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Dealing with Deployment

Dealing with Deployment. Army Community Service Center Fort Detrick, Maryland. Challenges for Military Families:. Every military family experiences difficulty coping due to: Lengthy separations Single parenting during spouses absence Separation from friends and family Financial strains

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Dealing with Deployment

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  1. Dealing with Deployment Army Community Service Center Fort Detrick, Maryland

  2. Challenges for Military Families: Every military family experiences difficulty coping due to: • Lengthy separations • Single parenting during spouses absence • Separation from friends and family • Financial strains • And on, and on, and on…..

  3. Prepare for deployment NOW! • Express feelings and concerns • Go through the pre-deployment readiness checklist together • Recognize that anger is okay • Plan family activities • Set personal goals during deployment • Know where to go for information and support

  4. Pre-Separation Stress • Combination of emotions • Anger • Sorrow • Fear • Expressed through • Arguing • Crying • Clinging • Distance

  5. Strategies for Coping • Communicate • Develop plan for staying in touch • Prepare family members • Complete Personal Readiness Plan

  6. Personal Readiness Plan • Update Will and Power of Attorney • Create joint bank accounts • Update and verify IDs and other important documents • Confirm enrollment in DEERS

  7. Preparing the Children • Age appropriate • Children feel tension • Children’s reactions • Sadness • Resentment • Parent leaving because child is bad • Regressive or attention seeking behavior

  8. Planning and Preparation • Explain to child – Where, when, how long • Family discussions • Take picture of child with deploying parent (Operation Pillow Case!) • Videotape/audiotape stories for child • Give child something that is you • Single parents – assure child knows who will care for them

  9. Strategies for Changes • Every system attempts to make up for loss • “Single” parent can become more self sufficient • Older children can take on role of deployed servicemember • Stick to consistent routines • Let friends and family help • Stay healthy

  10. Strategies for Changes • Stay involved and keep busy • Stay in touch with friends (Make plans to do so) • Use activities on the installation

  11. Get Involved / Stay in Touch! • Rear Detachment Commander • Family Readiness Groups • Army Community Service • American Red Cross • Hearts Apart - “Something More!” • Community Projects for the Troops!

  12. Thank You! Contact Information: Army Community Service (ACS) Outreach Programs Community Support Center 1520 Freedman Drive, Suite 300 Fort Detrick, Maryland 21702 301-619-3787 or DSN 343-3787 USAGOutreach@amedd.army.mil http://www.detrick.army.mil/outreach

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