Dang National Guard

so, as i posted before, my boyfriend is leaving for 6 months for AIT (training). He left a few days ago, and a day after he left he called me and went, "they didn't organize things right. I am not able to start taking my classes for another 2-3 months". SO, he is going to be gone for 8-9 months instead of 6.

People could be a little more organized once in a while..especially when it affects everybody else's life.

sorry, just had to vent, it is quite upsetting and frustrating.

Sorry to hear this Amy. Being away from eachother for so long has really got to suck:(

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Originally Posted by ZEKESMOM

Sorry to hear this Amy. Being away from eachother for so long has really got to suck:(

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it does. it also gives us time to build our relationship though. He is aloud to have his cell phone at AIT, and because we are young, we really need to build a strong friendship. Being away gives us time to endlessly (sp?) discuss anything we want to.

Best wishes in getting through him being gone. I think I would go stir crazy if I had to be away from my hubby for that long!

thanks! i have a ton of support, and am really close with his family. this time around it is not 3 months (as it was for boot camp), so it will be a lot harder, but he also gets access to his cell phone and computer. it wont be tooo bad.

Oh Amy Amy. Welcome to the world of the military. Just as long as their needs are met they really don't tend to care how much they mess with the lives of the enlisted.
Yes, I am a bit bitter due to a current run around with the Navy but all in all it's still the same.
Wish you luck. :)

As Entropy said...get used to things like this, especially being in the guard. I've had to put up with alot more crap than I care to talk about during my time in.

well....that bites. I hope this is the last mishap/inconvience we will have with the NG, but i doubt it. As my bf always says, you have to hurry up to wait when you are with the Army...

Amy, I guarantee this will not be the last problem you encounter but I do hope everything works out for you two.

I second the guarantee!

Thanks! I appreciate the well wishes/realism. lol. His mom has some pretty high up friends in the NG, so he already has a great deal with them, i'm hoping that if something else goes wrong it wont be tooo bad.

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Originally Posted by Entropy

Oh Amy Amy. Welcome to the world of the military. Just as long as their needs are met they really don't tend to care how much they mess with the lives of the enlisted.
Yes, I am a bit bitter due to a current run around with the Navy but all in all it's still the same.
Wish you luck. :)

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Heh...it's not just the enlisted lives that get screwed around...trust me. :rolleyes: Anything run by the government is gonna be messed up...it's just a fact of life.

Good luck with that separation, Amy. Seems like you're zeroing in on the key to success in a military life, which is to always find the positive side of any situation and stay focused on that. ;)

I hear ya Judy. Never wanted to be a military wife but by the time this choice happened I was a bit attatched. Now that I am a military wife I can't WAIT until it can be over, half tempting me to go build a wood hut in the middle of nowhere so they can't find us ever again lol.

Amy,


My advice is to thank your lucky stars (or your God; whichever is most appropriate) that he is serving here (stateside) and safe. There are many other locations where he could be deployed for much longer and in much more hazardous conditions.
I salute your fiance for his service to our great country :salute: , and the sacrifices that you and he are making.

JT

Perfect example of something positive to fix on James. I feel very lucky that my husband is stationed on a ship instead of being one of the sailors involved in the individual augmentation program and sent to Iraq or Afganastan(sp) or someplace equally as explosive.
However I always keep the families of the soldiers overseas in my thoughts and hope for a safe return for all.

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Originally Posted by James Tomlinson

Amy,


My advice is to thank your lucky stars (or your God; whichever is most appropriate) that he is serving here (stateside) and safe. There are many other locations where he could be deployed for much longer and in much more hazardous conditions.
I salute your fiance for his service to our great country :salute: , and the sacrifices that you and he are making.

JT

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Thank you. i really appreciate that, and i know he does as well.
I am very glad that he is safe. He still has 6 more years to go, so that could change, but i will cross that bridge when/if it comes. No use worrying about it now.
And yes, being an army wife is a hard job. when i went to the PX with chris i saw a ton of bumber stickers that said, "The hardest job in the army is being the wife" or something along those lines.
The distance, and the time apart only brings us closer when he returns, so i try to think that him being away is for the good.