Hey girls, my husband has recently deployed, as have alot of yours. I know that this can be a time dragging rough time. So a few of my friends and I (also military wives) have came up with something that we can do and look forward too every other week until our husbands come home. There will be meetings where we can talk about problems and give each other adivce, baby sitting whenever needed, BBQs, alot of family activites, people on call 24/7 just in case it's three o'clock in the morning and you get the urge to break down and need someone to talk to, we will be there. I know this sounds alot like FRG but its not. I have been to those meetings and I have met the other wives and its just not for me. Don't get me wrong the girls there are very nice and but are set in their ways. We are considered low class military families because our husbands are enlisted soldiers and are not officers and such. You won't feel awkward or singled out. We are all the same. So if you are interested please give Call or txt 580-606-8456 (LaDonna) or 931-472-4335 (Sylvia) Both of our husband are from 15th trans. but anyone is welcome. 

Can I just say how great this sounds? My husband isn't currently deployed, but when he was, it was awful. I lived with family during the deployment, which had its perks, but no one understood what I was going through. I didn't really feel the FRG was the right place for me all the time, and something like this would have been nice. 

Aw. Thanks that means alot. This is my first deployment and I choose to stay here with home being a thousand miles away, and have found it very comforting talking and hanging out with my friends, we really just hang around and talk about how we are doing and go to the movies and out to eat, On august 1st we are going to be recording a message for our soldiers and sending it to them. So if anyone is interested or if your husbands not deployed we could sure use some help. the only thing you need to bring is a blank dvd, and of course yourself and the kiddos, just telling them to be safe and that we love and miss them very very much. 

This is an awesome idea. I like getting answers immediately which for FRG doesn't happen. It's always we know but can't say. So I never bother with FRG if they can't give out any information. Seems pointless to me. So needless to say, if you don't attend the FRG, they won't help you if you REALLY need it..like say a carwreck. Denied bringing my husband home because no one was killed. Geesh! I could have really used something like this a year ago. Wives instead of rank. Love the idea!!! 

That is horrible! I have a friend that was having to be tested for skin cancer, and because we work so closely with red cross, that make sure our husband get messages and news asap. Well her husband was brought home and was able to sit with her while she was getting poked and tested. Turned up find, he was able to spend 3 more days with her and had to leave, but the point is he got to be here. So if you know of any wives that are needing anything deployed or not please feel free to call me. 

This sounds pretty cool. My husband is thinking about joining the marines. 

Good luck to you and him if does and We america would greatly appreciate it. But if he does you have to be commited 150% no turning back. I have always thought that i choose to be a military wife, and boy was i wrong. I belive that god hand picks us, the one that can withstand anything that the military throws at us. We are the backbone of the military, the silent ranks, but its all worth it in the end. 

his dad was in the army for like 30 years. he retired and has been trying to get my husband to get in since he was 18. 22 now. and he has been wanting to get in for awhile. my husband is built on the bigger side. not fat but his muscle tone is short with broad shoulders. his 210 pounds was too much weight. lol! He is going today after he gets off to get measured and such and do the first test and the 2nd will be a little later. 

Thats great! He will get in. They will work with him as much as they can. and if you ever need to talk or anything i am here. 

well he's taken the ASVAB 3 times and cant pass. Because of the math section on it. And it's not that he is stupid, he just was never taught what the math questions ask. I can explain further if interested. 

I know that they offer the asvab txt book at the library. I think they even offer free classes to prepare for it. I will look futher into it for you if you would like. 

yea that would be great! he has several books. classes would be cool. he is a fast learner. 

yea that would be great! he has several books. classes would be cool. he is a fast learner. 

I just wanted to let know LaDonna your husband can/will get into BIG TROUBLE for this thread. You have not only posted his unit but your phone number you should NEVER do this. This isnt coming from me this is coming from the E7 that lives next door. No ladies I am not trying to start a fight I am trying to keep soldiers along with there familys safe. 

Please miss-know-it-all, explain how is this lady's husband going to get in trouble? I'd really like to hear this...

Why is it that anytime someone tries to do something nice someone has to try to mess it up? 

I will not sit here and argue with any of you when I was very nice about this. This has been copy and pasted and will be taken to 15th Trans rear D in the morning by the E7 that lives next door. 

You haven't told us why? What is it exactly that she did that will get her husband in trouble? Or you are just bored and looking for someone to pick on?

No one is arguing and no, you are not being nice about anything. 

I will not sit here and argue with any of you when I was very nice about this. This has been copy and pasted and will be taken to 15th Trans rear D in the morning by the E7 that lives next door. 

You go ahead and do that and see how you two will end up looking like the idiots you already are. Hey, why not report me to my Rear D too??? 

I will not fight with you MaryJane. If you want me to include you in this please place your name rank and unit on this thread and I will be happy to copy and paste it print it out and hand it to the E7 that lives next door. Agian I have been very nice about all this I just want the soldier to come home safe and actions are being taken tomorrow when this thread is taken to Rear D. 

Go to hell. You are trying to mess with this lady that actually is trying to do something nice, yet you won't even say why. At least have the decency to let know the reason why you are being so damn evil. If you were to even bother my commander with something so stupid, she would kick you out of her office, you and the idiot E7 you have running your errands. My name, number and e-mail are posted all over, just look for it. Hope you keep that seat near the water cooler. 

well let me tell you something its sad that you dont have enough respect for your soldiers and the families of these soldiers to keep your information to yourselves. you need to find different ways to give information to one another. send personal messeges not post phone numbers and units on unsecured pages. this is not georgia girl by the way and i dont think that your commander would like the fact that you are telling strangers that they would kick n e one out of this persons office. im sure they can speak for themselves. my husband is also deployed and if you say your in the military yourself as i was you would know damn well that opsec is very important for your fellow soldiers safety. the idea is great to get together but do things the smart way. 

well let me tell you something its sad that you dont have enough respect for your soldiers and the families of these soldiers to keep your information to yourselves. you need to find different ways to give information to one another. send personal messeges not post phone numbers and units on unsecured pages. this is not georgia girl by the way and i dont think that your commander would like the fact that you are telling strangers that they would kick n e one out of this persons office. im sure they can speak for themselves. my husband is also deployed and if you say your in the military yourself as i was you would know damn well that opsec is very important for your fellow soldiers safety. the idea is great to get together but do things the smart way. 

well let me tell you something its sad that you dont have enough respect for your soldiers and the families of these soldiers to keep your information to yourselves. you need to find different ways to give information to one another. send personal messeges not post phone numbers and units on unsecured pages. this is not georgia girl by the way and i dont think that your commander would like the fact that you are telling strangers that they would kick n e one out of this persons office. im sure they can speak for themselves. my husband is also deployed and if you say your in the military yourself as i was you would know damn well that opsec is very important for your fellow soldiers safety. the idea is great to get together but do things the smart way. 

Well well, finally another topic I can put my 2 cents in. Alls I can say, is if I was in that soldier's unit, I would be pissed. I have seen many soldiers get article 15's just for telling their wives what day they fly in. I would have to say in almost every instance it was a dumb private.
Yes, you can find out almost anything about anyone online. But all hadji needs is to find a simple thread that states a soldiers unit by his wife, and hadji can follow that one person's activity for the rest of the year unit that wife finally screws up and says what flight at what time the unit will be back. We haven't had an incident yet, lets keep it that way. OPSEC is defined as:
Operations Security - The process of denying potential adversaries any information about capabilities and/or intentions by identifying, controlling, and protecting generally unclassified evidence of the planning and execution of sensitive activities.
if you have any other questions, feel free to ask, oh yeah, btw i will be calling the 15 trans rear d commander and the ft. sill mp office of this violation. ya'll think its a joke, well you can go to jail for this little joke. 

OPSEC? Are you serious? You have soldiers tweeting convoys dates, routes and what not, others posting deployment dates on FB and you are concerning yourself with that this lady is doing?! Ha! What do you think they're going to do? People posts their phone numbers on this site (and many others) all the time. Skim through a few of the threads here and you'll see how much info is out there.

This lady was trying to do something nice for eveyone, and she might have unintentionally given some informantion she shouldn't have about the unit (though, you can read a great deal about that unit in the newspaper, military.com and their FB page) but if she wants to give her phone number that's her business, nothing to do with OPSEC. What you are doing (or whomever is writing) is just vicious; if your're really concerned and trying to be nice, why not send her a private message? Hey, the phone number is there, why not call and let her know that you think she's violating OPSEC? No, instead you chose to come on here and publicly threaten her so everyone would now you were doing this. You could have even taken the damn print out of the thread to the unit and not announce it on here.

I've been working with my commander elbow to elbow for the last year, I was being nice as to what she might do. You think I'm mean? You'd think again. I know damn well how important OPSEC is, I've given the briefing far too many times. But I also know that the way you are going about all this if just fu(ked up. But whatever, this lady and her husband will be just fine. So hate on and don't let go of that seat! 

May I please have your Name Rank and Unit MaryJane. Thank you so much in advance:) 

All we were trying to tell the lady is to take her unit off the thread, that is it, you were the one that got butt hurt and had to make a simple thing into this. 

"I just wanted to let know LaDonna your husband can/will get into BIG TROUBLE for this thread. You have not only posted his unit but your phone number you should NEVER do this. This isnt coming from me this is coming from the E7 that lives next door. No ladies I am not trying to start a fight I am trying to keep soldiers along with there familys safe."

That is GG's first post. She never said, you guys need to take the unit off the thread. All she said was she can get in trouble for it. Some people are unaware or it doesn't dawn on them that the things they post should not be posted. All GG had to say was "hey, you aren't supposed to post units, can you fix that on here and maybe PM that info to each other" That would have been the right way to handle it, not just immediately threatening trouble.

"I will not fight with you MaryJane. If you want me to include you in this please place your name rank and unit on this thread and I will be happy to copy and paste it print it out and hand it to the E7 that lives next door. Agian I have been very nice about all this I just want the soldier to come home safe and actions are being taken tomorrow when this thread is taken to Rear D."

Next post not only says that the info will be taken to Rear D, but asks MJ to post her info on the thread..... That makes no sense. You can't come on here all mad about people posting info they aren't supposed to, then turn around and tell someone else to post info they are not supposed to. Come on now, you have to admit that makes no sense. She could have asked MJ to PM her the info she wants.

"btw i will be calling the 15 trans rear d commander and the ft. sill mp office of this violation. ya'll think its a joke, well you can go to jail for this little joke."

Smaka, again no simple "take the info off the post" in your response either. You went straight to threatening also. I am just saying, not everyone knows what they should or shouldn't be posting. The original poster seemingly had good intentions, so instead of attacking her or rudely advising her, it could have been phrased way different and I am sure she probably would have fixed it.


I do agree with GG and Smaka, info like this should not be posted and is prohibited, but I also have to agree with MJ, the concern for information put out over the internet can't be that bad at the moment or there would not be so many units with Facebook pages. People can find out way more info using the FB pages than they will from a SYS/SUnderground site. BTW, I do think the FB pages should be more secure.

Maybe if the lady was approached the right way about the situation this would have never exploded into what it is now.
I am all for the safety of our soldiers and of our civilians. There are ways to handle situations though, and some are better than others. For example, I saw someone selling a military issued item that was not supposed to be sold and I called the MP's who transferred my call to CID and I told them what, where, and who had the item posted. Within 5 hrs the item was removed and life went on. I never posted it on here blabbing I was doing it, I never messaged the person, I simply made a call. The only reason I didn't message the person is because of the item, and you never know who you are dealing with over a computer so I went the safe way. If anyone thought this post was that bad that was all they had to do also, not come on and threaten.

Well, that was just my thought, I kind of agree with both sides here, just not the way it was all handled. :) 

The first post said You have not only posted his unit but your phone number you should NEVER do this. This post will be copy and pasted and taken to 15th Trans Rear D in the morning. I would also like to talk with your commander MaryJane about how she is going to throw me out of her office and worse.