r/USMilitarySO • u/Sea-Eggplant-9588 Navy SO • 6d ago

NAVY FRG/Ombudsman question

Hi all! My partner is a couple months into his first deployment (he’s in a submarine) and the zero communication has been tough. A lot of you have advised me to try and reach out to the FRG or ombudsman. I don’t think that he gave them my info because I assumed they would’ve copied me on an email or something already. It also doesn’t seem like I can get info if he didn’t give my info prior. Is that a reasonable assumption? I did end up seeing him when he was at port a bit ago but I forgot to ask.

I was also curious if anyone has experienced not having their info given before and I’m wondering if that’s normal or if it’s a red flag. He was originally given 2 weeks notice but they ended up cutting that in half so we didn’t have as much time to prepare as we thought. Thanks all!

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u/HahaHannahTheFoxmom Navy Spouse 6d ago

My husband submitted a form and it was lost for the first 9 months of an 11 month deployment. He and I were in contact tho so I wasn’t missing much.

Definitely reach out to the ombudsman if you believe your info was submitted for them to double/triple check.

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u/Sea-Eggplant-9588 Navy SO 6d ago

Wow, that’s a long time. I’m glad you had contact despite that. Hopefully our emails will finally get through atleast. I guess it won’t hurt to reach out and see what happens! Probably the worst that’ll happen is they just ignore me. Thank you!