Just found out TDY :(

[lovemygoofy]

OP, you absoutlely positively NEED to take an OPSEC class. The things that are told to you are TOLD TO YOU. They are not mean for the internet nor for the general public.

I understand wanting some sympathy for your husband being gone and this your first TDY but you have to get a filter in your mind. The things that your husband or his unit share with you is for your personal information and not for the entire world let alone the damn militas in Haiti.

Believe this or not but there are people and groups that their pure job is to google military things day and night waiting for this type of information.

If Quantico has stopped offering an OPSEC class and I know that they haven't, then you let me know. I will make a spot for you in one of my classes. You will get an eye opener like you won't believe.

It is perfectly fine to share your husband is going away. It is not fine to share where, how, why, and how long. If a bad guy can answer all the questions then you post too much information. ALWAYS REMEMBER THIS WHEN POSTING ANYTHING ANYWHERE ON THE INTERNET!

I hope your time apart flies by. I really think it'll be better than you imagine. Enjoy getting to know the other spouses, especially ones who have done this before. Listen to what they have to say as they are a great resource.

 

[beaucoup]

The enemy is listening. Always.

And that means reading too. Facebook worse invention ever for people who don't know how to filter info.

 

[Nik's Mom]

ENOUGH! I wrote something on your officer leaving the military thread last night but decided to delete it.

You say that you are not saying anything secret, but you just mentioned the
-number of Marines
-location they are going to
-date they are leaving
-location they are leaving from (not in this exact post, but inferred from other posts you have made)

Even if it is in some type of newsletter on base (what?!?!), you shouldn't be posting it in a public forum.

But I am not very concerned about that because...

Something is very very wrong here. There are way to many inconsistencies with what you say in your posts. You have a lot of terminology/concepts/regulations wrong (not just in the post, but others)
Marines do not go TDY. They go TAD.
What kind of "8 year contract" does your Dh have? Never heard of a Marine officer with that. Officers have the ability to resign their commission.
There are so many "just odd" things you have posted.



I don't know what your agenda is, but something is not right.

By the way, about a month ago you posted your husband's real name, but have since edited it
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=39243712#post39243712
I saw that before you edited it. And I remember.
I don't think you'll find a Marine by that name and rank stationed where you claim your husband is stationed...

Oh, this thread just got interesting.
Editing to add good luck to the op. And to all military spouses out there, a big thank you from me. I know things are very challenging for you all and it isn't an easy life.

 

[jsmith]

Honey im sorry-but keep things in perspective-6 weeks is not a long time-15 or 16 months-is a long time-yeah its hard when they miss things-but you learn to deal.
Concur with others-wayyyyyyyyy to much OPSEC information-this board gets picked up by google bots-please edit your post to remove information others have talked about-and please please attend one of the classes miss Tina talked about.

 

[ClarabelleCowFan]

And even if you edit, ANYTHING you post online will be cached for a certain amount of time and still searchable by bots. Don't post anything online ever that you don't want the whole world to see.

 

[pilesoflaundry]

This post already comes up in google.

 

[Boo'sMom]

You might wish to learn what OPSEC and PERSEC mean and start following it. Best wishes while your DH is away.

ITA

OP, you absoutlely positively NEED to take an OPSEC class. The things that are told to you are TOLD TO YOU. They are not mean for the internet nor for the general public.

I understand wanting some sympathy for your husband being gone and this your first TDY but you have to get a filter in your mind. The things that your husband or his unit share with you is for your personal information and not for the entire world let alone the damn militas in Haiti.

Believe this or not but there are people and groups that their pure job is to google military things day and night waiting for this type of information.

If Quantico has stopped offering an OPSEC class and I know that they haven't, then you let me know. I will make a spot for you in one of my classes. You will get an eye opener like you won't believe.

It is perfectly fine to share your husband is going away. It is not fine to share where, how, why, and how long. If a bad guy can answer all the questions then you post too much information. ALWAYS REMEMBER THIS WHEN POSTING ANYTHING ANYWHERE ON THE INTERNET!

I hope your time apart flies by. I really think it'll be better than you imagine. Enjoy getting to know the other spouses, especially ones who have done this before. Listen to what they have to say as they are a great resource.

Well stated, as always Tina. Glad to see you're still posting here....I've been gone a while and was wondering how you've been.

 

[nancycg56]

I'll tell you the way my DH and I dealt with any info ~ if I couldn't blab it all over the place, I didn't need to know. That was perfectly fine with me ~ all I needed was when he was leaving and a return date, if possible. The rest was none of my business.

Now, when he took command, things changed some but not too much.

 

[SaraJayne]

This post already comes up in google.

Yup, it does. I found that out when I was looking for info about the supposed UN Peacekeepers that were killed in Haiti.

Interestingly, there is none.

 

[BabyTigger99]

Just found this article....http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/01/12/u-n-3-peacekeepers-shot-in-ivory-coast/

Three peacekeepers WERE shot....however, not killed, and in the Ivory Coast....

 

[SaraJayne]

Just found this article....http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/01/12/u-n-3-peacekeepers-shot-in-ivory-coast/

Three peacekeepers WERE shot....however, not killed, and in the Ivory Coast....

Thanks for the link. I was googling Haiti, which is why no info came up.

Africa is quite the distance from Haiti. Methinks someone is either telling tales or has their info confused.

 

[Swalphin]

Things in the Ivory Coast are very unstable right now, I do not think the US has been over there since 2004? I might be wrong though, but I think we are not involved in that turmoil.

 

[shortbun]

Thank your husband for representing us!!! I hope the time goes quickly for you. I thank you for your sacrifice too!

 

[VAfamily1998]

When I saw her mention the 8 year contract I assume it is related to the fact that her DH is studying for his PhD. You have to "pay back" 3 years for every 1 year of school that Advanced Civil Schooling pays for (or at least my DH did in the Army for his PhD) and that extends your requirement for time served for officers. If he had the military pay for his Masters and PhD then there would be a "contract" type of obligation and he couldn't just resign his commission until after that time was served.

I had no clue that Marines went TAD and not TDY. Learned something new! Can we all not use the same acronyms??? LOL

And yes, OPSEC needs to be reviewed or learned. There is WAY too much info out there. Just because the details are out there in the military community doesn't mean they are for public broadcast. Remember this is a public forum with a worldwide audience (and not all of the world likes the US military). Many more people read here than post. Better safe than sorry.

I honestly don't think there is any agenda here. I think there is just some naivete' on the part of the OP.

Possible about the education if it was/is being paid for by the Marine Corps. I've just never heard a Marine refer to it as a "contract".

Acronyms/terminology vary a lot from service to service...same with how the army calls them "BDUs" and the Marines calls them "utilities". However, if one isn't necessarily familiar with a spcific service, and is just putting out info they found on google or from watching "Army Wives" or something, they might not know that

It is about so much more than just the TAD/TDY and "contract" thing.

I started typing it all out...but you know, some of it I don't think belongs on the internet (OPSEC).

There have just been little things shes said that seem kind of unbelievable/doesn't happen in real life but happens in the movies type of thing. A little odd, made me suspicious, etc. The way she portrays "officer wife living" sounds more like what my MIL experienced in the early 60's, than what I have known the last 12.5 year of marriage. And the constant referral to being an officers wife (for example, she didn't "tell her neighbor" about her pregnancy, she told the "other wives in officer housing" or something similar). I guess the things she says could happen...though it is so different from anything I have heard or experienced that it raised a few red flags to me.

But some of the details she gave in the original post....are compltely wrong. I'm not going to go into detail of why. But they are. They would not happen that way.

 

[Mrs. Charming]

Oh gosh, I'm sorry Mrs. Darcy. That's just a case of bad timing We'll keep you company.

 

[ClarabelleCowFan]

Possible about the education if it was/is being paid for by the Marine Corps. I've just never heard a Marine refer to it as a "contract".

Acronyms/terminology vary a lot from service to service...same with how the army calls them "BDUs" and the Marines calls them "utilities". However, if one isn't necessarily familiar with a spcific service, and is just putting out info they found on google or from watching "Army Wives" or something, they might not know that

It is about so much more than just the TAD/TDY and "contract" thing.

I started typing it all out...but you know, some of it I don't think belongs on the internet (OPSEC).

There have just been little things shes said that seem kind of unbelievable/doesn't happen in real life but happens in the movies type of thing. A little odd, made me suspicious, etc. The way she portrays "officer wife living" sounds more like what my MIL experienced in the early 60's, than what I have known the last 12.5 year of marriage. And the constant referral to being an officers wife (for example, she didn't "tell her neighbor" about her pregnancy, she told the "other wives in officer housing" or something similar). I guess the things she says could happen...though it is so different from anything I have heard or experienced that it raised a few red flags to me.

But some of the details she gave in the original post....are compltely wrong. I'm not going to go into detail of why. But they are. They would not happen that way.

I don't doubt it.

I saw the word "contract" as more of her word or the term her DH would have used to describe it to her perhaps. I know my eyes always glaze over when DH starts "speaking Army" to me and I tell him to dumb it down in civilian terms for me.

The newsletter thing I don't understand - if you just find something out then how does it make a newsletter that is circulating? One thing that drives me BATTY down here at our post is that there is a big sign at every entrance with the list of all the units that are currently deployed. Crime on base is way up (though the MPs deny it) or at least it was until the largest unit returned a few months ago. Way to advertise that most of the post housing is sitting unattended or with the man gone from the home.

Shout out to Tina! My DH is going TDY to your area next week. Can't tell you where or why but the airport is VERY close to you and the building is a funky shape. I am trying to convince him to bring me so I can come see you.

 

[Rora]

 

[Magic Mom]

Only 6 weeks?? Consider yourself lucky!!

Agreed. OP, six weeks will fly by. Count your blessings...especially if he is going to stay in.

 

[Stephanie218]

Agreed. OP, six weeks will fly by. Count your blessings...especially if he is going to stay in.

Ditto. Deployments suck, but everyone has to do it. My friend's husband just left for his 4th deployment in 5 years - missed his first child's birth last year, and will be missing his second child's birth this year. There's always someone who has it worse, so just make the best of it and the time will go by quickly, especially if you are working.

I totally agree with Tina & the OPSEC class suggestion - you would benefit from it. If you look up LINKS, it's an entire introduction to the Marine Corps class - they should have it probably every month at Quantico.

 

[Nik's Mom]

Ditto. Deployments suck, but everyone has to do it. My friend's husband just left for his 4th deployment in 5 years - missed his first child's birth last year, and will be missing his second child's birth this year. There's always someone who has it worse, so just make the best of it and the time will go by quickly, especially if you are working.

I totally agree with Tina & the OPSEC class suggestion - you would benefit from it. If you look up LINKS, it's an entire introduction to the Marine Corps class - they should have it probably every month at Quantico.

Stephanie,
Your wedding photo is breath-taking. And I'm originally from the Los Angeles area. It was 1 degree when my kids went to school yesterday morning. I couldn't help but think of sunny California.