Ironically, it wasn't TV, cell phones or E-mail that caused problems for my unit. When we suffered our first casualty, it was a numbnuts officer on the general staff back home who was officially in the loop that told a few wives about it at a reception - before the official notification process was complete. Shortly thereafter the rumor mill and panic had set in. Loose lips damn near sank our ship in that particular instance...
Sarge's Daily Report PING!
I'd like a little opinion spot, here. My kids will meet this wall eventually, and they need to be prepped for the silence. One chick keeps calling one of my guys a dozen times each day.
That's Mrs. Murray to you bubs!
Just figured you would be interested in this.
LVM
His wife ought to get off her backside and push the lawnmower around herself, as I do, and did just after each of my children was born.
This is one of the things that makes a deployment harder for men: whining women back home. I have heard this from so many men, and I listen to the whining and helplessness in an area full of military wives. Grow UP, ladies! It's 2005! You can do things, make decisions, and manage your life without crying to your husband! Consider it your patriotic duty to be cheerful, supportive, and upbeat when he calls, without hassling him and making him worry about problems at home. Surely he has enough to worry about in Iraq.
Needless to say, I hate helpless girly women.