Deployment Cycle Support (DCS)

1. In Theater Phase Deployment Cycle Support (DCS) Deployment Available Pool TRAIN-READY POOL Employment AVAILABLE POOL Mobilization = Redeployment ARFORGEN CYCLE Train-up Preparation RESET POOL Current DCS Resiliency Focus RESET Pool Train-Ready Pool Mission Cycle Support Cycle RESET Phase Post Deployment Train-Ready Phase Reconstitution Training Cycle ARFORGEN Alignment Update Mr. John Agler, GS-14 DCS Program Manager, Command Policy Programs Division Human Resources Policy Directorate Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G1

2. Agenda

3. Background Situation • FY02 – Ft Bragg domestic violence incidents – G1 / ASA(M&RA) convenes Domestic Violence Task Force. • 1QFY03 – G3 convenes DCS Tiger Team. • Mar 03 – G3 hand-off of DCS responsibilities to G1. • April 03 – Army-wide planning conference is held at FT Bragg. • May 03 – DCS CONPLAN is published. • Sep 03: • Army One Source becomes operational. • CENTCOM R&R Leave program commences. • Jan 04 – VCSA directs G1 establish Disabled Soldier Support System. • Mar 04 – Begin staff work and info briefings on reporting requirements. • April 04 – Installation assistance visits. • Ft Hood, TX • Ft McCoy, WI • Ft Campbell, KY • Ft Carson, CO • Ft Riley, KS • Ft Drum, NY

4. Initial DCS Planning Guidance Situation CSA: Ensure that no Soldier coming back from the AOR slips through the cracks regarding redeployment screening, debriefing and processing. • Not just units or individuals during normal rotations – every Soldier. • Also individuals who are redeploying on emergency leave, etc. G-1: • “This is a personnel program…but is executed by the chain of command. If it’s not, it’ll fail.” • Give unit commanders the tools they need to execute (lessons plan, slides, etc.). • ‘Provide commanders with SMEs to assist e.g. Chaplains, Medical Guidance Counselors, Lawyers, Doctors, Stress Management Workers, etc.’ • “Effort starts in-country, before heading home, continues at Home Station for some number of days to allow the readjustment to start. Continues for some longer period of time in a less formal process.” Dir, HRPD: • Develop plan that specifies what to do, by phase and to what standard, but not how to do. • Determine those events required for completion in each phase. • Events may occur simultaneously in phase in different locations by different commanders. • Synergy of what occurs within units and what occurs with family members. • Transition between phases is event-driven (not time-driven).

5. Enduring Deployment Life-cycle Support Situation ARFORGEN ALIGNMENT: • REALITY OF OCO/FORCE STABILIZATION: • Units and Soldiers turn around for subsequent deployment. • Meshes training, operational and personnel requirements. RESET: 6 month period following return from deployment TRAIN-READY: The next 6 months AVAILABLE: The next year whether deployed or not. This are notional only as the actual time periods for the later two phase are variable. Deployment Employment AVAILABLE POOL Mobilization Current Army DCS operational support the Senior Commanders by focusing on returning Deploying Soldiers, DA Civilians, and Families to pre-deployment resiliency levels, and ensuring access to services Train-up Preparation RESET POOL Redeployment TRAIN-READY POOL Mission Cycle Support Cycle FM 7-0 Training Cycle Post Deployment Reconstitution

6. Post Conflict / Mobilization Personnel Operations Mission Mission: On order, the Army conducts ARFORGEN alignment of all well-being and deployment requirements for Army Soldiers, DA Civilians for all personnel deployed over 90 days to support overseas Theater Operational Contingency Operations (OCO) and at CONUS locations with Army units, other services and coalition forces, or as individual augmentees in order to reintroduce Army personnel into pre-conflict environments to facilitate reconstitution of families, Soldiers’ individual lives, and the force. Concept: These operations are conducted in depth beginning at home, continue in-Theater, continue at Demobilization Stations, and with sustainment at Home Stations. The Army establishes required policies, provides necessary resources and provides external subject matter expertise and training support packages in support of the chain of command. The Army communicates the plan and establishes the means by which to account for and track all personnel throughout the process.

7. Concept of the Operation Execution • This is a Commander’s program. • ALL Soldiers and DA civilians returning or redeploying are provided a means for personal reconstitution, family reunion / reintegration and reestablishment of personal readiness. • “ALL Soldiers” includes: emergency leave, medical evacuation, and other individual redeployment scenarios. • Standard = 100%, but Soldiers are not delayed just for DCS tasks. • DCS provides the right tools and training. • Major components: Education, Assessment (Referrals as required), and Processing. • Accomplished during the 3 post-conflict/mobilization phases of Deployment Cycle Support aligned with ARFORGEN phases (RESET, TRAIN-READY, and AVAILABLE Force Pools): • RC Soldiers are released from active duty during Post-deployment.

8. Phase Definitions Execution • RESET FORCE POOL– Units enter the Reset/Train Force Pool after returning from a deployment. Their mission is to reconstitute, reset equipment, receive new equipment, assign new personnel, and train to achieve the required capabilities necessary to enter the Ready Force Pool. Units in this pool are available to support civil authorities for national emergencies. (RESET Phase (Return to Return + 180 / 365) • TRAIN-READY FORCE POOL– Units in the Ready Force Pool conduct mission preparation and collective training for anticipated future missions. Units in this pool are eligible for deployment to unanticipated contingencies or other operational requirements. Train-Ready Phase (Return + 180 / 365 to LAD / Available) • AVAILABLE FORCE POOL– Units in the Available Force Pool are available for worldwide deployment. Available Phase (Upon entering the Available Pool to the Latest Arrival Date-LAD)

9. Phase Definitions Execution • Redeployment (RESET)– In Theater Phase (Return-180 to Return) • RESET Planning; Maintenance & property accountability; Initial Planning Conference (IPC); Family Integration; ID High Risk Soldiers (Return = 51% personnel at home station) • “Sets the conditions for success in RESET phase” • Units and material re-posture themselves in the same theater; transfer forces and material to support another Joint Forces Command operational requirement; or return personnel, equipment , and material to the Home (AC) or Demobilization (RC) Station upon completion of the mission. • Post-Deployment (TRAIN-READY)(Return + 180 / 365 to LAD / Available) – Begins with arrival at Home Station (AC) or DEMOB Station (RC), includes actions to recover equipment, personnel and demobilization activities. Ends with release from recovery mission (AC) or arrival at Home Station (RC). Individual redeployment and demobilization processing (Reverse SRP, medical screening, DCS process). • RESET Phase (Return to Return + 180 / 365) • Soldier-Family reintegration & Unit reconstitution; Individual Training; DMETL Approved; Changes of Command; Limited NEF/NET; Units report C5 until end of phase (but achieve P2, S2, R2, T4/3) • Reconstitution (AVAILABLE)(Entering Available Pool to the Latest Arrival Date-LAD) – Reconstitute the force; includes family readiness, reintegration of Soldiers into families and communities, equipment maintenance, decompression, and Soldier readiness.

10. ARFORGEN Process Timelines • In Theater Phase (Return-180 to Return) • RESET Planning; Maintenance & property accountability; Initial Planning Conference (IPC); Family Integration; ID High Risk Soldiers (Return = 51% personnel at home station) • “Sets the conditions for success in RESET phase” In Theater Phase Available Pool ARFORGEN Cycle • RESET Phase (Return to Return + 180 / 365) • Soldier-Family reintegration & Unit reconstitution; Individual Training; DMETL Approved; Changes of Command; Limited NEF/NET; Units report C5 until end of phase (but achieve P2, S2, R2, T4/3) RESET Pool & RESET Phases Train-ReadyPool RESET Phase Train-Ready Phase • Train-Ready Phase (Return + 180 / 365 to LAD / Available) • Collective training (CTC/MRE); Family Team Building; NEF/NET; deployment preparation; & achievement of C1

11. Tasks to Subordinate Units Coordinating Instructions MACOM: • Ensure DCS/CSF/AFAP actions are completed to support ARFORGEN for all MACOM assigned personnel deployed in support of OEF/OIF, to include DA Civilians and Families • Implement Army Risk Reduction Program with specific emphasis on unit level risk assessments. Conduct Unit Risk Inventory for each unit deployed to OEF/OIF within 90 days of arrival at Home Station Commanders at all Levels: • Ensure that DCS requirements are completed (Specifically Well-Being Tasks; ad tasks not already identified or part of Comprehensive Soldier Fitness, ARFORGEN; and Soldier Readiness Processing (SRP) requirements • Ensure that redeploying Soldiers & DA civilians (including their Families) and the DCS task requirements are properly tracked from home station to in-Theater, and upon return to Home Station. The intent is to properly prepare Soldiers for Redeployment, Post-deployment, and Reconstitution, not to force Soldiers to participate in repetitive training and assessments due to poor record keeping • Ensure that Soldiers who have or develop Deployment Cycle related problems, regardless of their nature, are diverted into appropriate programs, or if in need of other types of assistance which are non-medical or chaplain support related, are provided the opportunity and resources to resolve the problems expeditiously. Also focus on getting personnel needing assistance diverted into appropriate programs and tracked by Theater/IMCOM/MACOM/UNIT/MEDCOM IAW regulations and HIPAA requirements

12. Redeployment Tasks* Red – statutory Green – regulatory Blue – policy Black – DCS req’d Coordinating Instructions *Illustrative list of tasks

13. Post-Deployment Tasks* Red – statutory Green – regulatory Blue – policy Black – DCS req’d Coordinating Instructions DEMOB Station for RC - Home Station for AC *Illustrative list of tasks

14. Reconstitution Tasks* Red – statutory Green – regulatory Blue – policy Black – DCS req’d Coordinating Instructions *Illustrative list of tasks

15. Way Ahead • Complete updated draft changes to the ARFORGEN Alignment Plan with FORSCOM 19-22 JAN 2009; complete/publish updated DCS Directive/ARFORGEN documents IAW timeline • Gain approval of Senior Army Leadership of revised CONOPS, and distribute to the field for Army Wide Staffing (DCS/ARFORGEN Tasks/Checklist Updates-APR 2010). Staff COA Analysis of ARFORGEN to scope Department of the Army position • Establish follow-on special working groups to complete recommendations for ARFORGEN/DCS alignment to include accomplishing the following: • Develop and Brief to Senior Army Leadership a Course of Action/Decision Brief to determine appropriate automation system to incorporate ARFORGEN, DCS, CSF, and AFAP requirements; submit for HRPD/SLRB/G-1 approval for automation/funding requirements (JAN-MAR 2010) • Continue with Action Officer Working Group (AOWG) to automate DCS Checklist (FEB-JUN 2010) • Align New PTSD and Suicide Prevention, RESET Pilot, CSF, and AFAP, WTC initiatives within DCS • Update and finalization of performance measures and metrics • Continued execution of the STRATCOM • Completion of tracking and reporting requirements • Coordination of DCS processes for DA civilians with CPO and applicable Army agencies • Content of the package to be made available to employers who provide deploying • contractors in support of the Army • Clarify execution of Reconstitution Phase DCS Tasks for RC after REFRAD

16. References & Information Well-Being Policies and Procedures: http://www.armyg1.army.mil/WellBeing/policy.asp The Well-Being Liaison Office (WBLO): http://www.aflo.org/home.asp The MWR website: http://www.armymwr.com/ Comprehensive Soldier Fitness: http://www.army.mil/csf Deployment Cycle Support Checklist. Select this title at: http://www.armyg1.army.mil/militarypersonnel/policy.asp R&R Leave Website: http://www.odcsper.army.mil/Directorates/wb/RRLeave/index.htm Army Wounded Warrior (AW2) Transition: http://www.army.mil/info/organization/offices/eoh/wtc Army DCS Program Manager: Mr. John Agler, Army G1 HRP-CPPD john.agler@conus.army.mil (703) 604-0626