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Chapter 2: A New Reality: Impact of the Global War on Terrorism Operation: Military Kids Ready, Set, Go! Training

Chapter 2: A New Reality: Impact of the Global War on Terrorism Operation: Military Kids Ready, Set, Go! Training. Impact of the Global War on Terrorism • Has changed the face of military service for those in the National Guard and U.S. Army Reserve

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Chapter 2: A New Reality: Impact of the Global War on Terrorism Operation: Military Kids Ready, Set, Go! Training

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  1. Chapter 2: A New Reality: Impact of the Global War on Terrorism Operation: Military Kids Ready, Set, Go! Training

  2. Impact of the Global War on Terrorism • Has changed the face of military service for those in the National Guard and U.S. Army Reserve • Mobilization and deployment at record high levels • Different needs than traditional military families • Primary occupation is not one of “Soldier” and families don’t consider themselves “military families” • Geographically dispersed from others in the same circumstances (not necessarily located near a military installation) • Family identity changes from “civilian” to “military” with one letter or phone call

  3. Unique Issues for Children/Youth in National Guard and U. S. Army Reserve Families: • Lack of community awareness of and support for family needs • Lack of educator preparedness to recognize and meet needs of children/youth of deployed members • Possible transition from one school to another • Social/emotional/behavioral reactions may impact youths’ future • Accessibility and affordability of childcare • Availability and affordability of after-school programs and youth activities; children home alone • Frequently unaware of resources to help parents and children cope • Difficulty understanding and dealing with media • Deployment cycle—disrupts family before, during, and after...and is repeated

  4. Identified Issues for Children/Youth in National Guard and U.S. Army Reserve Families: • Geographically dispersed families and lack of connection with other youth and families in similar situation • Child separation/anxiety issues regarding safety of deployed parent • Deployed parent absent for significant events • Less parental involvement from parent at home • Limited opportunities for youth to attend extracurricular activities • Teens having increased care of home and younger siblings • Behavioral changes, peer pressure, lower self-esteem • Communication with deployed parent • Need to live with extended family • Changes in financial resources

  5. The Active Army

  6. Army Component Structure Active Component* Regions Geographically Dispersed** Installations Reserve Component Army Reserve National Guard States Regions * Base Operations organization, not units ** Assigned away from military installations, e.g. Army Recruiters, ROTC Instructors

  7. Active Army Demographics • • 483,452 Soldiers • • 54% married • • 10% of married Soldiers are dual military • • 8% are single parents • • 457,428 children • • Over 500,000 retirees • • Undergoing transformation

  8. Fort Wainwright Ft. Greely Fort Richardson Northwest Yakima Training Center Fort Lewis Umatilla Chem Depot Fort Drum Natick R & D Ctr Devens RFTA (USAR) USAG Selfridge Watervliet Ars Fort McCoy (USAR) Tobyhanna Army Depot Ft. Hamilton Detroit Ars West Point Picatinny Arsenal Carlisle Barracks Rock Island Arsenal Fort Monmouth Letterkenny AD Aberdeen Proving Ground Fort Dix (USAR) Dugway Proving Ground Lima Army Tank Plt Sierra Army Depot Ft Detrick Deseret Chem Depot Ft. AP Hill Fort Carson Tooele AD Adelphi Lab Ctr Fort Eustis Parks RFTA (USAR) Fort Monroe Hawthorne AD Fort Lee Fort Story Pueblo Depot Riverbank AAP Radford AAP Walter Reed Ft. Meade Blue Grass AD Presidio of Monterey Iowa AAP Fort McNair Fort Myer Fort Hunter Liggett (USAR) Fort Knox Fort Belvoir Lake City AAP Holston AAP Fort Campbell Fort Riley Fort Irwin Fort Leavenworth Milan AAP Fort Sill Fort Leonard Wood McAlester AAP White Sands Missile Testing Center Yuma Proving Ground Redstone Arsenal Pine Bluff Ars Red River AD Kansas AAP Anniston AD Fort Hauchuca Lone Star AAP Louisiana AAP Fort Bliss Fort Polk Fort Hood Fort Sam Houston Camp Stanley Storage Actv Pacific Corpus Christi AD Tokyo/Yokohama Akizuki/Kure Zama/Sagamihara Okinawa Fort Shafter Schofield Barracks Kwajalein Army Installation Management Regions Northeast Scranton AAP Moffett Field RFTA (USAR) Fort Bragg MOT Sunny Point Fort Jackson Fort Gordon Director Locations NE: Ft Monroe SE: Ft McPherson NW: Rock Island Ars SW: Ft Sam Houston Europe: Heidelberg Pacific: Ft Shafter Korea: Yongsan Fort McPherson Fort Benning Ft. Gillem Hunter Army Airfield Fort Rucker Fort Stewart Mississippi AAP Southeast USAG Miami Ft Buchanan, PR Southwest Overseas: Europe Korea

  9. Army National Guard

  10. Overview of National Guard • Army National Guard is one branch of the total U.S. Army • ARNG is composed of reservists—civilians who serve their country on a part-time basis • Each state and the federal government control the ARNG, depending on the circumstances • In peacetime, governors command the Guard Forces through the Adjutant General • During wartime, the President of the United States can activate the National Guard • Where federalized, Guard units are led by the Commander-in-Chief of the theatre in which they are operating

  11. National Guard Army National Guard Air National Guard • 350,000 Soldiers • 106,000 Airmen • 33% of Army’s total strength • 19% of Air Force’s total strength • State and Federal mission • State and Federal mission • State command • State command • Primarily combat and • Primarily flying missions combat service and expeditionary support units combat support

  12. Army National Guard 350,000 Soldiers

  13. Air National Guard

  14. Strategies for Working with the National Guard • Schedule introductory meeting with State Youth Coordinator, State Family Program Director, and Wing Coordinators • Inform all potential OMK participants of program services • Learn about issues faced by youth of deployed parents • Work with State Family Programs personnel to enlist Command support • Invite the State Youth Coordinator to participate on the OMK Team

  15. ARMY RESERVE

  16. Army Reserve Overview • • 317,495 Soldiers • • Over 1,923 units throughout U.S. and territories • • Federal Mission • • Regional commands (13 and 1 ARCOM) • • Primarily combat support and combat service support units

  17. Army Reserve Regional Readiness Commands ME 88th RRC Fort Snelling, MN I 77th RRC Flushing, NY 96th RRC Salt LakeCity, UT WA VT II ND NH MT MN X MA NY OR VIII RI WI CT SD ID MI 94th RRC Fort Devens, MA WY PA 70th RRC Seattle, WA NJ V IA OH III IX NE DE VII MD IL IN WV NV UT VA CA CO MO KY KS NC IV TN OK SC AR VI AZ NM GA AL MS 99th RRC Oakdale, PA TX LA FL 63rd RRC Los Alamitos, CA RSC 89th RRC Wichita, KS PR 65th RRC San Juan, PR 90th RRC N. Little Rock, AR 81st RRC Birmingham, AL 88th RSG Fort Ben Harrison, IN 7th ARCOM 81st RSG Fort Jackson, SC 9th RRC 90th RSG San Antonio, TX

  18. Army Reserve Units 317,495 Soldiers

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