Marine Corps Family Team Building

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Marine Corps Family Team Building
Married Pre-Deployment Brief Deployment Family
Readiness Specialist
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Preparation Blues

• Emotional Roller Coaster
• Be Flexible
• Quality Time
• Communicate
• Supportive

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Should I Stay or Go?
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To Do List

• Financial Emergencies
• NMCRS
• POA
• ID Cards
• Contingency Plan

• Financial expectations
• Separate accounts
• Copy of latest LES
• Budget/Bills

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Other Important Notes

• TRICARE
• Legal Wills, POAs,
• Tax Center/Military OneSource

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Emergency Leave

• Official Communication
• Immediate Family
• Emergency Leave is decided by your command.

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Communication

• Phone
• Letters
• Moto-mail
• Email

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Mail Care Packages
1-800-610-8734
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Children

• Talk with children about Deployment
• Make DVD of Deploying parent reading a story or
  special messages
• Comfy items
• Letters to your children
• Ensure you and your Child/ren attend a
• Kids-N-Deployment Workshop

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Resources

• Stress Anger Management
• Counseling Service
• Chaplains
• Military OneSource

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Questions?
Make sure you know who your Family Readiness
Officer is before leaving. Thank you for your
service as a Marine, Sailor, and Family Member.
ASKMEF_at_IIMEF.USMC.MIL II MEF Wants To Know.
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Marine Corps Family Team Building

• See You When You Get Back!!!!