Dh is driving me crazy....he can't make up his mind wether or not to stay in or get out. He really loves the Corps but really hates his current job. I keep telling him that it is just this unit and when he gets to a different unit or when some of these idiots that is making his life and everyone elses hell leaves, that he will like his job again. Well, now that I have told him that he wants to chage units. There is another unit that is short a couple hundred people and they are going to be asking for volunteers from his unit to go to that unit. Dh thinks that they need SNCO's and if they do then he said his hand will be the first raised. The only problem I have with this is that they are getting ready to deploy real soon. Back to IRAQ!!!!!!!!!!!! GRRRRRRR!!!!! He just got back!

By Marg on Tuesday, November 4, 2003 - 02:25 pm:

(((Hugs))) My dh was in the Navy before during and after we got married from the mid 80's on. I remember we were finally planning to get married but he never knew when he was coming back (he was stationed over there for 14 months and they kept promising he could go home). It was nothing like Iraq, but he sat off the coast of Beirut for 3 months. DH loved the Navy but with the job he had he would have been in Italy or the area a lot, so he got out so he wouldn't be away from me. A few years ago his best friend from the Navy died in a commerical diving accident. The reason I am writing is my dh has the same problem your dh has only not in the military. I'm thinking of you because I know out of all the jobs I think of the military ranks right up there for me because of what they do for our country and us. Without them, I don't what we would do. To be honest with you I'm praying he doesn't have to go back, I know that feeling every time you have to see them off, let alone going to Iraq.

By Mom2kyle on Wednesday, November 5, 2003 - 07:30 pm:

My husbands decsion to get out of th corp had a lot to do with his last unit, so here we are in the civlian world for about 3 months now i guess, its kinda scary but getting used to it

By Insaneusmcwife on Wednesday, November 5, 2003 - 11:19 pm:

I know deep down inside he loves being a Marine. I know that it is just this unit and I hope he realizes it and stays in. We were just talking about going to Africa or somewhere else on MSG duty before he got on this kick of getting out. He seemed real excited to travel again. I guess I will just have to sit and wait it out and hope he makes the right decision whatever that may be. Either way I'm behind him 100%! But for the record I would rather stay in!

By Marg on Thursday, November 6, 2003 - 06:24 am:

I'm still thinking about you Kristie. Last night on the news I heard they are going to call more reservist up in January and send more troops over. Wow, Africa, where would he be stationed.?

By Insaneusmcwife on Thursday, November 6, 2003 - 02:03 pm:

I don't know where exactly in Africa we would be going or even if it would be in Africa. He said that he will choose a few places we would like to go and they would assign him a place after he finished the MSG school. Where ever it is it would be by the ambassador of that country and our childeren would go to scool with the ambassadors childeren. It definately sounds like an adventure and I am all for it. dh would wear suits instead of cammies so that would be a switch. I don't know much about MSG duty but I like to travel. Like I told dh, where else are you going to find a job that pays you to take your family to visit other countries. Marg, Did you get to travel at all while he was in? If so where did you go? We just got back from a 3 year tour in Oki. I loved it and would love to go back again.

By Marg on Thursday, November 6, 2003 - 02:55 pm:

No, he would rotate between Norfolk, VA (I wanted to live there but he did not like the thought of me being alone when he was overseas, so we bought a house close to my parents) Norfolk, Virginia Beach, VA is like a second home to us.

I never went overseas. He was stationed in Gaeta, Italy and he worked for the Admiral of the Navy (I believe it was Kelso or something like that) for a long time. He wore different suits and drove him around on his own private yacht (cushy job huh, he loved it). He also went to Spain, France, Egypt,Bethlehem, Israel, Jerusalem (during Christmas at that), Africa, Bahamas, Jamaica (that's when his mom passed away)and Cuba. When he first went in we weren't married. Then we got married (he was only home for six months) and then he left for another year and a half. It was if we were single. It was very hard at first for him. He really liked the Navy but the back and forth was hard on him. He has soo many pictures and souvenirs he bought. He wants us to go to Ireland/Scotland someday. It scares me to travel overseas. He told me good things and bad things about other countries. Thank heavens for the United States. Maybe when the kids are older and out of the house.

We grew up less than 5 miles from a military based that is now closed. It is a beautiful base. So we were always used to having the military around.

Good luck and keep us posted.

By Marg on Thursday, November 6, 2003 - 05:47 pm:

BTW Kristie, I want to tell you what a beautiful family you have! Do the kids mind being overseas? What an experience, I can tell you, for myself, I would have loved to travel like that, but that's me. If we would have been a military family, my sister would have driven my parents nuts being overseas LOL.

By Insaneusmcwife on Thursday, November 6, 2003 - 07:11 pm:

Thank You! dd was born over in Okinawa so she didn't know any different and ds was 2 1/2 when we went over there so he really didn't know any different either. He sometimes crys and tells me he wants to go home. He misses Okinawa, all his friends and his teachers. We are having two family's we knew in Okinawa join us here in 29. One in March and the other in July so it will be easier on ds then. You really get to know your friends and some of them even begin to feel like family when you are stationed overseas togeather.

By Marg on Wednesday, November 19, 2003 - 12:55 pm:

I was wondering Kristie did your dh every decide on staying in?