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| | Yeah yeah yeah... I know i'm the new kid on the block. I have no idea of how those FRG things work. Do spouses and family members make friends out of there with other soldiers' family and friends? Once ppl make friends do they try to have like "get togethers" or bar b que's or something? I wish I knew how these groups work.
Background info: I'm moving to the Killeen/Ft. Hood area soon and I'm nervous and scared. Of course that's typical when you are moving to a new area. I'm very nice and pretty diverse when it comes to interests. My husband is deploying to Iraq in November and I just want to feel comfortable in where we are going.
If you have any advice please respond. I know this site is new and not many people know about it, yet.
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| | Im throwing my guess out there, but the FRG should be like our keywives. you join to get assigned families in your husbands command aqnd your there to pass official information on to them and assist in resourse and referals.. ESP while their deployed. you keep all their info updated and give a call to them a few times a month to see if their ok. help work the family days etc...
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| | Well it isnt necessarily a "friends" group. It's just the wives getting together and sharing information. It's a good thing to get involved in at times (especially during deployments because if you dont hear from your husband, you can always call your frg leader and ask since they are able to contact the co or xo). FRG stands for Family Readiness Group. They have bbq's and get togethers and usually a monthly meeting, but it depends on how active your frg is. It does help wives get to know one another. So if you're new to the area or whatever it is nice to have that base. Is your hubby new to the unit in hood or are you just moving? If your hubby has been there for a bit, I'd run last names by him because some wives are crazies (just a generalization hope no one gets offended, i've dealt with some crazies since becoming an army wife). Hope everything works out well for you. I'm not in hood, my hub is stationed out of carson. He's deployed and I have a good circle of friends here, thanks to the school of hard knocks. Hope that helps!
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| | Yeah that helps a bit. He's been stationed in Ft. Hood since August last year. We met in feb and got married in july. he knows more ppl than I do out there but in Austin... I know WAY more people than he does. Then again I've also lived in Austin for 5 years. I guess adjusting to married life in the military takes time and getting used to. Oh well... My main hope is that i can get a job out there that is fun and allows me to meet others. I read one person's profile here and she works in a retail store. I've heard from others that they work from home. I think some don't work at all (which I will never understand). What do you do for work?
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| | You may have checked this already, but if not you might be able to meet some people by searching who is at the station that you are moving to. Like you said this is a new site so we dont have a huge list of members, but it may help.
[url=http://www.myarmedforces.com/search.php?search_main=&main=&zip_radius=&zip=&type=2&base_branch=Army&base=51&gender=Both]http://www.myarmedforces.com/search.php?search_main=&main=&zip_radius=&zip=&type=2&base_branch=Army&base=51&gender=Both[/url]
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| | hahahaha right on, im moving to S.A.!!!!!!!
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| | Ah. Well at the moment I'm a full time mom and a part time student. I'm going to college for my accounting certification. It's just hard because we have a toddler, and day care is expensive (with the trips back and forth and gas prices), so my husband would rather I spend my time at home. We balanced everything and found that even if I worked right now, we'd spend my entire check on gas money and day care. It isnt worth it. I cant understand how some wives dont have jobs if they dont have children, however children and child care are expensive and you never know how your child will get treated in a day care. My philosophy is I'd rather know what my daughter goes thru each day than guess. Hope you find work! I cant wait to join the workforce when our daughter gets older. But another thing is I want to have my children close in age so we can get them done and over with before I go back to work. That way when my children go to school, I am able to work during the day rather than miss out on all the fun stuff when they're young. But that's just my opinion
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