Deployment Documents and Information
General Preparedness Information
Tools and tips on how to prepare for deployment
Legal Preparedness Information
Tips and tools on how to prepare for the legal ramifications of deployment
Estate Planning Preparedness Information
Tools and tips on how to cary out estate planning for deployment
Family
Care Plans
Mission, readiness, and deployability needs especially affect single parents
and dual military couples with family members. Family Care Plans ensure
family members are properly and adequately cared for when the soldier
is
deployed, on temporary duty (TDY), at Annual Training, or otherwise not
available due to military requirements.
Child Support Adjustment Information
How to deal with child support based on having a higher (civilian) income
Surviving the Financial Stress of Deployment and
Reunion
Tips on handling finances while a family member is deployed
U.S. Military Deployment: When a Family Member Leaves
Three things to remember when preparing for deployment
Coping When a Family Member Has Been
Called to War
Tips on coping while a family member is deployed
Keep Your Small Business Intact While You Serve
Tips on managing your small business while deployed
Illinois State Servicemembers Civil Relief Act
The new Illinois statue that covers members of the Guard and Reserves when deployed.
Illinois Military Family Leave Act
This law now allows spouses and parents of service members who are deployed to take up to 30 days off of work without losing their job. This is the first of its kind in the country.
Sample Letter to Creditors
Request that the interest on your debts be reduced to 6 percent with this
sample letter to creditors. Section 207 of the Service members Civil
Relief Act sets a 6 percent per annum ceiling on interest charges (including
service charges, renewal charges, and fees) during the period of a service
member’s military service for obligations made prior to the date
of entry into active duty when the active duty materially affects the
ability to pay.
Downloads
These documents can be viewed, printed, and downloaded in Adobe PDF format.
(Click here to download Adobe Acrobat Reader)
Some of these files are rather large and may take some
time to download. Please be patient.
Guard and Reserve Family Readiness Programs Toolkit
The Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs has
developed the Guard and Reserve Family Readiness Programs Toolkit. It
is a toolkit to help commanders, members, and family in preparing units
for the separations that take place during mobilization and deployment.
Though aimed at reserve component members, active duty military members
and their families will also find it a very useful reference.
The checklists
and tips listed can help prevent your family from feeling overwhelmed
and the checklists can be used to record important family matters.
It
also includes the Guide to Reserve Family Member Benefits. This explains
what military benefits are available, including medical and dental benefits,
commissary and exchange privileges, military pay and allowances and re-employment
rights.
A separate checklist for single service members is also included
because preparation for deployment is also essential for single service
members
Training Circular 21-7, Personal Financial Readiness and Deployability
Handbook
This is for soldiers in the active component (AC) and the reserve
component (RC) including the Army National Guard (ARNG) and the United
States
Army Reserve (USAR). It explains the Army's pay system and answers
questions
concerning basic financial matters. At the end of each chapter are
practical exercises covering the material in the chapter.
It will
help soldiers understand the military pay and travel systems, spending
and saving, investments, and, most importantly, assist soldiers
in preparing
for financial readiness--in peacetime and during any type of deployment.
Remember, this is a guide to be used by all soldiers.
Soldier’s
Pre-Deployment Checklist
The Soldier’s Pre-Deployment Checklist is a checklist that can
serve as an inventory of all pertinent personal and legal affairs for
the service
member and their family.
Suggestions for Self-Employed and Small Business Owners
Facing Activation
Activation and deployment for our National Guard and Reserve
members who are small business owners, or self-employed can pose unique
and sometimes
complex issues. Once the member has
completed the General and Legal preparedness information for their
family, consideration must be made for the business. Here is a
check-off list as a general guideline
Understanding
Your DJMS (Active Component) Leave and Earnings Statement
Your pay is your responsibility. This publication's intended use
is as a guide to aid you in understanding the DJMS Leave and Earnings
Statement
(LES) DFAS Form 702. The LES is a comprehensive statement of a
member's leave and earnings showing your entitlements, deductions,
allotments,
leave information, tax withholding information, and Thrift Savings
Plan (TSP)
information.
Soldier/Family Deployment Survival Handbook
This handbook is a new publication of the Operation READY (Resources
for Educating about Deployment and You. It covers many details
of deployment separation that families need to know, an alphabetical
listing of local
resources checklists for soldier and spouse, and problem-solving
matrices, showing solutions to some of the common problems experienced
in a deployment.
Servicemembers
Civil Relief Act
On 19 December 2003, President Bush signed into law the “Servicemembers
Civil Relief Act” (SCRA). This law is a complete revision of the Soldiers’ and
Sailors’ Civil Relief Act (SSCRA) which provided a number of significant
protections to servicemembers including: reducing interest to 6% on pre-service
loans and obligations; and requiring court action before a servicemember’s
family can be evicted from rental property for nonpayment of rent if the monthly
rent is $1,200 or less. The SSCRA was largely unchanged from its enactment in
1940. The SCRA was written to: clarify the language of the SSCRA: to incorporate
many years of judicial interpretation of the SSCRA; and to update the SSCRA to
reflect new developments in American life since 1940.
Spouse's Handbook
A comprehensive guide and resource list from the US Army's Sergeants
Major. It's geared to NCO spouses. Note that this is a large
(1.3MB) file, which
may take as much as 10 minutes to download on a telephone line.
It's worth it.
Servicemembers' and Veterans' Group Life Insurance
Handbook
This handbook explains Service members’ Group Life Insurance (SGLI).
It is the life insurance currently available to all members
of the uniformed services. SGLI is a group life insurance policy purchased
by VA from a
commercial life insurance company.
Parents Guide to the Military
Child During Deployment and Reunion
This booklet is dedicated to helping parents of military families
support their children during deployment.
Educators guide to
the military child during deployment
This booklet is intended to help educators build coping skills
in their students during and after a military deployment. The
goal is
to bring
needed support and understanding to the process and to maintain
an optimal learning
environment in the classroom and the school.
Travel
Journal – A
Discovery About Deployment
This ideas and activities guide is written for young people
age eight to ten with parents in the Army or Air National Guard.
My
Goodbye Book
This is a coloring book about military separation for young
children from three to five. It is a one of a series of four
books on
military separation
for children and young people.
Goodbyes Are Hard
This is a coloring book about military separation for young
children six through eight. It is a one of a series of four
books on military
separation
for children and young people.
I Can Do That!
This is a coloring book about military separation for young
children nine through twelve. It is a one of a series of
four books on
military separation
for children and young people.
Separations Happen
This is a coloring book about military separation for young
children thirteen, fourteen, and fifteen. It is a one
of a series of four
books on military
separation for children and young people.
National Guard Family Program Joint Force Headquarters Coordinators
This Microsoft Word file lists the contact information of National Guard
Family Program Joint Force Headquarters Coordinators by state
Coast Guard Reserve Policy Manual
Links
Wellness tips for military families
A Military Spouse's Viewpoint on Deployment, Separation
and Reunion
Digest for Families and Loved Ones Called
to Military Duty
Helping Children Cope During Times of War
Keeping In Touch
With Your Spouse During Military Separation
Military Deployment - Coping
with Separation
Preparing Children for When Their Parents are Deployed
Steps
to Making Family Separation Manageable
When Loved Ones in the Military
are Deployed
How to Talk to your Child about the News
Official Resources
Air Force Personnel Center Family Support Operations
Army Legal Assistance
Offices
Employer Support of the Guard and Reserves
(ESGR)
Illinois National Guard
Office of the
Secretary of Defense – Reserve Affairs
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