A friend has a son in Iraq. He says he won't be able to call her for up

[theophilus]

to two months while they redo the phone system. Any theories?

[w8liftinglady]

1. they do NOT encourage phone contact.I heard from my kid about once a month

too much bad news

[bahrbearian]

2. "Sequester the Troops"

[w8liftinglady]

3. I finally added a line and sent my son a cell phone with international

access.It was worth it.

[Monkeyman]

4. Shut down of all lines to home

Is a sign that things are about to get a hell of alot worse

[w8liftinglady]

5. exactly-since they aren't letting them go home,now

[Sherman A1]

6. Agreed

Or that things have already gotten a whole lot worse, same difference.

[brmdp3123]

7. Haven't heard anything like that from my son.

He called last Friday and didn't say anything about it.

[rocktivity]

8. It's going to take two months for them to redo the phone system?

I have a bridge in Brooklyn that they may want to buy!

:headbang:
rocknation

[madmunchie]

9. Please don't go after me, but my son works in Iraq as a contractor

He has a cell phone which the company has tried to take away from it's employees. They refused to turn them in. They have a phone room where they have no privacy. He used it once. They also have an internet area, that is "occasionally down".

I think that "they" would like to control the flow of information and communication as much as possible.

[w8liftinglady]

11. My son is trying to get on with a contractor so he won't get sent back as

regular army.These boys come back to no jobs.What do you expect them to do.

[genie_weenie]

10. "River City" is a term used when a

complete communications ban is in effect, say when a big operation is on the way or when something really bad has happened and the Military wishes to delay the release of information. The phone thing may be true, see if you can email him, then you will know the extent of the communications ban.

[lastknowngood]

12. Use google talk via the internet links the have.

n/t

[TomInTib]

13. JoeforClark's son was not allowed to phone from Ft Lewis, WA.

Stateside, for Dog's sake.

In re-training after a tour in Iraq.

For six weeks.

Couldn't phone home.