My husband is very good about calling me when he says and he said he’d call me AS SOON as he got to Germany/Ireland. They went into lock down/had to be there for formation to get ready for their flight over 16 hours ago and still no call? I know the flight to Germany is like 6 hours so why hasn’t he called me. I’m so worried. Any suggestions please!!!!
There’s a big procedure for going through customs, and de-briefing after leaving a combat zone. Relax, he’s call if they’d let him, but they won’t let him yet.
Relax he be calling soon. The unwind time is important ….and a cold beer or four. He’ll call
Its not a direct flight and he is probably sitting in the transit terminal in Germany awaiting an aircrew change and the plane to be serviced before it continues on back to the U.S. This trip in total takes about twenty four hours and that’s if there is not much delay at any place in between for weather, other traffic, waiting to be parked or serviced before taking off again, etc. That is also if there is no stop in Ireland either so that would make it take longer still. I am sure you have flown civilian airlines and just imagine that but a little worse. He will be home soon!
If he went into lockdown sixteen hours ago he might not have left until hours later and it is a six hour flight so could still be in the air, even if he has landed they still have things to do andprocedures to follow prior to be let loose for phone calls or any pther personal things. If he is good about it and said he would call as soon as he got to….then he really should have said as soon as he could after landing in… He might be going through customs or benn used in a working party when they landed; stay calm and don’t stress if he is good about calling he will call when he can.
Number one, troop movements are not supposed to be released over the phone, so your husband should not have been able to tell you when he would be calling. I know my ex went into lock-down in Kuwait more than six hours before he boarded his flight home. Then when they landed in Ireland, they were not allowed off the plane as they had been planning… they decided to keep them on the plane for the hour. It is very possible that they were told they are not to call home to avoid unauthorized disclosure of troop movements, you don’t know for sure where they actually had a layover, how long it is, when it is, all that information. Just relax, you might not get to talk to him til he hits US soil, contact your FRG and see if they can give you an update on the expected arrival time.
I can think of a dozen good reasons why he hasn’t been able to call yet. I’m sure nothing is wrong. It’s natural for your mind to wander to awful scenarios, but soon the phone will ring and he will tell you what took so long. You are just anxious. I suggest trying to do something calming and take your mind off of this. Try to think logically, rather than emotionally. Everything is fine, he will call you as soon as he is able to. Stay calm…best wishes, my friend.
Srry to say but in the military they have times where the outside world is cut off for a primary/secondary obejective. Or im more sorry to say he could be injured and in surgary
calm down! my husband said they first couple times they went through Germany he couldnt get to phone cause of the line to use them. Theres probably alot of Soldiers wanting to call home. Take a second and he’ll call as soon as he can, Its not that he doesnt want to call it’s probably just cause hes really busy.
If I remember right, when my husband came home on leave and when he redeployed, he was never able to call from Germany. I talked to him when he was in Kuwait and it was probably about a day before he landed on post and then was able to call me.
This could mean that he wants a divorce, but barring any other evidence to the contrary, it’s probably a technical glitch somewhere. He should be calling as soon as he is able to.
he might not even be there yet, or when he got there there was no way to get in touch with you.
16 hours is nothing, actually.
I was just wondering if you had heard anything about your husbad yet. I talked to my best friend on Sunday, who is also on his way home, and have yet to here from him. He said he was finding out monday morning at 6:00 when his flight was and all of the details, but like you, I have heard not a single word. I was reading about the ATA and they said that some soldiers were being delayed 2-6 days in kuwait. The article was wrote on the 25th and said the delays would be ineffect for the next several weeks. Please contact me if you know anything new. Thanks—————————–Edit——————–
I just heard from him and he is in Atlanta, and is expected to be home by around 10pm tonight.