Guantanamo Bay Moms - GTMO

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Comment by Kimme on November 12, 2009 at 11:19am

I just got a call from my son's old duty station wishing me a Happy Veteran's Day and asking if I needed anything since my son is deployed. I thought that was just the nicest thing! It was almost like having contact with my son.

Comment by Rana; Cody's Mom on November 9, 2009 at 5:07pm

Hi Jody,
Yes, cell phones don't work there. They can purchase an international phone card on base and use pay phones to call home. Cody gets wifi in the Liberty Center and we skype . I think there are several other locations to get wifi.

Comment by Jody on November 9, 2009 at 4:09pm

Did I read somewhere that cell phones do not work here? Where do they get phone access and how and where do they have computer access?
Thanks,

Comment by Kimme on November 9, 2009 at 12:48pm

Thanks Celesta - NFM is one of the only places I dont feel like a crazy mom...you all understand. Its nice to have that support. Hubby looks at me confused saying "you are doing something nice for him, why are you crying?" I sent a whole dried turkey dinner. lol turkey jerky, wasabi peas, potato sticks, dried cranberries, pumpkin seeds and pumpkin pie pudding. He will have to use his imagination a little.

Comment by Celesta on November 9, 2009 at 12:41pm

Kimme, I understand how you feel. Justin has been in the Navy for 4 years and up until March stationed within a 12 hour drive home. He has missed Thanksgiving before but never Christmas. So I understand how you feel. Christmas will be so different without him home. I am sending him a small Christmas tree and decorations as soon as I get back home. I feel very blessed that he has the TAD where I could visit him.

Comment by Kimme on November 9, 2009 at 12:19pm

Celesta, congrats!

I will be looking at google earth after this email. I am missing my son so much more now that he is deployed. Funny that when he was in the states for a year I didnt feel the loss as much. I guess its that I cant get to him that has me so sad. I got a care package together for his Thanksgiving and cried at walmart - crazy mom! He was not home last thanksgiving either but state side so I felt closer.

Comment by Lisa on November 9, 2009 at 11:47am

Celesta - Congrats on your son's engagement. It is so nice to finally get to hug your kids after being away from them for so long. Linda 424 - thanks for the info on Google Earth. I spent half hour last night "looking" @ the base and all the camps. I saw the PX and places where he has told me they go to.

Comment by Celesta on November 8, 2009 at 9:51pm

Hello ladies. I have to share my good fortune. I am current in NEW YORK visiting my son. He is on TAD so we drove up from Kentucky to be with him for a few days. He has been gone since March and after this it will be September 2010 before I see him again. I am so lucky to have this chance. Then to top that off, today he proposed to his girlfriend. She said Yes.

Comment by Linda 424 on November 8, 2009 at 6:32pm

If You Want To "See" The Base GO TO Google Earth And Put In Guantanamo Bay. Then You Can Go In Using Your Mouse Roller. Its Neat My Son Was Able To Show Me Tennis Courts Pools Etc That He Used. It Made Me Feel Alot Closer To Him.

Comment by Jody on November 7, 2009 at 2:52pm

Well it's official, my son received his orders to go to GTMO. Will be leaving his current base at the Christmas holidays, taking leave then has to report to MS. for training and then of to Cuba in Feb. He is happy about it, so I have been out looking for swim wear. Not an easy find in November.
Would appreciate any more heads up you can think of before he leaves.

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