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Pre-deployment/Mobilization
& Stability & Support Operations (SSOs)
Provides support and assistance to unit
commanders in establishing Family Readiness Groups and
orientation for reserve component units and their families about
available assistance upon unit activation and individual
mobilization. Staff is available to assist single parents, dual
military couple, and dual emergency–essential Civilian couples
in developing family care plans for deployment.
- Family Assistance Plan
Addresses all levels and phases of
deployment or mobilization and SSOs for the installation.
The Family Assistance Plan includes the services offered to
families, Army Community Service (ACS) and other
agency’s roles and responsibilities, resources (manpower and
dollars), and projected needs during deployment. The plan
provides support to survivors and waiting
families and assists family members who are relocating.
- Support Group/Orientation -
Assists Family Readiness (aka Support) Groups (FRGs/ FSGs)
with training, resource materials, homecoming and reunion
activities, information and referral. Provides published FRG
literature. Units may request assistance as needed.
- Deployment/Mobilization & Stability &
Support Operations (SSOs) - Provides support to
families during deployment and mobilization.
- Waiting Family Program - Assists
registered families of deployed service members or those who
are geographically separated due to an unaccompanied tour of
duty, extended TDY, deployment, mobilization, or
repatriation. Registration/notification is required.
Provides personalized assistance and close monitoring of
family members to ensure resolution of problems, provides
necessary information, and makes referrals to appropriate
agencies or other resources. See also Army One Source below
- Military OneSource - Helps any
service member or family members deal with life's issues.
Trained consultants are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a
week, 365 days a year. You can call within the U.S.
(800-342-9647), or internationally (either toll free
800-3429-6477, using the applicable access code, or collect
484-530-5947) and speak to a master's level consultant or go
online to access information or email a consultant at:
http://www.militaryonesource.com/
You can access informative articles,
helpful tools, audio tips on hundreds of specific
topics, and much more. For additional Information, call
Army Community Service (ACS) at
(586) 282-0485 or send an email to
Army
Community Service.
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Military One Source (MOS) is a
24-hour, seven-day-a-week toll-free information and referral
telephone service available to active duty and demobilized
National Guard and Reserve soldiers, deployed civilians and
their families worldwide. MOS provides information ranging
from every day concerns to deployment/reintegration issues.
Additionally, if there is a need for face-to-face
counseling, MOS will provide referrals to professional
civilian counselors for assistance. OCONUS face-to-face
counseling is provided via existing Medical Treatment
Facility-contracted marriage and family counselors. To reach
MOS, simply call the following telephone numbers: CONUS
1-800-464-8107, OCONUS (country access code), 800-464-81077
(all eleven digits must be dialed). MOS Web address:
http://www.militaryonesource.com
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Post Deployment Briefings - Provides information to assist
families with reunion. Includes support groups or workgroups
that help with family unification problems or successes.
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Unit Rear Detachments - Provides training to unit rear
detachments on family assistance and community resources
during deployment or mobilization. Assistance is also
provided for families in their units.
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Family Readiness Group - Assists Family Readiness/Support
Groups (FRGs/FSGs) with training, resource materials,
homecoming and reunion activities, information and referral.
Provides published FRG literature. Units may request
assistance as needed.
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Operation R.E.A.D.Y. (Resources for Educating About
Deployment and You) - Provides training module with
practical instructions pertaining to ongoing readiness.
Includes topics such as “Understanding and Planning for
Military Separation and Pre-deployment Ongoing Readiness,”
“Coping with Separation,” and “Financial Planning.” The
materials are designed to support unit commanders in
preparing Service Members, Civilian employees, and their
families for military operations.
For more information, visit
http://www.myarmylifetoo.com/skins/malt/display.aspx?mode=User&Action=display_page&ModuleID=8cde2e88-3052-448c-893d-d0b4b14b31c4&ObjectID=0588ea73-7fld-4513-4513-b039-d940ba54deb4
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Repatriation Support - Assists family members who are in a
safe haven status who have been evacuated or forced to
return early from an area outside of the continental U.S.
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Other Deployment Sites - some
government sponsored and others operated by private
organizations but all in support of our military:
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