Military. If you are deployed how often, if at all do you get to check your email?

Question

How often, if at all, does someone that is delpoyed get to check their email such as yahoo, gmail, hotmail? How often do they receive letters or get to call home?

Answer 1

That all depends on where they are; an established camp or forward operating base (FOB), when they are allowed time off, if they are under fire or being bombed and a lot of other issues like having computer access, electricity or (in some cases) even running water.

Give it a few days to a week or 2 if you are awaiting an e-mail from someone.

On the regular mail it can be anywhere from a week to a couple of months depending on what you send and where it ends up.

Some groups have to go out on missions and won't see their mail or a computer until their mission is complete and they are back at the rear.

Calling home is subject to all of the above and availability of calling cards.

Often the Morale, Welfare, Recreation (MWR) have mobile trailers that provide these services but not all areas in the combat zone (CZ) have equal access.

If you are a family member and are worried about someone you have not heard from in a while follow the guidance you were briefed on before the deployment.

That information should not be put out publically though for safety and security reasons.

If you are not a family member then you will just have to wait or ask a family member to contact the service member for you.

Good luck.

Answer 2

It depends on a lot of things like the location and type of job. I was deployed living in a tent and someone brought mail almost everyday, but we never go to check e-mail or phone home. I was deployed someplace else and had a desk job that let me check e-mail all the time, except I had to use a military e-mail address not yahoo or hotmail. I was supposed to get to call home once a month, but it was more like once every three months. Unfortunately, we only got letter mail once a week. I guess you need to provide more information so that someone who has been there and done that can tell you about their experience. Good Luck!

Answer 3

During Viet Nam, I got mail about once a week. I got to call home about once a month. There was no email. That was in the late 1960s. When I was stationed in Incirlick, Turkey for Operation Northern Watch in 1997, I was allowed one half hour a day on the computer, one 15 minute phone call a week to home, and mail was delivered every day, even though I didn't get mail every day. It is amazing to me how much better life in the military is now than it was in the 1960s.

Answer 4

It really all depends on your location and you job. If you work on computer its going to be a lot easier to e-mail then say someone that is infantry.

For the most part if you are in a combat job you will have R&R post that you will go to where you will have internet and phone access.

As for phones though due to the number of people your are limited to only 15 min calls so whatever you have to say you better get it out quick cause it may be weeks before you can talk again.

Answer 5

I had access 24/7 for free. However if you are out in the desert somewhere, that would not be true. It depends from person to person, but at least everyother day to 3 times a week.

Answer 6

It depends on a lot of things: deployed location, access to computer, availability of postal service, etc.

My last one, for example, I could get access 24/7 at a spot on the base for a small price

Answer 7

During your off hours. Unless you are on an overnighter or something like that. I have also heard of blackout during certain operations where you are not allowed to communicate in or out under orders. I've heard those can be upwards of 3 weeks.

Answer 8

U can check ur email an such on ur down time. It also depends on the line 2 get n2 the computer (I should know, Im deployed rite now). Also depends on wats happening becuz sumtimes communications get cut off4 other reasons I cannot say. So it all depends on wat u do an wat times u can do it. Thanx 4 the 2 points...BOO-YA!!