military help needed

Re: military help needed

littlehays — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:40:27 GMT

[quote user="Emma Bartlett"]

I didn't realise that there are quite a few of us with military partners......now i know! Its feels really good to know that there are fellow veterinary people who know how you feel

When my husband was away i got a couple of letters inviting me to events organised for relatives of people serving abroad but i would never have gone to one as these seemed to be organised around Children etc.........i don't have and actually can't have children (only dogs and cats!) so i would have felt uncomfortable and out of place, i spent lots of time with my friends instead

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totally agree, definitely feels good to know i'm not alone!! expect to using these boards a LOT more when he does go!!

Re: military help needed

Emma Bartlett — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:49:04 GMT

http://www.bfpo.mod.uk/ebluey_home.htm

This is the link for the ebluey. I was lucky as my husband was able to phone pretty much everyday and because of his job i could give parcels directly to my husbands work colleagues and they could organise it to be sent immediately so i could send him loads of goodies and he would recieve it the next day

I didn't realise that there are quite a few of us with military partners......now i know! Its feels really good to know that there are fellow veterinary people who know how you feel

Re: military help needed

chip munk — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:58:23 GMT

If you go into your local post office and ask for a bluey they'll give some to you. Its a special letter that folds into an envelope thats issued to write to serving personnel. The ebluey is the same but you send it as an email....you can add pictures to it....and it gets printed off in the camp they are at. Someone then passes it on to your other half so they get it super fast, but dont write anything that you wouldnt want any one else to read!!!! Go to the British Forces Post Office website for more info. Sorry got to dash to work, anything else just ask me x

Re: military help needed

FINNIGAN — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:57:53 GMT

web address i put in my thread is what he said to look into but no luck so far

Re: military help needed

FINNIGAN — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:56:41 GMT

hes a marine, we havnt been together long, hes done 8months and 4 to go, im new to all this so dont really understand the ifs and buts of contacting, but just know its hard, whats blueys?? any advise from u guys will help me understand more, hes a captain, not sure if this holds any clout too,

Re: military help needed

littlehays — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:50:49 GMT

[quote user="chip munk"]

The first week's the worst. I'm on week 3 now so its got a little better. I try and make sure I have something in my diary everyday to keep me busy and I've got some extra shifts at work coming up.My family's 1000's of miles away which makes it that more difficult. I think 1 of the hardest things I had to do before he went was attend a wives brief. They told us where are husbands are going and what to expect ie no contact from them. I also had to fill in forms nominating 2 family members to be contacted by the MoD if the worse happens which really upset me. He's a medic so he know's he's going to be kept busy. Your hubby will be taking over from mine. Our battalion finishes there in october but it'll probably be november before he's back......he's where all the fatalities have been and I worry so much every day x

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we live together but aren't married, so i don't expect i'd get anything like a brief about it...keeping busy sounds good, and i've actually just handed my notice in so that i can move back home to be around friends/family - absolutely no chance i can do this without them, i know that much. hats off to you for managing!! it's not going to be easy is it i'm hoping a combination of keeping busy, sending lots of parcels regularly and avoiding the news might help....6 months though, just sounds so long!

Re: military help needed

Emma Bartlett — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:18:50 GMT

My husband is in the RAF and he went to Afghanistan just before Christmas.....the 4 months flew by......i just kept busy and got into a routine. My family live 3 hours away so it wasn't even as if i could see them all the time but my friends were brilliant

Re: military help needed

chip munk — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:23:06 GMT

Re: military help needed

littlehays — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:15:12 GMT

how do you all cope when they are away? just found out my partner is off to afghan in october for 6 months, he has previously done 2 tours of iraq but that was before we were together....how on earth do you keep it together and manage without them??

Re: military help needed

chip munk — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 08:54:37 GMT

Oh forgot to say you could also send him eblueys. They will get to him quicker than the normal blueys. Just go to the bfpo website and it'll tell you all about it x

Re: military help needed

chip munk — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 08:50:41 GMT

Hiya,

My husbands currently in afghan and I've never heard of securewirelessconnections. I've asked other army wives and they havent heard of it either. If he's in the main camp he should have access to the phones there, as long as the minimiser isn't on. My husbands on the frontline so communication is difficult at the moment. When he did his tour of iraq in 2005/06 mobile phones were allowed so I got a text everyday but for obvious security reasons they are banned now. Hopefully I'll hear from him soon and as I keep telling myself, no news is good news x

Re: military help needed

Caro Laithwaite VN — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:32:07 GMT

Finnegan you put up an email address if you put up the correct one (l assume web address) we can all have a look see if anyone can see it for you.

Re: military help needed

FINNIGAN — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:37:43 GMT

no he said to go to securredwirelessconnection@armymail.com put in a ref number he has and they set it up, it costs to do so but we can then phone each other and its then free after that, but i cant see where i enter the ref numb, oh its so frustrating!!

Re: military help needed

loopylou711 — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:47:21 GMT

what about skype or msn video call??

Re: military help needed

Caro Laithwaite VN — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:45:13 GMT

Does he mean using skype via computer?