so db is sapossed to go over to iraq in january.... n we have all been preparing for this i putmy notice in at my job, made plans tomove with my mom till he gets home ect. now hes sayin he has a feelin hes not going..... he said that eveyone that is sapossed to go on the day hes goin got there orders already.... n he didnt. i mean we got a phone call sayin hey ur goin butno real orders n havnt heard nething since then. so now im not even sure if hes goin wich it would be amazin if he didnt go. but i dont want to get toexcited. has ne one ever had this happen? well ne ways :pray they dont sent him!!!!!!!!!!

with my husband it went like this HEY YOU ARE GOING IN JULY GET READY hey never mind HEY YOU ARE GOING IN SEPTEMBER hey never mind HEY YOU ARE GOIN GIN OCTOBER BUT WE DONT KNOW WHEN hey never mind TWO WEEKS BEFORE DEPLOYING: HEY YOU ARE GOING TO IRAQ WE WILL GET YOU YOUR REAL ORDERS ONE WEEK BEFORE YOU DEPLOY

o yay ...

haha it isnt always like this but it can be and it sucks. We didnt know when he was leaving or where he was going till 48 hours in advance which in the marine corps is the "legal" amount of time that has to be given is his form of work

I agree, date change all the time and my hubbies unit is famous for orders just a few days before, lots of calls, and etc but he always gets his orders late.
Example, he leaves next Monday and we still dont have official orders:vent
Try not to get your hopes up, but hope for the best outcome! I think the hardest part of the preperation was never knowing a exact date and such.

my DBs date got changed about 5 different times. he had the same feeling that he was going to go. he said the same thing about not having his orders, but he still went :(

well atleast i wont get my hopes up now.... was hopin for better news but i already new the answer just needed u gurls to conferm it

I am still keeping my fingers crossed that maybe, just maybe my dh won't have to go......but then I feel selfish, bc that means someone else's hubby still has to. it's a weird feeling. my dh just got assigned to his unit, and they are supposed to go july 08. this is our first duty station, so i have no real idea of how things work. before he enlisted i didn't really even know anyone in the military, so it is so so new. i try not to get my mind set on any one thing, because i have heard that in the military nothing is ever really set in stone. my new motto is "be prepared to be unprepared"