A friend of mine plays in a hockey league that lost a whole team because most of the guys on it got shipped to Afghanistan.

My husband is on an aircraft carrier for a month training and testing something for the Navy. I have no idea how these families put up with being apart for a year or more at a time. It's really sad that after a week our son won't even talk to him on the phone anymore. Both older kids are pissed at Dad for missing stuff at school or things they wanted to talk to him about.

I really don't think I could handle having a family with someone I knew wasn't going to be around to help much if at all. Nice story though.

Gwendolyn: I really don't think I could handle having a family with someone I knew wasn't going to be around to help much if at all. Nice story though.

Having raised a military family during my 20 year career I'm getting a kick out of your reply.

/sorry I just couldn't resist.....and your correct...its a very hard thing to do...but it can be done.

Canadian beer sucks!

Where is the hero tag?

"You're a big man! Big man!"

Gwendolyn: My husband is on an aircraft carrier for a month training and testing something for the Navy. I have no idea how these families put up with being apart for a year or more at a time.

I've seen this movie before and I know how it ends...

I just don't think the 4 year old has the size or strength to match up with the larger opponent. My money's on the dad.

Since I live in Kingston, and both of my parents are military, with my dad going to Afghanistan a couple of years ago, this story really touches the heart!

Good on them for having a heart. Not enough of that going around these days...

Why do I get visions of the Southpark eps where the kids play against the adults and get seriously trashed... wheres a picture of that it belongs here... and FriarTuck... does the movie end where she breaks down and gets shipped to a mental institute for being so selfish and kids being greedy?

Dirt-Dog: I just don't think the 4 year old has the size or strength to match up with the larger opponent. My money's on the dad.

win

Damn right, they should have done that.
It's nice to someone do the right thing for a change.

In related news, I'm going skating with my kids in about 2 hours.
Only, I'm not going to war afterward. As far as I know.

After what I learned from Hollywood, this means he is destined to die

jebusfreak: Since I live in Kingston, and both of my parents are military, with my dad going to Afghanistan a couple of years ago, this story really touches the heart!

But are you getting a kick out of the replies?

FriarTuck: Gwendolyn: My husband is on an aircraft carrier for a month training and testing something for the Navy. I have no idea how these families put up with being apart for a year or more at a time.

I've seen this movie before and I know how it ends...

The device being tested opens an interdimensional rift, and the crew goes insane?

FriarTuck: Gwendolyn: My husband is on an aircraft carrier for a month training and testing something for the Navy. I have no idea how these families put up with being apart for a year or more at a time.

I've seen this movie before and I know how it ends...

He fixes the cable?

hockeyfarker: A friend of mine plays in a hockey league that lost a whole team because most of the guys on it got shipped to Afghanistan.

Sounds like another Rangers trade.

Normally abandonment is a negative thing, but for some reason everyone celebrates it when it comes to idiots who signed up for the military.

ignatius_crumbcake: He fixes the cable?

Don't be fatuous, Jeffrey.

ignatius_crumbcake: FriarTuck: Gwendolyn: My husband is on an aircraft carrier for a month training and testing something for the Navy. I have no idea how these families put up with being apart for a year or more at a time.

I've seen this movie before and I know how it ends...

He fixes the cable?

Don't be fatuous, Jeffrey.

Saarsgard dies and Brokeback PFC's fears about his woman are confirmed.

Formerly Known As Gnaget But now with long name: After what I learned from Hollywood, this means he is destined to die

And if video games taught me anything, the son will single handedly be the only one to avenge him in 12 to 14 years.

sappy my @$$, this deserves the HERO tag!

I hope he didn't check her too hard into the boards. Not to be a total ass, but when I took my daughter to the rink for the first time to play she kept saying things like, "I don't want to go play hokey (how she pronounces it)," and crying. I didn't strap skates on her as she hadn't been on ice before. She hated the whole experience. I did not RTFA, I don't know if this girl liked it or not, just sayin' it might be as great as the headline implies.

I think maybe I will get her into floor hockey in our basement to start her out. Or maybe I could stop trying to get my daughter to like the things I like. She would be a much cooler daughter if she enjoyed watching sports and fetching me beer though.

Damn, beaten by less than 20 seconds.

Smith only charged Perry a few dollars for the time.

Sure, it's only a couple of dollars to the rich gringos up north. Here, south of the border, that's real money!

FriarTuck: Gwendolyn: My husband is on an aircraft carrier for a month training and testing something for the Navy. I have no idea how these families put up with being apart for a year or more at a time.

I've seen this movie before and I know how it ends...

The husband is actually just some guy she saw on the docks and she's actually the ghost of the woman that designed the device for the navy and died along with the rest of the ship when it malfunctioned?

Glad to see the folks at the rink have their hearts in the right place. Hope Dad comes home in one piece.

i got something in my eye...

EXCELLENT JOB DAD

IT WAS WORTH MILLIONS

KIDS NEED TIME NOT $$$ AND FARKIN VIDEO GAMES

BigDumbGuy: I think maybe I will get her into floor hockey in our basement to start her out. Or maybe I could stop trying to get my daughter to like the things I like. She would be a much cooler daughter if she enjoyed watching sports and fetching me beer though.

There's always Tonsil Hockey.

My prayers go out to the Dad, and I seriously hope that he makes it back to his kid, alive and ready to hit the ice again.

My hat comes off to the rink owner. That showed class and heart, in a world where that is in short supply.

Gwendolyn: My husband is on an aircraft carrier for a month training and testing something for the Navy. I have no idea how these families put up with being apart for a year or more at a time. It's really sad that after a week our son won't even talk to him on the phone anymore. Both older kids are pissed at Dad for missing stuff at school or things they wanted to talk to him about.

I really don't think I could handle having a family with someone I knew wasn't going to be around to help much if at all. Nice story though.

There are plenty of men not being deployed who will "fill in" until they come home. Lived on many military bases. Don't think it ain't happening.

I'm off to write a letter to Ms. Sue Smith.

AWESOME - HERO tag for her.

Dirt-Dog: I just don't think the 4 year old has the size or strength to match up with the larger opponent. My money's on the dad.

I don't know, one swift hockey stick to the dad's crotch and it's game over, buddy.

FriarTuck: Gwendolyn: My husband is on an aircraft carrier for a month training and testing something for the Navy. I have no idea how these families put up with being apart for a year or more at a time.

I've seen this movie before and I know how it ends...

Hm, let me guess, the buddy that didn't get shipped out to Camp Eggers hangs around and helps with the kids, the wifey falls in love and they have wild sex while daddy's gone?

/Nuggets from the 1st sgt: "Men, a phone call home the night before you arrive has saved many a marriage"

What's up with the "SAPPY" tag turd?

For some reason my Labatts tastes salty... and why are my eyes wet?

buzzvert: There's always Tonsil Hockey.

OK, now I remember why I don't post on threads that make it to Fark. *cowering back in the safe land of TF*

Lighting: For some reason my Labatts tastes salty... and why are my eyes wet?

Because you didn't see it coming?

contrived bs - if we didn't have a false war or we could actually make some progress in afghanistan he wouldn't have to leave at all.

Not sappy, stupid.

Why is this guy and his kid more deserving of alone time on the ice than joe schmoe's birthday party, for instance?

amanogowa: Not sappy, stupid.

Why is this guy and his kid more deserving of alone time on the ice than joe schmoe's birthday party, for instance?

Didn't you get the memo? The military is ALWAYS the most honorable profession, and therefore bending/breaking rules for them is commendable.

I'm gonna get flamed, as I always do for this, but crap people. It's a job. Get over yourselves. You're not better than my local cop, fireman, or hell, construction worker.

I'd sue the damned arena for breach of contract.

BigDumbGuy
Or maybe I could stop trying to get my daughter to like the things I like.

You think? You keep treating your daughter like the son you wish you had and she'll hate your farking guts when she grows up, and pass that hatred onto other men. You're ruining a good lay for a whole new generation!

The picture from the story states that Sue Smith is on the right. The photo shows a soldier with a guitar case. Either Sue Smith is a guitar or that soldier is trying to smubble a woman to Afghanistan.

Jeep: Didn't you get the memo? The military is ALWAYS the most honorable profession, and therefore bending/breaking rules for them is commendable.

I'm gonna get flamed, as I always do for this, but crap people. It's a job. Get over yourselves. You're not better than my local cop, fireman, or hell, construction worker.

I'd sue the damned arena for breach of contract.

Alright, for one thing.... Cop or fireman: you do an honourable job of serving your community, and put your life on the line every day at your work. Construction can be dangerous too. However, when you choose one of those professions, you do so knowing you will NOT be called upon to spend a year and a half of your life, at a time, in some distant and foreign country where the locals have nothing but contempt for you. Even a New Orleans cop goes home to his wife and kids every day after patrolling the streets. Soldiers often don't get that chance.

Soldiers are constantly being separated from their families, and often, don't come back home. They give their lives valiantly for their country every day. I'm not gonna debate the politics of the current wars, but the soldiers, regardless of their views, will go where their country tells them to go. When somebody has the chance to show some sort of appreciation for the work they do, they do it wholeheartedly. Especially in this area.

In a small tight-nit community like Gananoque, located a couple of kilometres away from CFB Kingston, the members of the town value highly the numerous military personnel who choose to live there, and contribute to the well being of the town. I'm sure that nobody was complaining that their hockey practice was an hour and a half late to accommodate a brave man who will be separated from his family for 9 months, and giving him the opportunity to take his son to play hockey for the first time in his short life.

So if you are complaining about the fairness of this, join the army... See how many firemen, police officers, and construction workers support you and are willing to buy you a coffee when you get home from a year in a foreign country......if you get home They'd be lining up to support the soldiers.......

Jebusfreak:
I'm frankly a little humbled you didn't bring the flames, you're quite a nice guy. Or girl.

I'm not familiar with the region, being from the US and not Canada.

I think part (though not all) of my displeasure at stuff like this is because of my current political views on the wars. I disagree that we need to be in most of the places a good deal of our soldiers (at least here in the US) are being deployed. But you're right, I should put politics aside, and I will.

So that leaves me with my other qualm, which is that they accepted the job, with all its benefits and risks, so why are they entitled to special credit? Discounts on lots of things I and most others pay full price for, special recognition at events (this annoys me most at hockey, until you score a goal, sit down, I didn't come to see propaganda), and the like? I'm sure they didn't entertain beliefs that they'd be getting paid to dress up in a funny hat and practice shooting guns and driving tanks not thinking they'd be sent somewhere dangerous eventually.

I guess no matter how much I try to separate my political beliefs from the soldier, I just can't do it. I guess my belief is, if you didn't buy into the political stuff, you wouldn't put your life on your line fighting for a war you didn't believe in.

Maybe it's my flaw, I might just be wrong about this, you've made me really think about it. Thank you for that.

So, you're from Canada, eh? Do you play....hockey?
/channeling Stompin' Tom
//Go Bolts.

jimhill: Lighting: For some reason my Labatts tastes salty... and why are my eyes wet?

Because you didn't see it coming?

hahaha oh wow

Unfortunately, one of the rentals was a kid with cancer whose one wish was to get to ice skate just once. She died before she got that chance.