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Comment by J & G's Mom(AK Mom) on February 21, 2010 at 2:50pm

Speaking of Taxes this year has been challenging for everyone seems to be late sending their 1099's and w-2s, I have found it is easier to PDF (scan) the statements /send by e-mail. Then send the hard copy via USPS. Yes, this year has been a learning curve.

Comment by J & G's Mom(AK Mom) on February 21, 2010 at 2:45pm

John, I read your letter on Navy Moms...Great information and sent it to my son so he could pass it on to his buddies. Yes, i switch back and forth from home and work. N4MS is not allowed at work so I have to wait until I get home. Like I mentioned to my son there are bonuses for being on both sites.Yes,the idea is to network network for it is very important have a life line and knowing and awareness of resources, esp when you are miles away from the Lower 48. I have learned if you do not travel at least once a year, it is truly a culture shock once you land in Seattle.

Comment by John Frank on February 19, 2010 at 11:06am

I just received this via email from Corpsman.com regarding care packages for our troops. Sorry for the length...

The call has come and I would like to try to help out my old Boss that I served with, at 1/14.

LT.COL (Selected for COL by the way) Gann, was 1st Anglico's CO. He has sense moved on to another duty station, but has kept in close contact with his Marines and Sailors.

1st Anglico has deployed to Afghanistan, and the Marines and Sailors are in need of some much needed gedunk and supplies over there. The message below is from LT. COL Gann:

Darrell,
Thanks for jumping in on this even on top of all the other stuff you are doing........the wish list from the teams follows:

**Copenhagen Snuff (it's like gold downrange)
DVD movies/TV Series
Battery powered electric travel razors
Mr. Coffee type coffee makers (their vehicles have AC power)
Hot water heaters (electric)
Ramen Noodles
**Redbull (more gold)
Nuts (pistachios/peanuts/sunflower seeds)
Single serving Propel drink mixes
Magazines
**Cigarettes (Marlboros and Camels)
Vacuum sealed tuna packets
Hot chocolate mix/Tea bags/ instant coffee packets (Coffee Singles- teabag type)
Baby wipes
Beef Jerky/Summer Sausages

and of course....cards, letters and prayers.........

Because all of the teams are so widely dispersed, the packages will go to the unit commander and then distributed by him during his battlefield circulation trips.

Doing it this way worked good for me when I was deployed for two reasons: (1) Mail gets to the headquarters much faster and more reliably than to the outlying operating bases, and (2) I found packages addressed to the commanding officer were less likely to be "misplaced" or ratfuc**d by the rear echelon pogues than a package addressed to "any Marine or Sailor" (happened all the time).

As a side note, you can get an APO/FPO flat rate box (for free) at the USPS that is specifically designed for these types of care packages.

Also as a reminder, all these boxes are subject to search. Alcohol and pornography are not allowed in country and will be confiscated by aforementioned rear echelon pogues......

If you have any questions whatsoever, don't hesitate to drop me a line. Having been on the other end, I can't tell you how much it means to receive a care package from the states..........

Thank you for your support on this. It really means a lot to me and to the Marines and Sailors of 1st ANGLICO.

Semper Fi,
Mike

If you would like to help us support these heroes please email DeeDee at editor@corpsman.com . She has the address to mail things to that we are not releasing via this message and on the website due to OPSEC reasons.

So please give Dee a hollar, and help them out.

Trust me it will make you feel good.

Btw, sorry if the language bothers you, but this is how we speak in the military..

:-)

Those of you who have done the job will be smiling now..
Hah!


Thanks!
Darrell Crone
Da-Chief
Corpsman.com

Comment by NavyDads Admin (Paul) on February 11, 2010 at 11:50am

couple of weeks ago...still some Navy HooYah!!

Corpsman helps deliver baby in Haiti

By Mark D. Faram - Staff writer
Posted : Thursday Jan 28, 2010 15:23:43 EST

NEPLY, Haiti — Although rescues of earthquake survivors stuck in the rubble are becoming few and far between, there are other miracles happening in Haiti.

Just ask Chief Hospital Corpsman (EXW/FMF/SW) Jesse Bedia, an independent duty corpsman who delivered a baby Jan. 23 just a short distance from where Navy landing craft were bringing supplies and equipment ashore.

Up until that time, he had been involved with the medical evacuation of nearly 40 Haitians to the Navy ships in the Bay of Port-au-Prince — 19 of them in a single day.

But this was to be Bedia’s first delivery, though he did get the help and supervision of a Navy doctor who arrived just minutes before the baby was born.

The 37-year-old Bedia, who was frocked to chief petty officer this year, is deployed to Haiti with Maritime Expeditionary Security Squadron 6, based in Portsmouth, Va.

The adventure started about 45 minutes earlier when Steelworker 3rd Class (SCW) George Lefler and Equipment Operator 3rd Class (SW) Andy Lotzen were making it back to the waterfront with a dump truck of rubble to help fill in holes in the road.

Their standing orders were to stop for no one, as locals would often try to get military vehicles to stop to see if they could get food or water.

But then the pair of sailors saw a pregnant woman on the side of the road as they came around a bend. She was holding her pregnant belly, clearly in pain.

Next to her were two women waving frantically for help.

“We looked at each other and agreed that we couldn’t leave her there,” Lefler said.

The pair helped lift the woman into the truck and quickly got her back to their base, adjacent to the Navy’s “Red Beach” and near Neply, a little village a few miles from the larger town of Leogane, west of Port-au-Prince.

Bedia was about 100 yards away at an adjacent compound, getting ready for a day out in the countryside to provide security for Navy units assessing local damage and to tend to the most critically wounded they found from the Jan. 12 earthquake.

Just then, the radio crackled — it was the nearby Seabee camp asking for MESS 6’s “hotel — charlie — mike” to come and assist as two of their sailors were bringing a woman in labor to their location.

“All they said is that the water had broke,” Bedia said. “So I thought we had time — though I quickly got my gear and headed over.”

Arriving on scene, the Seabees were trying to take Bedia to the dump truck. Confused, he hesitated, asking again where the woman was.

“The whole dump truck thing confused me, but when I finally saw her in the truck, it was quite obvious that she was a bit further along than they’d said,” Bedia said. “In fact she was crowning.”

Bedia and the others got the mother, Sabrina Louis, onto a cot in what was once an open-air picnic area with a tall tin roof.

Bedia was assisted by the ACB-2’s own corpsmen, HM1 (FMF) Emilio Rothschoh and HM3 (SW) David Williams.

The delivery was tough, Bedia said, and during the delivery, he was worried that the mother and baby would need a higher level of care once the delivery was complete, so he radioed back to his unit.

“Request a helo and medevac crew be on standby,” Bedia’s excited voice came over the radio. “She and the baby may need to be evacuated quickly.”

But, in the end, that call wasn’t necessary and moments after the delivery, Bedia’s voice — much more relieved — came on the radio again saying they could stand down the helicopter. Bedia didn’t have the chance to bask in the post-natal glow. The radio crackled again — two more casualties needed medical evacuation and would be arriving in a few seconds from a Navy-run clinic in town.

One was a man who had been paralyzed from the waist down in the earthquake and another was a woman whose foot, ankle and leg were now seriously infected from deep cuts.

Bedia ran the 100 yards back to his unit’s landing zone as the Humvee arrived with the two Haitians. The helicopter had already landed, its rotors turning as its aircrew stood by with a stretcher.

Bedia immediately took charge of getting the paralyzed man onto the stretcher. The officer in charge, Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jason Taggart, lifted the wounded woman and carried her to the helo.

Seconds later, the helo took off and Bedia finally had a moment to think. Gradually an ear-to-ear grin came across his face as he announced to everyone present that he had just delivered “a bouncing and health baby boy.” Again he ran back to the Seabee camp to check on the mother, Sabrina, and newborn, Dominique Louis.

“Other than my own child, this is the most beautiful baby boy I’ve ever seen,” said a beaming Bedia as he held the baby. “We’ve seen a lot since we’ve been here and helped a lot of people, but I can’t say I’ve done anything quite like this before.”

Comment by J & G's Mom(AK Mom) on January 6, 2010 at 12:01pm

Yes, I took a look at the FMSS Manual. Wow,our kids have some homework and have much to learn. Actually to become and full fill the duties as as a HM there is actually more than the civ sector realizes.

Comment by greg delany on January 3, 2010 at 5:02pm

Thanks Paul For the Link. Great Info.
Greg

Comment by NavyDads Admin (Paul) on January 1, 2010 at 11:20pm

FMSS Manual Link

Comment by NavyDads Admin (Paul) on January 1, 2010 at 11:07pm

Greg- click this link for a little info

Comment by greg delany on January 1, 2010 at 10:36pm

Greetings everyone and Happy New Years
My son is an HM and will graduate boot camp Jan 15. We have been trying to find info on when his A-schoool will begin and what the class schedules are. If he gets put on hold he would like to spend the time preparing for the classes but has no way of getting an early schedule. Anyone who has been through Corpsman A-school please send me any info you can remember and any sage advice .. Thanks
Greg

Comment by J & G's Mom(AK Mom) on December 17, 2009 at 12:59pm

It has been a great visit with Jim and tomorrow I take him to the airport. Bummer; however; I know well I am very lucky to have him home and the USN has done well by him. I need to send HM2 a thank you note of my appreciation for keeping him in line during A School. While he has been home, it has been nonstop. Although, most of my time has been spent in the kitchen keeping him and his friends fed and content. Yes, it has been a lot of fun visiting with him comparing notes with him (the past and how the USN compares with the AF-Yes our conversation was quite interesting). His overall plan is to head to CL for MFBT and where he will call home for the next few yrs.

As all young ones, he is gunho and ready to begin his career; however, for I and Garrett (his little Bro) are not ready to see him go. I wish he could have stayed longer. On the other hand I know he quickly recognizes the change at home with all his friends and knows the Navy is where he needs to be. Yet, due to the circumstances we chose to celebrate the holiday this past Sunday; with family and all his friends which was a lot of fun and reminded me of my time spent in the system prior to his arrival. Although, when he does get down there, I am hoping he is able to have the weekend off next week so he can spend the holiday with his grandparents who is only an hour away, which in turn offers comfort that he is in good hands. While he is there, I know well he will quickly learn and relearn lessons on Southern Culture from his grandmother who is a strong S Woman who has influenced him over the years and rules from afar (NC to AK).

In the mean time, I need to run and manage my SCO fight and hope you have a great a Navy Day/Happy Holiday Season. Our prayers and thoughts are with you all in the Lower 48.

Jim’s Mom

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