Deployment Support
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Force Health Protection & Readiness Deployment Tips
The information in this section will assist service members and their families in preparing for and coping with deployments. This site contains family support links for each of the services, as well as information for children, locating service members and deployment entitlements."
Deployment Health and Family Readiness Library
The DoD Deployment Health Risk Communication Working Group and the Joint Task Force for Family Readiness Education on Deployments have joined together to create the Deployment Health and Family Readiness Library.
Army Behavioral Health
The U.S. Army's new Behavioral Health website provides information for Soldiers and their families on behavioral-health needs before, during and after deployments. Topics on the website include pre- and post- deployment health assessments; post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI)and symptoms; suicide prevention; Battlemind training; and resources where Soldiers and families can get help.
Mobilization Issues
These articles provide information on ARNG Education Benefits and Mobilization Finance.
The Navy Fleet and Family Support Center
Fleet and Family Support Centers offer programs to ensure families are prepared for deployment and post-deployment.
Marine Corps Family Team Building (MCFTB)
"MCFTB provides educational resources and services to foster personal growth and enhance the readiness of Marine Corps families."
Military HOMEFRONT
"MilitaryHOMEFRONT is the central, trusted, up-to-date source for Service members and families to obtain information about all Quality of Life programs and services."
Air Force Crossroads
Air Force Crossroads section on Family Separation and Readiness is dedicated to those members and their families and friends who are separated due to deployments, remote assignments, extended TDYs, natural disasters, and professional military education requirements. "
Army Community Service Deployment Readiness
"This site contains useful information to help answer questions you may have and make the process as smooth as possible."
The Military Family Network
"Information for relocation, deployment, family support, free online community forums, free classifieds, employment boards and benefit updates are available so military families may discover opportunities and community support."
LIFELines Deployment Readiness
"Provides information and resources that can lessen the strain of deployment on you and your family."
Deployment Center
" Be sure to read these tips, and maintain your family's emotional and financial well-being."
Moms Over Miles
"Designed to help mothers to maintain and strengthen the relationships they have with their children while they are away."
Military Spouse Headquarters
Topical discussions and information on military life and support for military spouses and loved ones.
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs
Visitors to the website can download a Commander's Toolkit and a Family Toolkit, which provides Reserve families with information on how to plan for deployment, financial management, legal affairs, and reintegration. Also, the website has new and updated versions of Guard and Reserve Benefits Guide and the Education and Retirement Guides.
Operation Uplink
"A unique program that keeps military personnel and hospitalized veterans in touch with their families and loved ones by providing them with a free phone card."
Operation Homelink
"Our program enables email communications between families and their loved ones deployed outside of the continental United States" by providing free refurnished computers.
HomeFront America
This organization offers a wide range of programs and services to assist military families of deployed service members.
Military Family Research Institute Deployment Support Resource
"Several of the resources focus specifically on deployment and how it affects military families. Other resources are targeted more toward helping children deal with war, terrorism, and a parent being away from home due to a deployment."
Hugs4Smiles
This organization provides care package support for deployed military members and the brave families the soldier left behind.
Talk, Listen, Connect
Bilingual kits to help military families and their young children cope with feelings, challenges, and concerns experienced during various phases of deployment.