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Although my dad is retired from the navy, he still leaves every 2-3 weeks.
Tomorrow morning he's leaving for the Philippines and he'll be there for 2-3 weeks. I'm really worried for his safety because of the weather, and because it's dangerous. He told me to be careful and watch out for scams and calls from people asking us for money. There might be calls like "your dad has been kidnapped, please give us money to help us find him" or "this is your dad, send me money" and i have to ask the caller for a security question, to find out if it's really my dad.

I've been used to his absence. My dad missed a lot of my birthdays- including my birth. He missed a lot of holidays too, this year he's going to miss thanksgiving. I remember when I was 5 or 6 I used to cry for my dad a lot when he was on deployment. Whenever he'd come home he'd tickle me and my sister. My sister and I would always try to hide from him and when he would find us he'd tickle us too. It used to be really sad whenever my dad would leave for a 6 month deployment, or on leave for a week or two. But now I'm so used to it. I'm not surprised when I hear that he's leaving. Two weeks ago he was in New Jersey. For my birthday he was in Florida I think? Or South Carolina. Or Oregon. On my sister's birthday he'll be in Florida. My dad doesn't even work in the military, he works as a civilian calibrating gauges on ships. But his work takes him EVERYWHERE! I would want a job that takes me everywhere, but not as labourous as his job.


I just pray that my dad will be safe along with everyone flying out in this horrible weather.