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Permalink Reply by meg huston on February 1, 2011 at 2:44pm

This is our 4th deployment our first to afghanistan and this has been the worst as far as communication I'm lucky to hear from him every other month or get a letter once in a great while it isn't easy and while I don't freak lol It does drive me crazy.  I've tried telling him that if he could pull it off more than every other month it would do his daughters a lot of good (and mommy to of course) but I know its not always possible unfortunately you become resigned to it eventually

Permalink Reply by Jharmesha White on February 6, 2011 at 6:47pm

Wow... 4 deployments? That's a lot of separation... But you would think that with all they do, there would be some special kind of cell phone plan or something. My son loves being able to see daddy on skype, but lately, that's next to impossible because the connections are so bad...
meg huston said:

This is our 4th deployment our first to afghanistan and this has been the worst as far as I'm lucky to hear from him every other month or get a letter once in a great while it isn't easy and while I don't freak lol It does drive me crazy.  I've tried telling him that if he could pull it off more than every other month it would do his daughters a lot of good (and mommy to of course) but I know its not always possible unfortunately you become resigned to it eventually

Permalink Reply by meg huston on February 10, 2011 at 4:56pm

his unit disabled skype because of opsec issues from some of the soldiers we've occasionaly managed yahoo but they don't have cameras

Jharmesha White said:

Wow... 4 deployments? That's a lot of separation... But you would think that with all they do, there would be some special kind of cell phone plan or something. My son loves being able to see daddy on skype, but lately, that's next to impossible because the connections are so bad...
meg huston said:

This is our 4th deployment our first to afghanistan and this has been the worst as far as I'm lucky to hear from him every other month or get a letter once in a great while it isn't easy and while I don't freak lol It does drive me crazy.  I've tried telling him that if he could pull it off more than every other month it would do his daughters a lot of good (and mommy to of course) but I know its not always possible unfortunately you become resigned to it eventually

Permalink Reply by Jessica Bordner on October 19, 2012 at 3:07pm

Hi Ladies! Im doing my first deployment. Its been hard since when I met my husband he was stationed in Japan and I couldnt move there since Im not on his orders. We have been married over a year now and hes on his first deployment to Afghanistan. Its been hard to talk on skype the connection is not good, but we at least get emails or chats every couple days which is reassuring. The last email said he may not be around for 8-10 days which always puts me in Freak Out mode :( Its hard not to let your mind wonder. Thanks for the support! Jess

meg huston said:

his unit disabled skype because of opsec issues from some of the soldiers we've occasionaly managed yahoo but they don't have cameras

Jharmesha White said:

Wow... 4 deployments? That's a lot of separation... But you would think that with all they do, there would be some special kind of cell phone plan or something. My son loves being able to see daddy on skype, but lately, that's next to impossible because the connections are so bad...
meg huston said:

This is our 4th deployment our first to afghanistan and this has been the worst as far as I'm lucky to hear from him every other month or get a letter once in a great while it isn't easy and while I don't freak lol It does drive me crazy.  I've tried telling him that if he could pull it off more than every other month it would do his daughters a lot of good (and mommy to of course) but I know its not always possible unfortunately you become resigned to it eventually

Permalink Reply by Sarah Stanfield on January 21, 2013 at 4:11pm

hi ladies, this has been my first deployment, My fiance has been in the military for 19 yrs and has been deployed, well now this is his 5th..He is in special operations and loves being in the front of the line, which scares me to death. This has been one of the hardest things I have ever had to deal with because of where he is stationed they arent allowed to use skype or telephones so this mission can't be compromised. So I totally go in this freak mode when i dont hear from him for days, especially when there are times we talk on fb, or IM daily. it's hard because he cant tell me what they are doing and when they are shipped out for "special missions" days go by and i dont hear from him. Its so tough but i write him encouraging emails and fb messages daily so when he does get the chance to come on here he has all these emails from me. He is getting a Liberty Pass to come come for 6 weeks and Im so excited i can't wait. Then he will go back and come home for good and we will settle back into texas, where his home base is. Im trying daily for the kids as well to stay positive and keep busy but it is hard. But we always tell each other Military Spouses are some on the strongest and toughest people out there..there is none like us, we will get through this. i dont have the support from knowing any other military wives so if anyone is interested you can email me at sarahevans21@hotmail.com... Im new to the group so im glad I found you all. :-) Thanks