Tinker AF base here we come!!!!!

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Permalink Reply by toriimarie on May 27, 2011 at 10:41am

Congratulations! My husband will be home with our 9 month old and 4 year old when I leave for boot camp in a couple of weeks and I'm so nervous! I just keep hoping I'm doing the right thing and everything will work out and I won't cry all day every day being away from my kids lol!

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Permalink Reply by navymalespouse on June 2, 2011 at 11:26pm

Here is what I can tell you.  The first week that you get there will most likely be your toughest.  My wife told me that when they make you write your first letter home giving your husband his password for the entrance she was extremely overwhelmed. Stay strong and know for sure that it Will get better! If you ever want to talk or email or anything just inbox me.  I wish you the best of luck!! Take care.  Last thing...the girls there will most likely be younger and very immature.  Just stay focused and stay away from the drama that will be surrounding you.  Ok, take care.

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Permalink Reply by malgal on July 13, 2011 at 3:34pm

Hello I saw your post and I was very intrigued. I am considering joining the navy, and I am a mother of two kids 3 yrs old and 1 yr old. My husband is currently in the army but is getting out may 2012 after that we do not have a plan and I have been wanting to join the navy since before I found out I was pregnant with my daughter. Now that my husband will be done with the military I am seeing this as a great opportunity to join. However I am having some anxiety about being away from my family for bc and a school... Like I feel guilty leaving my family. So how did your wife do it. Lol. What Rate is doing? How did she decide that? How did yall get on a air force base lol. I need advice encouragement... everything

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Permalink Reply by navymalespouse on July 14, 2011 at 11:24am

I will be honest with you.  It is very, very hard to be away from your kids and spouse.  It will require a lot of patience and understanding that there is a light at the end of the tunnel.  It is different for a mother to be away from her kids then it is for a father to be away.  My wife kept knowing that the same reasons she was sad, lonely and unhappy was the same motivation for her to keep pressing on.  Take into consideration how much support your husband would have, how your kids would react without their mother and the uncertainty of knowing where you will be stationed for the next four years.  Birthdays, weddings, cook-outs will be missed but the future you will be setting up for your family is not measureable.  I am not talking you into or out of it.  I would not change it for the world.  I learned a lot about myself about my faith, about being a father, husband and overall being a support system for my wife.  We absolutely love the spot (in life) that we are in NOw but it was definitely very difficult.  Especially, when two weeks into it you look up and say Why did i do this?...haha...but I assure you that any worthwhile reward requires heavy sacrifice.  I hope you make the right decision which I know you will because either one is a win-win.  Ok take care!

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Permalink Reply by bluesandshoes on June 28, 2012 at 10:26pm

I hope you like Tinker AFB, I'm from around the area!  Believe it or not, there are lots of activities and things to do.  Be prepared for the heat! And bitter cold!  Lots of nice people around.  

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Permalink Reply by navymalespouse on July 2, 2012 at 10:00pm

Excellent! we absolutely love it here!

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