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jill the link i gave u is wrong its www.royalnavy.mod.uk/operations-and-support/royal-fleet-auxiliary/ i have been told

jill have asked and there r 2 groups on facebook.know its mainly used by those at sea but i suppose its a contact point.lol.

the groups... Royal Fleet Auxiliary(RFA-1998 to present)
and the other is.....home of the rfa
 and on that there is another saying ...the merchant navy.These are all on facebook.

on the first group there is a link saying www.rfa.mod.uk.
check em out and see .hope this helps u.xx

jill my friend was in portsmouth but now lives up north to be closer to her family.Will ask her tho if any of the rfa wives she speaks to live in the area.Also have a couple of male freinds who have joined the rfa ships ,think there might be a Facebook group,if u r on FB.Bear with me and i will ask ok.x

Natchicha - My Hubbie will be doing same trips 4 away 2 back....he is ex Navy as well.

Edited by author 30-06-2009 07:29 PM
Natchica - Thank you for your reply. Do you know if your friend is in Portsmouth? I don't know many people down here and am having a rough time - Paul gets his first deployment in August and I am dreading it..

Richardo - We do have a RFA Section on RN.Com, but its a fairly new site and its not used alot, saying that I have put a thread on there so fingers crossed!

Jill

Ello all,
       welcome to Jill.Ihave a freind whose hubby is RFA,he too was in the navy for 23 years.I will try and find out from her when i speak to her about support for RFA wives as i know she is in touch with other RFA wives etc...Her hubby does a 4 month stint out and then home a for a month or so and then joins another ship.He doesn't seem to stay on the same ship when he goes on leave.Is weird cos when he was in the navy he didnt spend a lot of time away cos of what he was, and now he is always away.But thats how they like it.Will try and get some info from her.x
      Well im nat,hubby ex navy(22 years),been a civi now for a year.living in pompey and have 3 boys 19,15 and a 4 year old.
 ricardo, hey hun,see you r busy as ever with work and visiting your darling christina.Must be so hard both for u,lynne and her.
     Hello Shiela,nice to see you making the most of your lurveeeeeee shack!!U make the most of it.Poor Jamienot being allowed home.I remember those moments really well.I suppose if he lived local to the ship he might have been able to go home for the night.I can always remember when i used to say goodbye to hubby only for him to come back and say the ship never sailed etccc.But there were times that he wasn't allowed home cos the ship was on sailing orders...Hope by now jamie might have sailed.
    Cindy is around,well i hope she is.lol.Hope now that scott is a civi she will saty on the baords.Cindy if u r lurking,can u say hello.xx
  anyway u all take care.
love natxx

Hi Jill

I was under the impression that there was an RFA forum on RNCom the Royal Navy Community Web site but having had a quick look I can't see anything but we can certainly try to lend you support on here.

I enjoy working for Welfare (NPFS)and am the Advice Worker for Northern Area of UK. I've met alot of nice people through the job and through this website too. So stick around Jill and you'll be alright.

Ricardo

Ricardo - Thank you for your reply..

Paul is EX-RN and has been left aboout 7 years, so him going back to RFA is alot different. I have lived in Pompey for 3 years, but have just moved to Fareham and don't know anybody, so I am dreading his first depolyment. Sadly there is no support for us RFA wives - which I am trying to change!!!

Working for RN Welfare must be an intresting job!

Jill

Greetings one and all,

Jill, welcome, I'm Ricardo, ex submariner Tiff. I left in 94 but was invalided due to body falling to bits with arthritis. Not sure what I would've done had I been fit, but have ended up working for Navy Welfare, north of the border in sunny Helensburgh.
I would imagine you man joining the RFA would mean long deployments, how do feel about that?.

Sheila and Nat. Christina has now been assigned a social worker to look into supported accommodation. she has been to discuss with Christina and we are due to meet her next week. I find it difficult to deal with at the moment, visits are very sad as she lives in her own confused world where voices tell her all manner of terrible things and she can often be very frightened but at other times will laugh. She gets people mixed up and refers to people as if they were someone else. Because of this she and others don't get far in conversation.

Lynne finds visiting very difficult so only tends to go at the weekend when we take Christina to the tea bar and outside. So I'm her only visitor every other day which again is sad........work

Edited by author 30-06-2009 10:39 AM
Hi Jill,
A warm welcome to you from the team here at NFF- & welcome to our message boards -

Alison
(NFF)

Morning.

My husband is Ex Rn and has had a bit of a Mid-Life Crisis and has now joined the Royal Fleet Auxilary. I live in Fareham, all my family etc are up North and I am desparate to meet some new people!
Many Thanks.

Jill

morning all
decided at last minute to go away in the van again at the weekend, you have to make the most of this good weather. Going again on Thursday till Monday. Camping in a field next to the runway for Waddington Air show I'm hoping this weather will continue but I know they have forcast heavy rain Friday aft.
 Jamie hasn't sailed yet he should have sailed Sunday then it was Monday then Thursady now he tells me it could be sunday but they won't let him come home as its too far

Nat sounds like good fun at your house I especially like the lambrusco

Ricardo Hows the spots? As Nat says are they still moving Christina?

Scatty How are you now fully recovered? I love Cleethorpes especially round the lake were all the ducks are

Cindy were are you? are you off on your holls again


Have a good day everyone Sheila x x x

lo@sarah,how come TAYTO man is confused..lol?????Must be the hot weather affecting him,needs to drink more fluids..Look forward to receiving the crisps,well the kids will.
   Ricardo looks like it is me and u in ere at the mo.Orange parade???sounds like prisoners being let out for the day.lol.Hows christina,did u get anywhere with her transfer??Are they still moving her??
    I have had a brill afternoon.Sat in the garden with kieran ,and he then threw himself into the pool.Then childminder(my close friend now)popped in with her daughter.She doesn't look after kieran now unless he is poorly and doesn't go to playgroup.But she still comes round.Was funny as her daughter who is 11 decided to sit with kieran in his little dinghy.Fully clothed her and kieran fell into the pool.Was soooooooo funny.Then hubby came back from work and decided to sit near the pool.well i cldnt resist it and pushed him in,fully clothed too!!!Everyone was in fits of laughter.I now have to be careful as think he will get me back when i least expect it.HAPPY DAYS!!!Its been gorgous and hot,hot,hot!!!
   Cindy,scatty and everyone else where r u all?????Have found debbie on fb and she is doing just fine.
  well im off now,having late dinner with a nice chilled glass of lambrusco.mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
   Kim saw your bit in the paper.You r looking good girl.!!Loved your teddys, cute.xxxDo u have to go to london to get your OBE???Or do u have it already..Nice bit of bling to own.xxYou deserve it and also everyone at nffXRicardo maybe next year for u.lol.
 have a great evening
 love loca natx

Sarah,

While he's confused, I never got my ten boxes either, to be delivered to the Families Centre.........................he'll remember.

Ricardo

Nat, arthur's a bar steward, pure and simple.

Scatty, there was an Orange Parade where about 60 folk were arrested for various offences.

Time to go home..............................

Ricardo

Nat

Spoken to crisp man who is confused, but will arrange another box to be sent to you.

Sarah

Ello peeps,
           hope everyone is enjoying the hot,hot weather we r having.Must say we have had a drizzle this afternoon.Took kieran to the lido and it started to rain,but now its sunny and very hot.
           Scatty,nice to hear you r better hun and getting out,had us worried for a while.How r u feeling now??And how is hubby after the theft??
       Ricardo,kieran is a lot better,just waiting now til he goes in for the op and hopefully after the op he will not suffer as bad as he has.
       Cindy and i will come up to see you at some point.Just realised it was this weekend we were gona come up,but have had a lot happening these last few weeks.WE Will make it soon i promise.Hows arthur etc???
      Shame about MJ,a legend!!!Great singer and will be missed.My friend had tickets to go and see him but now will be getting a refund.Its so sad.xThey reckon he is going to be no 1 i the charts this week.x
    Cindy,know scott is now a civi ,....have u left us????Hope not .xxYou have every right to be here.lol.I am still here hun.xx
   To everyone else hope u r having FUN,FUN,FUN this weekend.Keep smiling.love natxxx

p.s sarah has TAYTO man come back????lol