well as you all know my dh is gettin ready to come home from a year long deployment in the next few weeks.lately he hasnt been calling like he does usually and I dont know why.I wonder if any of you guys can help me understand the whole redeploymnet process and why he hasnt been callin now that we're so close to the end .im so anxious for him to be home that im having really bad mood swings due to the lack of communication, i mean he went from calling me everyday to now calling me once a week.i just want to know do they work longer hours when they fixing to come home or what?? any info that you guys can share will be appreciated.

They get extremely busy near the end of a deployment. They have to account for everything they brought with them and make sure that what they are leaving behind for their replacements are in working order. On top of that, they are packing their own stuff to bring back. This is all in addition to the regular work that they have been doing for the last 12-15 months.

Just think about what it is like to work a full time job and then get ready to move somewhere else. You have all this extra stuff to do but you still have to do your full time job. That is what he is going through except that he is also worrying about people shooting at him or lobbing mortars in his direction. It's surprising to me at all that they have any time to talk to people back here during this timeframe.

From my own experience, the last four days of my deployments (different because I was on a Polaris submarine but still returning from a deployment) I usually had about four hours of sleep because of everything that I had to do to get ready to return. I was the guy that was ironing his uniform at 3:00 a.m. the day we left because that was the only time that I could get away from my work.

For my husband the last 3-4 weeks of a deployment were always super busy. They had to do a turnover and transfer things they had learned or were working on to the incoming crews.

As mturnb said, this was all in addition to his regular duties. Then on top he was packing up to get his personal belongings shipped back home with the squadron.

Don't worry too much about it.


Mom

thank you sgtmom and mturnb for sharing your knowledge with me and helping me understand what goes on when theyre redeploying i can only imagine all the hard work theyre having to do. I know my dh is just as excited as i am about coming home. thank you again for all the support you guys keep showing everyone on this site , i couldnt have made it through this journey without this site it has definitely made a difference and made this whole year went flying for me.