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RE: Military wives support - 5/8/2009 4:10:55 PM
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angel_wings13
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I too am very sorry to hear about your Mom Julie. She and your son will be in my prayers.
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RE: Military wives support - 5/15/2009 2:15:42 PM
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angel_wings13
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I discussed this a bit in the chat thread, but I'll put it out here too.
My darling went back to his base for more training this week. Obviously he has been doing computer courses since his knee is hurt. After taking his Captain and Chief (he is a firefighter) down to the clinic for 3 straight days he finally got all the paper work straightened out to get approved by Tricare. So...he finally got an appointment for next Thursday with a local orthopedic specialist. I just hope that since it has been almost 3 weeks since he hurt his knee he hasn't done further damage to it.
On a happier note...he is on his way home from training as we speak. This will be the first year since we have been together that he will be home for my birthday. He has either been out of the state on training or in Iraq. I'm very excited about spending my birthday with him and the kids this year!
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RE: Military wives support - 5/15/2009 8:28:15 PM
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angel_wings13
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Seems like the wives or soldiers do a lot of fighting too. LOL
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RE: Military wives support - 5/16/2009 7:42:39 AM
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BlessedMamaofmany
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Yes we do LOL
Angel, how awesome that he will be home for your birthday! And good that he finally got through the red tape. I hope his knee heals quickly!
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RE: Military wives support - 5/16/2009 8:24:07 AM
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angel_wings13
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Thank you blessedmama
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RE: Military wives support - 7/17/2009 11:49:10 PM
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prladymmouse
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Hey All i am new here. I just got married to my husband. He is navy reserves and we just found out that he gets deployed to afganastan. Never have done this before so Alil scared and don't know what to expect. So if you have any words of wisdom. Would love to hear it. 
Sarah
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RE: Military wives support - 7/18/2009 6:56:23 AM
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BlessedMamaofmany
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Welcome!
Best advice:
one day at a time. Get to the end of one day and that's a victory! And TONS of prayer.
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RE: Military wives support - 7/18/2009 12:59:47 PM
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Mollymouser
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Welcome!!!
My wonderful DH has been deployed to Iraq 6 times (so far) ... and I've found that a number of things can really help (in addition, of course, to prayer!)
1. PAPERWORK PREPARATION ... make sure before he leaves that you have all the paperwork in order. This includes a signed power of attorney, access to his DFAS MyPay account/LES, a list of important contact numbers at the base (pay people, family readiness group), and that you also know where all the non-military related paperwork is ... insurance, bills, banking, etc. And, make sure about things like wills, life insurance, etc.... I know this can be a tough topic, but you will both feel better knowing it's being handled well.
2. AROUND-THE-HOUSE PREPARATION ... Do you know where receipts are? How everything works? Do the cars need to have the oil changed? Do you have a plan for car repairs, flat tires, broken sprinklers? Lawn mowing? Handy-man type repairs? While he doesn't have to have everything done before he goes, it is good to have a plan in place.
3. COMMUNICATION PREPARATION ... Before my DH left, we agreed that our primary form of communication would be emails and that the subject line of all my emails would be the date and time.... and that any urgent ones would be marked URGENT. This way, if he only had time to read/respond to a few, they were prioritized for him. I would send him about 5-6 emails per day, just little reports (diary style) of what was going on back home, sometimes with photos attached. This way, he didn't feel out of the loop so much, and I felt like I still had access to "talk" to him. I also knew to carry the cell with me in case he could call. He didn't have access to Skype or webcams at his base -- but maybe your DH will. I also planned to send him about 3 cards per week, and 1 care package box every other week or so. (We used the flat rate Priority Mail boxes for $10 ... you can fit a lot in there) I always decorated the boxes, and looked for "themes" for his boxes (the halloween box had lots of candy, plastic spiders, little toy pumpkins).
4. GET A GOOD ROUTINE / SCHEDULE. To the extent possible, I tried to maintain my normal routines and schedules while he was gone, with some "extras" added in. One of my girlfriends and I got together for dinner and watching a DVD once a week, every week ... which was nice. Another friend would try to do something with me every week, too. And I spend more time volunteering when DH is gone (we're pretty active in animal rescue.) Don't just stay home alone and mope/fret/worry ... plan things every week to get up, go out, and DO.
5. MAKE A CALENDAR .... rather than counting down months, weeks, days until my DH would come home, I tried to think in terms of "pay periods" (so it seemed shorter, lol!) He will be home in 8 more pay periods .... 6 more pay periods ... etc.
6. STAY CONNECTED ... with church friends, family, friends, an online communities. In addition to this delightful group of women, you may also want to check out this military forum: http://forums.about.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx?webtag=ab-usmilitary (I post there as Mollymouser) I also play around in the forums supported by Military Spouse magazine, too.
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RE: Military wives support - 7/18/2009 4:31:48 PM
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PrincessDonna
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Praying for Sarah and crew today, as her hubby ships out. They've been on my heart all week.
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RE: Military wives support - 7/19/2009 8:25:15 AM
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HI all...just wanted to check in here. I think I forgot to put here, but Paul was transferred to Korea (pcs, 12mo unaccompanied). He left yesterday morning at 6am, had a three hour layover in Dallas, then on to Seoul. I got a text just after 2am that he made it there, so that wasn't too bad...only 15 hours from Dallas to Seoul. Much shorter then most of our flights when we lived in Germany.
Once he gets wherever he is supposed to go over there, and gets an address, I will pass on that info to you that want it. I am just hoping that because this isn't a deployed thing it will be easier to talk with or send him stuff.
Oh and the dealing with problems has already started...the city's bulk trash pick-up was supposed to be a few weeks ago, but they finally made it over here yesterday. Everyone else on the road got done, but not us...fun fun. Now I have to figure out why they never got it. I HATE dealing with little stuff like this when he is gone.
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RE: Military wives support - 7/19/2009 9:47:07 PM
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manda59
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I wonder if it's at all likely that Sarah's Paul is at the same base as Cinderella's brother, seeing as they're both in South Korea?
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