Second deployment

i wish him the best of luck and my thoughts are with you and your family

This is my husband's second deployment in 3 years, which is how long we have been married. The first time was awful and i missed him so much, but this time i just feel like my whole world has been ripped out from underneath me. i know how you are feeling. just take it one day at a time. you will have good days and you will have bad days. keep in touch with people that can help you through it and encourage you. Military wives are built strong. They have to be. It will get lonely and you will cry and that's okay. Crying actually helps alot. Just remember that he is doing his job and always be there to support him. You will get through this time.

well my hubby just left he isnt airborne but he is most certainly in a worse spot then before and yes more dangerous. i wish i could say that there really is something to make you feel better, but i would be lying there. my hubbys team is all new as well most right out of basic, so that made me worry even more. but all you can do it put your trust in God, him and his guys. i know that last time was much more different then last it was easier... but this time it is harder... i have totally gotten myself invovled a ton of different things... so just try your hardest... and please vent to us over here that is what we are here for. Good luck and may God bless you and your family.

My husband is with the 82nd Airborne and this is his third deployment. I have been with him through this deployment and his last which was to Afghanistan. It is very difficult and I feel that this second deployment is much harder than his last. Just as you my husbands deployment is three months longer and he is in a much more dangerous place. The way I deal with it is I pray, I stay busy and I seek friendships with ladies who are going through the same thing as I am. It is easier to deal with it when you don't feel alone in it. My husbands soldiers are fairly new to the military and I know what you are feeling on that aspect as well. Just be patient, stay busy, go to the FRG meetings and meet with the other wives, so you don't feel so alone and pray. that is what is getting me through this deployment so far. Of course it has only been less than 3 months since he has been gone, but it isn't getting any easier. I miss him so much, but he does get to call often and we do send emails back and forth. I sent him a camera so he can take pictures and email them to us and we send him pictures. I don't know if those ideas will help but it helps me, just to be able to see him.