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<blockquote data-quote="skeeter" data-source="post: 71726" data-attributes="member: 439"><p>As you can see, my oldest is in the Navy.</p><p></p><p>Now, I had a long time to get used to the idea of him being in the service. He decided at age 12 that he wanted to be an air craft mechanic, and basically lived his high school years with that goal.</p><p>But still, with the things going on in the world today, it COULD be a paralyzing worry to me. Of course, he's probably got one of the "safest" jobs in the military - he's surrounded by a huge air craft carrier, support ships and a sub. Unless he falls off the back end of the ship testing an engine, he's probably safe.</p><p>I know I won't and often can't hear from him every day (Basic Training really brings that one home to you). Once he's deployed (any day now, but definately in November if not before) there will probably be weeks that he may not be in contact.</p><p>I really just decided to use the "no news is good news" method of detaching.</p><p>Unfortunately, his wife hasn't gotten quite as good of a handle on this, and calls me to complain if she's not heard from him. So I spend a lot of time talking to HER about how he can't always get in touch. That part should be real fun when he is deployed.......</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="skeeter, post: 71726, member: 439"] As you can see, my oldest is in the Navy. Now, I had a long time to get used to the idea of him being in the service. He decided at age 12 that he wanted to be an air craft mechanic, and basically lived his high school years with that goal. But still, with the things going on in the world today, it COULD be a paralyzing worry to me. Of course, he's probably got one of the "safest" jobs in the military - he's surrounded by a huge air craft carrier, support ships and a sub. Unless he falls off the back end of the ship testing an engine, he's probably safe. I know I won't and often can't hear from him every day (Basic Training really brings that one home to you). Once he's deployed (any day now, but definately in November if not before) there will probably be weeks that he may not be in contact. I really just decided to use the "no news is good news" method of detaching. Unfortunately, his wife hasn't gotten quite as good of a handle on this, and calls me to complain if she's not heard from him. So I spend a lot of time talking to HER about how he can't always get in touch. That part should be real fun when he is deployed....... [/QUOTE]
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