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	September 2005 - FLO Notes Chief's Corner: Today's Army Family still carries torch of freedom Recently I had the opportunity to visit several historical wonders that dated back to the birth of our Nation. The Liberty Bell is a sight to see for sure. As I marveled at this one symbolic reference to freedom I was humbled with the understanding that world wide there is probably no object that represents freedom more than this one item. As most tourists I had my picture taken in front of this grand monument of liberty. From the Liberty Bell I went to Independence Hall where the Declaration of Independence was adopted in 1776 and the U.S. Constitution was written in 1787. Close by are Congress Hall and Old City Hall ... all the birth place of our Nation. I was struck with reverence as to the significance of these wonderful reminders of our history and the significance of what service to our Nation really means. The tremendous risk of life and family to those who supported the Declaration of Independence is apparent. And I could imagine the great debates that must have occurred as the constitution was crafted. Just the mere reading of the Declaration of Independence was historic and carried with it a significant element of risk. I walked through these grand places of our history and found the humble notion that after it was all said and done our Soldiers and Sailors were the ones that made the real difference. Everything that happened by the historic turn of the pen was solidified by the sacrifice of our military counterparts. As it is today there was a need for jointness, civilian support and even contract support to make it work well. Service to this nation, or even more profound, to our fellow neighbor cannot be a higher calling than it was back before my time. I hear many parents of our young adults that discourage this lofty calling to military service and I am disappointed. What would have happened if this attitude had been prevalent during the birth of our nation and during times of need throughout our history? What would happen if we discouraged service in the police force, firefighters, and many other professions of service that make a difference just because it is dangerous? I certainly don't envision a nation of strength, goodness and symbolic of freedom for the oppressed. We are fortunate in the Army. We have a wide range of Soldiers, civilians, families, and contractors who share a bond to a calling of service to our nation. I hope those who follow us a hundred years from now will feel as grateful as I do today for those I know only in our accounts of American history. I hope they would be proud of us, honored that we made good their promise of a strong Nation and better world. If ever there was a way to thank those who serve it is in our commitment to succeed, carry the torch of freedom and ensure that others see the light of liberty. Anne Morse said it best in her article in the "National Review" ... "A sense of calling means that each of us does our best to help free the world from the darkness and devastation that threaten to overwhelm it. Through work well done, we witness to the One who calls us &mdas; just as Casey Sheehan did." Army launches spouse employment Web site The Army announced a new spouse employment Web site � www.militaryspousejobsearch.org � which contains more than 26,000 job vacancies, and is designed to provide spouses employment opportunities while fulfilling corporate America's demand for skilled workers. Military Spouse Job Search is a database where spouses can build their resumes and research valuable information. Spouses can also access career tools, labor market information, career assessment, training and education opportunities as well as information on colleges and technical schools. The site also has a financial aid center for spouses considering going back to school and a relocation center for families considering a permanent move or temporary change of location. The new Web site is a joint venture between Army Spouse Employment Partnership, U.S. Community and Family Support Center, and the Department of Labor. "It was easy to create an account," said Christine Jumper, an Army spouse who lives near Fort Lee, Va. "I had immediate access to the skills profiler which was great." The diversity of employable military spouses is an important factor for the corporations involved in the program, said Teresita Rivera, manager, Employment Readiness Program, USACFSC. "These partners are looking for good talent and they know that they can find it on the MSJS Web site," Rivera said. As a pre-requisite for access to Military Spouse Job Search, employers must be an inducted partner or accepted new partner in the Army Spouse Employment Partnership. Current inducted partners include Adecco USA, Army and Air Force Exchange Service, Army Career Alumni Program, Army Civilian Personnel, BellSouth, Boys and Girls Clubs of America, Computer Systems Corporation, CVS/pharmacy, Defense Commissary Agency, Dell, EURPAC Service Inc., Hospital Corporation of America, Home Depot, Lockheed Martin, Manpower Inc., Merck and Company, Sears Holdings Corporation, and Sprint. Army to implement Virtual Family Readiness Group A new initiative, known as the virtual Family Readiness Group, designed to support and improve how information is passed to families when Soldiers are deployed will launch October 1 on the World Wide Web. "The Virtual Family Readiness Group is designed to replicate the major components of FRGs but in a virtual context," said Jay M. Burcham, chief of Deployment and Mobilization Readiness Division for the U.S. Army Community and Family Support Center's Family Programs Directorate in Alexandria, Va. "This Web System is not just a Web site. Soldiers down range in Iraq, Korea or wherever they are deployed will be able to communicate with families around the world by logging into this system. The virtual Family Readiness Group Web system will use technology to move today's FRGs into the 21st Century to meet the demands of the Army's Expeditionary Force." The initiative began in June 2004 when CFSC in support of the 2nd Infantry Division in Korea created a virtual FRG to reach out to families of Soldiers who would be deployed. Most Soldiers deploy as individual replacements to Korea, which basically is a stable environment and communication with family members is routine, Burcham said. Prior to the vFRG, the families need for support was addressed by the "waiting families" program that Army Community Service operates. Families also received support from their previous unit's physical FRG. With the War on Terrorism things changed though. Soldiers were being deployed from Korea to Iraq making communication with families difficult. Adding to that, families were reading and seeing stories on the news of bombs going off in areas where their Soldiers were located. "To ease the added stress placed on Soldier's families, the 2nd Infantry Division provided up-to-date command information as well as the capability to download photos, send newsletters and organize families by location and unit," Burcham said. "This was a new concept to take the physical FRGs and turn them into a virtual context." The development and fielding of the vFRG for Korea and Iraq was completed in five weeks by DefenseWeb Technologies, Inc., San Diego, Calif. "The overall purpose of the vFRG supporting Soldiers deploying to Korea and Iraq was to provide a Web portal for official and unofficial information between the brigade, Soldiers, and families" said Tonya Bowers, Army program manager at DefenseWeb Technologies." The brigade now had the means to communicate with the families of deployed Soldiers, Bowers added. Follow-on development built functions to automate the capabilities of today's physical FRGs. These capabilities include instant messaging, forums and discussion groups, post cards, and file and document sharing. The final phase of the program broadens what was developed for the 2nd Infantry Division and provides training, outreach and support across all three components of the Army, active, Guard and reserve. When released for use by units it will feature a unit vFRG locator, a kids and teens area, a phone tree organization chart, in case of emergency family plans, blogs, a training tracker and metrics for the unit commander to determine the state of family readiness, FRG leader forums content, and more. The site will also provide a single location for users to obtain news and updates relating to FRGs and their unit. Users will be able to make updates to the phone tree and e-mail distribution list for rear detachment commanders and FRG leaders to use for mass communication to Soldiers and families. Users of the site must first register at www.armyfrg.org and be authenticated by command level administrators. This feature is very important to unit commanders concerned with maintaining Operational Security of the information that they provide to families Burcham said. "After they have been authenticated, users can go into the system, join their unit's virtual FRG, and update the information in their registration file especially if they are changing duty stations" Bowers said. "There are many benefits to using the vFRG system", Burcham added. "Members of the Army Reserve and the National Guard see this as an answer to the communications issues they have to deal with because they are geographically dispersed. Families of mobilized Individual Ready Reservists will be able to join the vFRG of the unit their Soldier is deployed with." Members of the National Guard emphasize that they see this as a great way to enhance family readiness, Burcham said. It gives them the capability to maintain an FRG and communicate with their FRG members on a year round basis, which frequently is only organized during deployments. "This vFRG allows them to stay organized throughout the year with a known place where people can login and communicate without the worry and expense of bringing families into reserve or Guard headquarters which could be 100 miles away," Burcham said. "It is not designed to replace the existing physical FRG, but to enhance them," Burcham said. To support the upcoming start of the system, a waiting list area where units can sign up to establish a virtual FRG has been added to www.armyfrg.org. For more information, e-mail armyvirtualfrg@cfsc.army.mil. Coalition supports military children To address the challenges that military-connected students face every time their parents move to different assignments around the world, the Military Child Education Coalition (MCEC) has created an innovative program called "Student to Student," or S2S, to help solve the problem. Starting with six schools last year, the S2S program has grown to 51 schools across the country in just one year. Most are Public schools on or near military installations. The program caters not only to issues students have at new assignments, but also to helping students getting ready to leave a place they know. The MCEC is also taking steps to support the growing number of "suddenly military" students. Because of the high number of National Guardsmen and reservists fighting the global war on terrorism, the MCEC has created a program to teach educators and others how to help "suddenly military" students of deployed citizen-Soldiers. The coalition established a workshop, called Supporting Children and Families of Guard and Reserve Institute. The institute is a professional development program to help schoolteachers, counselors, administrators and members of the Guard and reserve and their families to reach out to the children of Guard and reserve members. The workshop helps participants understand what children's reactions to a parent's deployment might be. The first such workshop was conducted in Texas in 2004, and several more workshops were piloted during the past school year, training 241 persons. The coalition plans to institute training sessions in eight more states the rest of this year. They include Georgia, Florida, South and North Carolina, Tennessee, Washington, Texas and Maryland. The organization earmarked these states because of their large numbers of deployed Guardsmen and reservists. MCEC hopes to bring the workshop to 25 states annually. For more information on these and other programs, visit the MCEC's Web site. DoD launches Deployment Health, Family Readiness Library Servicemembers, their families and their healthcare providers have a new online Defense Department resource for deployment health issues. 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. Ellen P. Embrey, deputy assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Health Protection and Readiness, announced the new online library Aug. 9. It is intended to provide servicemembers, families and healthcare providers a quick and easy way to find the deployment health and family readiness information they value, she said. "Information is a powerful tool. We must remain proactive in providing deployment-related health information to better safeguard our servicemembers," she said. "Most people fear the unknown. Through accurate, timely information, we are able to ensure that our servicemembers are better equipped to prepare for, cope with, and recover from the myriad health risks faced during deployments." The online library includes fact sheets, guides and other products on a wide variety of topics. The topic listing was based on feedback from servicemembers, their families, and healthcare providers, Embrey said. New information will be added to the site as new topics and areas of concern emerge. In focus-group meetings, Embrey explained, servicemembers and their families have said their need for information varies before, during and after deployments. Leaders, in particular, look for accurate information before the deployment. While the servicemembers are deployed, their families are especially interested in getting deployment health-related information, she noted, and following deployments, both servicemembers and families look for this information. Embrey said many information sources are available on line, but noted that too often it's difficult to tell if the information source is accurate. "We are absolutely committed to providing the best information found in sound science and based on medical evidence," Embrey said. "We want this site to be the authoritative source for deployment health and family readiness information. This is another step we are taking to ensure that those who protect our country and our freedoms are also protected." Fund helps troops' children, spouses Rebecca Campbell started the Children of Fallen Soldiers Relief Fund in 2003 to raise college tuition for the children of servicemembers killed in the war on terrorism. The fund has since expanded to encompass other financial needs. It now aims to provide a wide range of assistance to the children and spouses of troops who have been killed or injured. "These funds may be awarded to applicants of U.S. military families who are in need of assistance with housing, utilities, medical expenses, groceries, clothing, school supplies and other expenses deemed necessary in order to provide them with some support and alleviate their need," Campbell said. She said she feels a real need for this type of allocation because of the financial void often experienced by a death in a military family. "Often, when a loss occurs in these families, what was a two person income becomes one. The financial hardships placed on these families are very difficult to deal with," she said. CFSRF raises money through direct donations and fundraisers. The organization began collecting donations in May 2004, Campbell said. "Through the generosity of the public we have raised a little over $85,000 and have kept administrative costs in 2004 to less than 9 percent," Campbell said. "All proceeds go directly to qualified families." The nonprofit organization has also received the help of country singer Brad Cotter, the 2004 winner of USA Network's show "Nashville Star." The fund has been chosen as the beneficiary of a portion of the proceeds from Cotter's new single, "An American Dream," Campbell said. CFSRF is made up exclusively of volunteers, and in an effort to keep expenses to a minimum Campbell does most work, such as Web site design, IRS filings, printing, advertising and mailings from her home, she said. Campbell noted that none of the organization's board members has been affected personally by the loss of a servicemember. Campbell said her son, David, 25, served in Iraq for a year with the 82nd Airborne Division. "I cannot begin to explain the fearful and sleepless nights during his year of deployment," she said. "The Children of Fallen Soldiers Relief Fund is simply a group of individuals who have a tremendous amount of respect for our servicemen and women," she said. "We are an enthusiastic group of family, friends and business people who choose to never forget the sacrifices made by others on our behalf." CFSRF began taking applications from military families in January and granted its first round of awards, totaling $17,000, to families in California, Pennsylvania and Indiana in June. Campbell concedes that there's no way to erase the pain of losing a loved one, but she aims to lessen the blow. "There is no substitute for a parent, but we strive to ease their pain and suffering and honor the memories of our fallen soldiers," she said. "I realize only too fully that each and every day that I have to live as a free person is only because of them and their sacrifices as well as their families." For more information, visit the Children of Fallen Soldiers Relief Fund Web site. DEERS registration protects newborn healthcare eligibility Any changes that impact family status � including marriage, divorce or a new child � must be reported to the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (DEERS). Because DEERS enrollment is directly tied to TRICARE eligibility, care may be denied if the sponsor and family members are not enrolled in DEERS. A TRICARE Fact Sheet, available at www.tricare.osd.mil, outlines the procedures parents of newborns must follow to ensure continued healthcare eligibility for their child. To ensure that eligibility, servicemembers must enroll their newborn infant in DEERS as soon as possible after birth. By enrolling your newborn in DEERS, you establish TRICARE eligibility for the infant and avoid potential claims problems or other financial hardships for your family in the future. A newborn infant is covered as a TRICARE Prime beneficiary in DEERS for the first 60 days after birth � as long as one additional family member is enrolled in TRICARE Prime or TRICARE Prime Remote. After the initial 60 days, any claim submitted for a newborn will process as TRICARE Standard until the infant is enrolled in DEERS and TRICARE Prime, or the infant's TRICARE Standard eligibility ends. Eligibility for TRICARE Standard benefits ends 365 days after birth for any newborn infant who is not enrolled in DEERS. To establish a newborn's TRICARE eligibility in DEERS, you must: Submit a certificate of "live birth" and a copy of a verified and approved DD Form 1172 "Application for Uniformed Services Identification and Privilege Card" signed by the sponsor to your personnel office. Apply for your child's Social Security number. Go to the Social Security Administration Web site, www.ssa .gov, or call 1-800-772-1213 for an application. Once you receive your child's Social Security number, go to your nearest ID Card-issuing facility to update their information in DEERS. For more information on enrolling a newborn in DEERS, parents or guardians may contact or visit the nearest military personnel office, ID card-issuing facility, or the Defense Manpower Data Center Support Office (DSO) at 1-800-538-9552. A list of military ID card facilities is available on the DMDC Web site. More information on DEERS eligibility is also available on the TRICARE Web site. Well-Being Liaison Office The Well-Being Liaison Office's Army Families Online Web site will soon launch a new "Forum" module, which will provide Army Families, as well as all members of the six other Well-Being constituent communities with a place to communicate freely with others about their personal Army experiences. In the recent past, the Web site's "Guest Book" has received numerous posts from family members of deployed Soldiers, who were looking to communicate with others who are missing their deployed Soldier. The new Forum will provide a place for such communications. Additionally, the Forum will provide an opportunity for users to share comments and opinions regarding Army programs and initiatives, as well as Army life in general. To ensure that our Army Families are secure and protected, registration will be required to participate in Army Families Online's moderated Forums. However all users will be able to read posted information. The target release date for the Forum module is September 6. Well-Being Liaison Office, Deputy Chief of Staff, G-1, ATTN: DAPE-HRP-FLO, 300 Army Pentagon, Washington, DC 20310-0300. Toll-free 1-800-833-6622 (in all states including, AK, HI; Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Island) or call (703) 696-5393; DSN: 426-5393, e-mail: ArmyFamily.Link@hqda.army.mil, Well-Being Liaison Web site www.aflo.org. Articles are for information only and are not an endorsement of referenced sites, products, or services contained therein. WBLO support@aflo.org

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