Surviving Deployment

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Comment by Holly - I'm a Sailor's girl on October 31, 2009 at 5:05pm

aww i know he's getting a lot of packages cuz his friends girlfriends and his family are all putting together packages for Christmas for a lot of the guys so it'll be good!!

Comment by LLovemytwosailors on October 31, 2009 at 4:10pm

One month I did "get the family involved." I contacted his aunts, uncles, cousins, parents, etc. and asked them so send me something small from them. Then I put all those things in a box and sent it to him. Some were just letters or notes but he loved it.

Comment by Holly - I'm a Sailor's girl on October 30, 2009 at 7:05pm

that's a cute idea! last month i sent him some brownies, magazines, pictures, and a bear. This month i sent him a movie, more pictures, and some cookies!! It's pretty cool being able to send him things!

Comment by LLovemytwosailors on October 30, 2009 at 6:57pm

When my husband was gone. I use to do something I called the "project of the month". One month I took photos and sent them to him. Then I cooked or made candy. Well you get the idea.. I helped pass the time. Instead of 6 months, it was only 6 projects.

Comment by Holly - I'm a Sailor's girl on October 30, 2009 at 6:34pm

yea he normally emails me every other day sometimes every day! He's been gone for about a month so that's one month down!!!

Comment by LLovemytwosailors on October 30, 2009 at 5:50pm

That's better than a sub. My son is on a fast attack submarine. They have been gone 8+ months and we have only heard from him 3 times. The last being the first week in Sept. Being on a surface ship, he will have access to a computer and will be able to send and recieve e-mails. Just don't expect him to e-mail you daily. Esp. when they first leave, they are very busy. Also, surface ships make port calls. So you should be able to talk him when they are in port. If you know where they are going, you can buy him a phone card for him to use. Just make sure it is the right one for where they are going. Oh, BTW, they do get mail while deployed and they love packages from home.

Comment by Holly - I'm a Sailor's girl on October 30, 2009 at 5:32pm

My Fiance is on a surface ship

Comment by LLovemytwosailors on October 30, 2009 at 5:21pm

Sailorsbaby, Welcome to the group. Is you son on a sub or surface ship?

Comment by Holly - I'm a Sailor's girl on October 30, 2009 at 4:45pm

Hi! My fiance and I are going through our first deployment together and I'm looking for some encouragement!!

Comment by LLovemytwosailors on October 14, 2009 at 12:14pm

They did get to go to some really nice ports of call. They stopped at Oslo twice, London and somewhere in Scotland. We are hoping that he will get to come home for Thanksgiving. His brother has also put in for Thanksgiving leave. It would mean that I would have them both home at the same time. That would be a huge first and probably won't happen again for years.

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