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I Am the Girlfriend, Fiance, Or Wife of a United States Marine

Anyone That Knows The Aftermath Of Deployment ??

By: AriyaAyvah
Written on March 26th, 2012
Age: 18-21 , Female
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  • michellecars2010

    When Brandon first deployed, we fought we were happy and we talked as much as we could. He had to walk 2miles to use the phone and internet so it wasnt that often. But it was a big thing of trust. Not being in the same country is hard and the last thing you want is him to worry about you. Tell him positive things and send him lots of emails/carepackages if you can.



    Nothing can really prepare you enough for when they get home. Its always amazing the first second you see them but you wont know until a day, week, or longer if they are really home mentally. My husband isnt. He isnt home mentally when he was here and now he isnt physically either to get better. He suffers from something wether its PTSD or something else. He wont ever get help though :/ . Its hard i have been called every name, been to counseling, and told he wanted to put my head through the tv. But all you can do is take it day by day. He has gotten so much better since all of those events and This is probably the worst case scenario. Everyone is different so he could come back perfectly fine or have some quircks just tell him that you are there no matter what. Feel free to msg me whenever! im always here!

    Mar 26, 2012
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    • AriyaAyvah

      oh noooo i hope that doesnt happen to eric... :( before he deployed me and his brother talked and because his older brother had also been to afghan he told me all this horrible stuff that happend to him after and that he has ptsd and like insomnia to this day... it really pissed eric off that his brother told me all that. But im glad like id rather noe whats going on then be shocked wen it happens. Eric already has anger issues lol so i hope it doesnt get worse... but thank you so much :)

      Mar 26, 2012
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  • marinesgirl189

    When my boyfriend came back i wasn't sure how he would be. If he would act different or not. I was happy to find out that he was the same lovable, funny, charming, and loving man that left 7 months ago. The only thing that really changed was the fact that he had to live without all the amenities so asking him where he wanted to go to eat that night was like talking to a brick wall. I ended up picking a place that I wanted to go to that i knew he liked. It was like that for about a month until he went completely back to normal. Other than that he was his normal goofy self lol! Don't worry it'll be fine. I don't know what MOS your man is but I'm sure that he will come back himself.

    Mar 26, 2012
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    • AriyaAyvah

      oh well thats good to hear. i just dont want to be completley clueless wen hes back. thank you :)

      Mar 26, 2012
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