Just wondering if the wives who's husbands have been on meus can share ur experience during deployment.. My husband is deploying soon n I'm a mess :( 

My husband has been on several MEU's. He's leaving for another one shortly. What's your concern? We were typically able to email every day, IM'ing was difficult during the last one due to the internet cutting out all the time, we chose not to use the satellite phones very often because they cut out all the time, so we relied almost exclusively on email to communicate. 

What she said - our really good friend is on a MEU and its SO much easier to communicate via email ..

My friends husband is on the same MEU and they talk often via email and more infrequently via phone because like Irish says its a terrible connection 

Idk for some reason I'm worrying a lot that something might happen to him.. Idk where he'll b but I know theyll b getting off ship to do some missions n I just worry I guess.. I know communication is limited bc the past couple of months he's been doing at sea training and our communication has been the way it will b for deployment..
He just left today for the last at sea training before deployment and I guess it's affecting me bc the next time I see him off I won't see him for 7 months:'-( 

Treat it like any other deployment. Stay busy and the time will fly by - take up a new hobby, exercise, volunteer, take a class, travel, avoid the news, etc. I know that there is potential for danger on the MEU deployments, but when the alternative is Iraq/Afghanistan, they appear to be so much 'safer', you know? 

Mines getting back SUPER soon.... it was honestly a very easy deployment. The longest we ever went without talking was 9 days and thats NOTHING compared to some of the wives ive heard say they went months. Be happy its a meu :) They get to see a TON of awesome places. This deployment FLEW by :)Good luck 

Mine's heading out soon too. He's pretty excited. You'll be fine and so will he ;) 

Mine has been on one. It was a bit difficult for me only because we talked on the phone maybe 4 times the entire deployment. Hubby HATED it. I was worried about him because every time we did talk he sounded so depressed. He said, even though it was nice going to ports and being able to get off the ship, it was VERY difficult to watch other families walking around. He said seeing that only made him miss us more..which then made him super depressed.

He keeps saying he'd rather be in Afghanistan than on another boat. 

Awe, I'm sure being stuck on the boat and then getting off and seeing families together would definitely suck!!! 

Lady, is your hubby with 3/1? Only asking because my hubby just left for training too.

Communication is limited, but in my experience no more than on a to land deployment. Honestly, IMO it's also a lot safer. While they may do a couple missions, they'll only be in country a month, maybe 2, instead of 6 or more. Most of the time will be spent on the ship or in port.

Just take a deep breath and get yourself involved with something that'll keep you busy. It'll be gone before you know it! If you need anything, you're welcome to message me. It's important to have support. :) 

I'm thrilled for mine to be on a MEU, after a couple rounds of getting shot at every day in Iraq.

In all seriousness...we all worry. It's normal, and my joke wasn't meant to downplay what you're feeling. Just look forward to the good parts of this deployment...much better communication, souvenirs and pictures from cool places in the world, and the comfort of knowing that, while nothing's impossible, he's SOOOO much safer on a ship than in-country somewhere. 

It seems it has gotten better over the years. My hubby deployed in 06 and 07 and he used to go on the MEU to Iraq. The email system sucked and I would only get 1 email a week if that. When he was in Iraq because they were not anywhere near a base I went 7 weeks without hearing from him. The times have changed and I hear it has gotten better. Hang in there any deployment whether you talk to him or not. 

My husband is leaving soon for a year. I don't think about it, because if I do, then I begin to stress, even before he leaves. Its definately hard to see them off :( 

My husband had a ton of fun on his MEU. He got to see so many things and do a bunch of cool stuff. When he wasn't on ship we were able to skype everyday :) I talked to him more on the MEU than his first deployment to Iraq. Longest I went without talking was two weeks but it was because they quarantined every one on the ship because of that swine flu. 

My husband's very first deployment in 1995 was on a MEU. Not kidding, it was before there was email. LMAO 

I will add though the goodbyes don't get easier...at least not for me. I tend to be a big cry baby though haha. 

Depending on your husbands job you might get to talk to him everyday. My husband got back from a meu less than a month ago and it was the better than i had hoped. I talked to him everyday via email. And he called once a week. He got to see a lot of different places.
I would say be relieved. It will be easier as far as communication goes than a combat deployment by far. 

But I know having home gone wont be easy. But maybe this time it will be a little easier. 

I will add though the goodbyes don't get easier

I agree 100%, they get harder every year. 

My husband's very first deployment in 1995

I remember those days. My husbands first was 1992. We used this thing called writing letter. I used to wait a week, maybe 2 to get one. LOL. 

Ahhhhh the good ol days of writing letters and phone calls from exotic ports! His very first deployment was Dec 1994 and his writing skills were practically non-existent lol. We didn't have kids which for me made the deploymeant so much easier than it is now. I worked three jobs, and hung out with a wife two doors down. We lived pretty close to a shopping center and we were always going bowling, movies, out to eat/drink. I still try to keep as busy as possible though, otherwise the four walls start to close in on you. And I'm with everyone else, being on a ship just seems a hundred times safer. 

Thank u ladies so much!! I kno a deployment is a deployment and I agree 100% that the, what I like to call "see u later"'s, dont get easier but I guess my main concern is him being in danger and I kno being overseas and times like these danger is everywhere and I kno that being on ship is nothing like being on land in a combat zone and I'm grateful in that aspect but I still worry lol 

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