As a matter of security for you and your family members, please be careful in how much information you post to this public forum. Dates, names, units, troop movements and so forth need to be kept out of posts as much as possible.

If you see a post that you feel has too much information or is inflammatory, please email me at sgtmom@military.com.

If you are unsure on posting something, feel free to contact me prior to posting at the same email address above.

Thank you,

Sgt Mom

I agree with this for the safety of our soldiers! and our families

I would like a do's and don'ts on this site for security purposes. It's my first time in the site. I'm a Mom who is new at this and don't know what to do and I don't want to do anything to harm anyone. Please help me understand this site. Thank You

Hi everyone, I to am a new Military Mom, and any suggestions or help in any matter would be greatly apprechated. Iam so greatful for this website, Lord knows God was in control of My search when I found it. I apprechate all the Military the ones that joined and the Families and now I find myself one of the family.
Gods love to us all.

What is the best way to send mail?

Hi to all ! I am a new navy mom, thanks for this forum. As soon I've read all the safety nets I will post my questions.

God Bless to all

Welcome aboard, Info.

Just found this site. Thank you for being here. My son was deployed yesterday and I'm a mess. My husband is a 100% disabled vietnam vet and my daughter will be in college this fall. I truly have an empty nest and my hands full of stress.
I wish I could be closer but pray alot each day.

Hi Moms,, welcome to our group!
I have learned in the past month, NOT to expect much "info" from my son on the "who,what,where,when"of where he is. Both telephone calls and emails are monitored, so I always ask about how the camels and sand are,,and he takes up the conversation from there!!
Take care!
NavyMom in R.I.

I too would like a list of dos and don'ts. Can you post it here? I'm brand new at this and will have a tendency to ramble and ask MANY questions. I really appreicate this service. It will make getting info much easier.
Thank you

Hi Mattsmom, I too am dealing with 'emptynest' but I can only imagine the tightness in your chest and fears. I've been wandering around different sites but am glad to find this parents forum. Knew it was here, just takes me awhile to figure out Military.com. A great site for all kinds of information, if you know how to find it. Glad I did. Hang in there moms, our love will see us through!

Do any of you know anyone who has had to "go before" a medical board regarding a possible pre-existing condition? I'd appreciate any kind of info. re: this.

bambifour@excite.com

bambifour
Basic Training

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What is involved with a medical board? IF my daughter has to "go before" one regarding a possible pre-existing condition I want to be there! She was TOTALLY cleared as 'normal'(for any teenager ) after a fainting spell so I counseled her that she didn't need to report any "issues" that didn't result in any diagnosis or cause. A recent Navy EEG came back normal but they are sending her to cardiologist and LOTS more tests. She had them pre-navy and all was fine. How can they put the fear "of God" in her now?
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hello all my son just went to boot camp and now i am lost any advice to get me through would be appriciated

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hello all my son just went to boot camp and now i am lost any advice to get me through would be appriciated

Just remember that you do not own your child anymore. my kid got sick at basic and had to stay longer and messed up plane tickets and such and the base lost her. so just remember that they will take care of your child 100%

Sounds like most of you all are military moms, but I'm a military dad, and when I was 18 I processed to get into the Air Force, and didn't tell my parents anything about it until three days before I had to leave!! My father, a WWII veteran, was proud, my mother called the recruiter, but there was nothing she could do. And this was during the Vietnam era. But I came home safe and sound after my enlistment expired.

My son, pictured below, has been in Iraq for about six months. I have found that the best way to contact him is e-mail, everyone in the Army (I presume other services as well) has an e-mail address, but let me give you a word of advice: be sure you put something in the subject line, if you don't you get a response from the Army saying they checked the e-mail because they thought it was spam.

However, he likes to get something at "mail call", so I send him written letters and pictures as well. He has everyday access to computers as his job involves computers and communications equipment, and according to him there are computers the soldiers can access even if they don't work with them.

We have a group of ladies in the neighborhood that prepares what we used to call "Care" packages, everything from candy, beef jerky, Slim Jims, hand lotion, sun tan lotion, up to flash drives, and the soldiers really like that kinda stuff. I wouldn't advise sending anything of a military nature that they might use on duty, such as body armor, because it might not be approved for use by the military.

I know it is easy to worry about the kids over there, I hope everyone realizes that what we are going through now in Iraq and Afganistan is not a real war in the conventional sense where uniformed armies are clashing on a battlefield somewhere, and casualities are high. The overwhelming majority of the kids come home safe.

My son is in the 82nd Airborne Division, and he has been through alot of training that will help him to deal with the goings-on in Iraq. He has been out on a few convoys, and has seen a few things that remind him that he is in a war zone, but he has never gotten into a shooting confrontation.

I wish you all the best and I try to keep all the service members in my thoughts and prayers.

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Can some one tell me if I can send a Ipod to my son

Do you have the dos and don'ts list? I am new to this site and have learned alot but I can't figure alot out as well. I hope all is well with your son. Mine left yesterday and I am dying inside today. This is my last child at home and my only son. The nest is empty and and so am I. I know this will get easier on the outside of me but will it get easier on the inside? I also have a tendency to ramble. God Bless

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Originally posted by caroldp56:
I too would like a list of dos and don'ts. Can you post it here? I'm brand new at this and will have a tendency to ramble and ask MANY questions. I really appreicate this service. It will make getting info much easier.
Thank you

Read the "newbies Check in Here " and the Changes and Guidelines" threads that are stickied at the top of the Military Spouses and Community Forum.

just sent a message. read and let me know if info is too much.