The long and the short answer to that question is this: NO. We still have months to go ladies and this is when depression really starts to set in, especially with all the rumors flying around that they will be home at such and such a time while the chain of command is sticking with the party line of "the orders are for a year." It sucks donkey balls, but if you just run with that idea of them being gone the FULL fucking year, you are less apt to get your heart broken. Sorry. There's no easy way to say it, but now is the time to break out the big girl panties and suck it up.
OPSEC demands silence on the whole redeployment thing. And there is actually a very good precedence for this line of thinking. My husband's first deployment to the Stan in 2002: on the plane to come home. They take off from Kandahar and the pilots have to take evasive measures because some mother fucking enemy asshole decided to fire an anti-aircraft gun at them. So, take your pick. Staying in the dark about homecoming until the last possible minute or having some Taliban fucker get the info and kill all the boys? Gee, let me think. . .
NO matter what you hear, no matter what your husband tells you, MAINTAIN OPSEC and keep it to yourself. This is not some bitchy wife who thinks she knows it all trying to tell you what to do--this is a serious safety issue first and foremost. But it's also a big morale issue. If a wife gets it in her head that her husband is going to be home for the holidays and he doesn't come home is absolutely heartbreaking. Towing the party line is the best way to keep our emotions in check. I'm about to have a nervous fucking breakdown. The anticipation is killing me and incessant phone calls from my harem are NOT fucking helping. I am NOT suggesting that I won't help you if you need help, but don't ask me about redeployment anymore. I DON'T FUCKING KNOW WHEN THEY WILL BE HOME!!!!
**Yes, I have a harem. I talk about my wives all the time because they are my source of sanity and I get a lot of funny looks from POGs who have no idea about the Army, so I've just decided it's more fun to fuck with them and say I have a harem than to go into a long explanation about FRGs and POCs that no one in their right mind could give a flying fuck about.
2 comments:
yeah i am about at my breaking point too. i am sooooo ready for this geployment to end. i think everybody is. it feels like it has been a lifetime. but i have tried to keep my cool. i agree with you when you say the depression is starting to set in. oh boy. 3 kids by myself. yeah i am ready for my best friend to be home. and when i get the chance to talk to him he is sounding that way also. he has been irritable the last couple phone calls.but i cant blame him. it has been hard on all of us.
as long as he comes home in one piece i will be happy. although it would be nice to know!! your awesome kate and your blogs have helped me out. whether they make me laugh or cry. i love reading them. lets me know i am not the only person feeling this way!! thanks lady and keep em coming!!
I'm glad they help you out. That was the point (aside from having a chance to bitch). We are all in the same boat, regardless of rank of number of deployments. It still sucks. Hang in there. I will try to be funny next time, just for you!
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