Your VTC time slot is from 8am to 9am. You will get approximately 5-10 minutes to talk with your Marine. This is for the whole family. The schedule is set up in one hour blocks, so you do not have to be there right on time, but I would not come for the last 10 minutes either. Your 10 minutes will be set up in the order you arrive, so please be prepared to stay the entire hour. Sometimes we will be off schedule due to technical difficulties. Please be patient.
The VTC is being held at the 8th Comm HQ building FC300. Directions from the main gate: Take Holcolm Blvd to the traffic circle. Turn left at the traffic circle Turn right onto Daly The HQ building is right in front of you across the small traffic circle, you go around the circle and go sort of left straight.
Park in any of the spaces in front of the building, except the duty slot. Go in the front door and let the duty know what you are there for.
Some good things to think about:
Please help your children understand what they are going to do. Daddy or Mommy will be in the TV. Some children are told, "We are going to see Daddy/Mommy," and are really disappointed or confused when it turns out to be a TV. Help them understand the time limit.
You will be given privacy to talk with your spouse, but please be appropriate, you are on governement equipment. Solid colors work better on the monitor and cause less fuzziness, just a fashion suggestion. Please be respectful of others while waiting your turn, quiet is good.
Please e-mail or call me 388-0362 to confirm your time. We don't want Marines waiting for their families only to have them not show, so we need confirmation from you that you are coming.