Re: TAlked to DAvid (daughter mentioned)

[Guest guest]

Hi Amy,

I had no idea that they sent them away for such a long time. When my dh was

away on his 6 month detachment I thought that was bad enough, his detachment

was the only one where they were gone for 6 months, if they go to the

falklands or Bosnia they do 4 months. We were expecting a 4 month

detachment, then he got 6 and I was in floods, it was the first time he'd

been away and I couldn't imagine being without him for so long. We got

through it, it isn't easy, it must be so much harder for you. What trade is

your dh, mine is in the Signals and his branch basically do all the

communications and put in and maintain the phones. |Why do men think that

it's better to put a brave face on and pretend that everythings alright,

trying to be strong for us, when all we want is to be told and shown that

they are feeling as down and upset as we are! I hope that you managed to get

some rest and are now sleeping better. Speak to you soon

TAlked to DAvid (daughter mentioned)

> Well, I talked to this morning. He called while I was checking my

mail

> last night. Seems we had a bit of miscommunication. He was saying that

he'd

> call between 7 and 9 this morning, but he gave no specific time for last

> night. It may be good that I missed his call last night bc I had a chance

to

> let myself feel things that I had not before and admit things that I

wouldn't

> before. I wrote him a letter about them and read it to him today and we

got

> it all straightened out. So, yes JoAnn, everything seems to be fine

despite

> all I said last night. Thanks for listening, though. He found out that

he's

> not supposed to come back until August 14, but he gets out the army on the

> 13th, so they are letting him go on the 11th. He said once they set the

> paperwork up to leave on that day, he's going to reenlist. So he should

be

> home on August 11 next year. He's going to find out how much it would

cost

> to buy tickets there so and I can go visit him. They usually

cost

> less there, so maybe. I'm also going to check priceline and travelocity.

> Maybe I can be there for Christmas. He gets 30 days of leave mid-tour, so

> he's going to try to come home in February since that is 6 months. And it

> would be perfect bc that is our anniversary too. I'm really hoping to be

> able to go for Christmas. It would be really nice to still be able to

spend

> that holiday together, and I heard it's really pretty there too. My eyes

> still hurt from crying during this morning's discussion, but he explained

> everything. Part of the reason I was upset is bc he had not been talking

to

> me about his feelings and I was feeling like he didn't care anymore. He

just

> didn't want to upset me, so even when I brought things up he ignored them

so

> I wouldn't be sad. Not exactly the best thing since it left me extremely

> scared and feeling extra lonely, but he was trying to do what he thought

> would be good. Maybe he'll know better now. And I know that he did care.

I

> made sure to tell him lots of times on the phone how much I love him. I

want

> to make sure he knows. He is going to buy stamps today so he can start

> writing to me. It's already night time there (10:30) so his weekend has

> already started. So I guess he'll have plenty of time. He's not allowed

off

> base yet, so there's not that much for him to do.

> Well, I'm going to go now. I didn't sleep well last night, so I am going

to

> try to go get some rest. talk to you all later

>

> Amy

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[Guest guest]

,

HI.

is signal too. It sounds like he and your husband probably trained to

do pretty much the same thing. When they would do field exercises they would

have been able to call if their commanders had allowed it. But they didn't

so we just got a cell phone. We needed one anyway, but it helped out with

him being in the field. Other than his initial training, the longest he'd

ever been gone before now is 2 weeks. That was only once and it was bad

enough. was used to him being gone for about 5 day. They'd

usually leave on Monday and come back Friday. So by that Friday night she

was asking for him. So far she's okay with this one. Anyway. Korea is a

big thing for the US army. There are certain jobs that seem to get sent

alot, while others don't. Signal is one that if you stay in for a long time,

you will definitely go--and I think they usually try to catch you on your

first enlistment. We met someone else at the dr one time who had gone

several times in just 8 years--it was because of his job, helicopter pilot or

something like that. I think part of the problem with it is that the people

who are lucky enough to escape it during their first enlistment don't

reenlist. is still on his first enlistment. He wasn't going to

reenlist if he hadn't gone bc he knew it would be his first station. NOw

that he's there, he's not only wanting to reenlist, but he's considering

making it a career. Well, I'd love to write stay on and write some more. It

definitely helps pass the time. But I just suddenly got this tremendous

headache, so I think I'm going to go lay down for a bit. talk to you later.

Amy

[Guest guest]

,

HI.

is signal too. It sounds like he and your husband probably trained to

do pretty much the same thing. When they would do field exercises they would

have been able to call if their commanders had allowed it. But they didn't

so we just got a cell phone. We needed one anyway, but it helped out with

him being in the field. Other than his initial training, the longest he'd

ever been gone before now is 2 weeks. That was only once and it was bad

enough. was used to him being gone for about 5 day. They'd

usually leave on Monday and come back Friday. So by that Friday night she

was asking for him. So far she's okay with this one. Anyway. Korea is a

big thing for the US army. There are certain jobs that seem to get sent

alot, while others don't. Signal is one that if you stay in for a long time,

you will definitely go--and I think they usually try to catch you on your

first enlistment. We met someone else at the dr one time who had gone

several times in just 8 years--it was because of his job, helicopter pilot or

something like that. I think part of the problem with it is that the people

who are lucky enough to escape it during their first enlistment don't

reenlist. is still on his first enlistment. He wasn't going to

reenlist if he hadn't gone bc he knew it would be his first station. NOw

that he's there, he's not only wanting to reenlist, but he's considering

making it a career. Well, I'd love to write stay on and write some more. It

definitely helps pass the time. But I just suddenly got this tremendous

headache, so I think I'm going to go lay down for a bit. talk to you later.

Amy

[Guest guest]

,

HI.

is signal too. It sounds like he and your husband probably trained to

do pretty much the same thing. When they would do field exercises they would

have been able to call if their commanders had allowed it. But they didn't

so we just got a cell phone. We needed one anyway, but it helped out with

him being in the field. Other than his initial training, the longest he'd

ever been gone before now is 2 weeks. That was only once and it was bad

enough. was used to him being gone for about 5 day. They'd

usually leave on Monday and come back Friday. So by that Friday night she

was asking for him. So far she's okay with this one. Anyway. Korea is a

big thing for the US army. There are certain jobs that seem to get sent

alot, while others don't. Signal is one that if you stay in for a long time,

you will definitely go--and I think they usually try to catch you on your

first enlistment. We met someone else at the dr one time who had gone

several times in just 8 years--it was because of his job, helicopter pilot or

something like that. I think part of the problem with it is that the people

who are lucky enough to escape it during their first enlistment don't

reenlist. is still on his first enlistment. He wasn't going to

reenlist if he hadn't gone bc he knew it would be his first station. NOw

that he's there, he's not only wanting to reenlist, but he's considering

making it a career. Well, I'd love to write stay on and write some more. It

definitely helps pass the time. But I just suddenly got this tremendous

headache, so I think I'm going to go lay down for a bit. talk to you later.

Amy