at it that way. Even though there is nothing he can do about the situation.
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http://www.cnic.navy.mil/Bahrain/Contact/index.htm
Above is a hyperlink with numbers to the base...BUT before you call them and ask them to pass on a message to your son, I would think a lot about it. As your son WILL be called into someones office and questioned as to why his mom is calling the base, and why she thinks it is ok to do that, yes he could get in trouble for you calling when it isn't an emergency.
Think about this...if your son was on his own and worked for a corporation and just hadn't called you for a while, would you call the CEO of the corporation as you hadn't heard from your son and wanted to pass on some non emergency information? If the answer is yes...than go ahead and call the base.
Keep in mind, no one will require him to contact you though
IF it turns into an emergency, this is the proper route to go to send the information http://www.redcross.org/find-help/military-families/emergency-commu...
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Permalink Reply by BunkerQB on
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Leave your non-life-threatening medical news regarding your family member on his Facebook page. If his account is still active, he'll see and will contact you IF he wants. This is HIS decision. He is an adult now as far as the Navy is concerned. If it is a medical emergency (you, his father, siblings in life/death situation), please call RED CROSS. They will take it from there. Your daughter may know how her brother feels better than you know how your son feels. Take her advice. Take a step back. Being a young adult, with responsibilities, he may feel a need for separation from mommy. It's really a phase that all young adult males need to go thru with their mommies. DO NOT CALL HIS COMMANDING OFFICER UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES (except for the family emergency).
P.S. When he does call/email, please don't reprimand him for not contacting you. Emphasize how much you like to hear from him and ask that when he gets a chance just send periodic short notices by email/text that he is doing fine. Don't push. He'll get better at communication when he gets older.
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Thanks everyone for your words of advice! I'll just wait to hear from him. Don't want to embarrass him. Like I said, there is nothing he can do about the situation.
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Permalink Reply by lemonelephant on
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Since he is an MA (Master at Arms--the Navy's Military Police), you may want to join the group, MAA Moms, There is also a group, Bahrain Moms, that you can join. Those groups will offer you info and support. Does your Sailor have facebook? That and Skype are how I stay in contact with my Sailor. Skype has a calling plan that allows your Sailor to call any phone (cell phone or landline) for a very low monthly fee from his computer or iPhone or iPad and when my Sailor was overseas it was much cheaper than any international calling plan he found. If I need him to call me I message him on either fB or Skype and ask him to call when he can and if there is an emergency, he has a stateside number I can call as well.
MA is a rating dear to my heart since I have an MA. I look forward to seeing you in the MAA Moms group. You could ask in that group if there is anyone with an MA currently in Bahrain and if so, to have them friend you on here if they are in contact with their Sailor. Then you can share your Sailor's name in a PM and see if the Sailors know each other and you may be able to get a message to your son to contact you.
(Group names within this reply are clickable links. To join a group, click on the group name and after the group page opens, click on “+ Join...” in the upper right.)
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