OCARUSARC Briefing Template

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Army Reserve Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program
Information Briefing COL Corrina
Boggess Deputy Chief of Staff, G1
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Army Reserve Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program
Agenda Vision and Mission Reintegration Phases
vs. DCS Stages Available Services and
Programs Post Deployment Phase IV Army Reserve
Reintegration Training Days Combat Operational
Stress Control Program Virtual Installation
Pilots Cost Justification FY09 (OMAR) Challenges Q
uestions
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Vision and Mission
Vision Statement Maintain self-sufficient and
resilient Soldiers and Families supported by
caring Army staff, community agencies, and
volunteers who employ the latest technology and
customer service practices through all phases of
the deployment cycle.
Mission Statement Provide Army Reserve veterans
and their Families with sufficient information,
services, referral, and proactive outreach
opportunities throughout the entire deployment
cycle.
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Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program Phases

• Reintegration phases
• Phase I Pre-deployment (1st notification-to
  deployment)
• Phase II Deployment (unit leaves home station-
  arrival _at_ demob site)
• Phase III Demobilization (return from
  theater/demob home station)
• Phase IV Post-Deployment-Reconstitution (arrival
  _at_ home station -180 days)
• Organizations will hold reintegration activities
  _at_ 30-60-90 day intervals following
  demobilization.
• The Department of the Army outlines a Deployment
  Cycle in 7 stages, to include

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Available Services and Programs- Soldiers and
Families -



Phase I- Pre-Deployment Command Climate
Survey Rear Detachment CDR Child and Youth
Services Mob, Deploy, Reunion Marketing
Training/Development TRICARE Financial
Readiness Chaplain/Spiritual Emotional Cycle /
OP READY Battlemind Training Suicide
Awareness Legal / Taxes Benefits/Entitlements
Safety Family Care Plans Family Special
Needs Military One Source Personnel Policies
Community Partnerships American Red
Cross Overview of FRG/vFRG ESGR DEERS/ID
Cards NG Family Assistance Centers Pay and
Finance

• Phase II - Deployment
• CYS Services
• Draft FP Plan
• Collect Family Data
• Outreach CONPLAN
• Marketing
• Community Partnerships
• TRICARE
• Financial Readiness
• Chaplain/Spiritual
• Battlemind Training
• Emotional Cycle / OP
• READY
• Suicide Awareness
• Legal
• Safety
• Identify Possible Family Issues

Phase III - Demob CYS Services Publish FP
Plan Establish FRG/vFRG Validate Family Data
Training/Development Marketing Begin Outreach
Continue Information, Referral and
Follow-up Partnerships for Briefing
Support TRICARE Financial Readiness Chaplain/Sp
iritual Emotional Cycle/ OP
READY Battlemind Training Suicide
Awareness Legal / Taxes Benefits/Entitlements S
afety mTBI/PTSD Awareness

• Phase IV Post-Depl
• FP Overview
• Unit Leadership
• ESGR/SCRA
• TRICARE
• Legal / Taxes
• Pay and Finance
• DEERS
• Financial Readiness
• Emotional Cycle / OP
• READY
• Battlemind Training
• Suicide Awareness
• Unit Refresher Sexual
• Assault Response Trng
• Substance Abuse Trng
• ACAP
• PDHRA

Interfaces the Deployment Cycle Support
stages (5) Redeployment (6)Post deployment (7)
Reconstitution
Required
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Post Deployment Phase IV
Redeploy
30 Days
60 Days
90 Days
180
Welcome Home Warrior Citizen Award /
Reintegration (Off Site) PDHRA Purified
Protein Derivative (PPD) testing VA /Vets
Center Briefs TRICARE ESGR/ USERRA Unit
Equip Reconstitution ACAP Complete DA Form
3349 (Medical Profile) Serum Specimens Update
Soldiers health records with deployment
records Complete Pay/Finance processing
Process personal property claims Workmans
Comp Office OP READY Battlemind
Training Sexual Assault Prevention Facilitate
Small Group Discussion on Deployment
Experiences
Plan, execute Operation Ready/ reintegration
events Identify Families stress /
separation issues for follow up Provide spouses
marital assessments Conduct Health Threat Briefs
for Spouses Provide tax classes for
spouses Identify Family Readiness
shortages Educate FRG groups on avaible
services Identify and refer Family members with
deployment issues Family Program Directors
reestablish case continuity Update ID CARDS /
DEERS/ RAPIDS enrollment
Welcome Home Warrior Citizen Award /
Reintegration (Off Site) Review
Medical Records Education Benefits
Battlemind Training MGIB REENROLL VA
Benefits TRICARE Medical Retention
Processing 2 (MRP2) Marital Assessments
Identify Financial issues Update Personnel
Reporting Update CIV TRACKS for DA
civilians Unit Safety briefings Warrior
Adventure Quest Pre-separation counseling
DD Form 2648-1 ACAP OP READY
Domestic Violence Military One Source
Welcome Home Warrior Citizen Award /
Reintegration (Off Site) Anger
Management Substance Abuse Prevention Compulsiv
e Behaviors Prevention VA ESGR/USERRA VSOs
Senior Leader Retreat ACAP Pay and
Finance/Taxes Legal Suicide Prevention
Training Warrior Adventure Quest OP
READY Battlemind Training Driver Safety
180 Day Reintegration Event (Off Site) 180
days PDHRA Reintegration AAR with Service
Providers (VA ESGR) (WFAC) ACAP Medical
Readiness Team Behavioral Health
mTBI/PTSD MRP2 Other Health Issues Warrior
Adventure Quest
All tasks are the minimum required for each
phase per DA Directive 2007-02 DCS Policy
Guidance, 26 Mar 07
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Army Reserve Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program
Training Days

• Alert Phase - 1 day training involving Soldier
  and Family members
• Pre-Deployment - 1 day training involving Soldier
  and Family
• members
• Mobilization
• 1 day training between 30 and 60 days after unit
  deploys (Family only)
• 1 day training between 30 and 60 days prior to
  redeployment (Family only)
• Post-Deployment/Reintegration
• 2 days training 30 days after Post-Deploy for
  Soldier and Family members
• 2 days training 60 days after Post-Deploy for
  Soldier and Family members
• 2 days training 90 days after Post-Deploy for
  Soldier only

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88th RRC Combat and Operational Stress Control
Program (COSC) Model

• 88th COSC Program a success for last 4 years
  including
• Stress Management
• Suicide Prevention Awareness
• Crisis Intervention
• Funeral and Grief Support etc.
• Combat and Stress Control Support Team includes
• COL Nicole Keesee, OCAR Surgeons Office
• COL Kathy Platoni, Clinical Psychologist, 307th
  MED GRP
• MAJ Cynthia Rasmussen, RN MSN CANP, 88th RRC,
  COSC
• Chaplain (LTC) Paul Linzey AR-MEDCOM
• Conduct Centralized T2T for First Responders
  Course

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Family Programs Virtual Installations Pilot Test
Unit Based Model

• Conduct Unit Based Pilots on 3 units within the
  ARFORGEN Cycle
• Alert Phase (12 Months Prior to Mob to 180 days
  deployed)
• Concentrates on a unit/Families of Soldiers that
  will be deployed during the next 12 months a
  unit that has just been alerted
• Focusing on information and availability of
  services
• Deployment (Mid-point to 180 days
  Post-Deployment)
• Focus on REFRAD and the activities needed for
  reintegration/reunion
• Reconstitution (2 to 3 years out)
• Tests assumptions and program support
  capabilities for units not fully concentrating on
  mob/deployment to assure routine, periodic
  supporting actions/tasks are occurring
• Train Commanders on issues that sustain/maintain
  Soldiers and their Families

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Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program Cost
Projections
Based on 75 Participation 4th Quarter
FY 08 FY08 Supplemental includes 5M RPA and
8.3M OMAR RPA 5.7M OMAR Family Member
Participation (Per Diem, Lodging, Travel, Child
Care) 8.2M FY
09 FY09 Supplemental
includes 35.9M RPA and 0 OMAR RPA 16,396 Pax
(CTS at DMDC) at 275 per Soldier x 9 days
40.6M OMAR Family Member Participation (Per
Diem, Lodging, Travel) 16,396 Family members(X2)
at 175 per day x 10 days 57.4M FMWRC is
budgeting for Warrior Adventure Quest (WAQ)
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Challenges

• 4.7M shortfall in RPA for FY09
• FY 09 OMAR funds not available for Family member
  travel
• Integrating cross-leveled Soldiers and their
  Families

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Questions
OA-20
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Back-up Slides
OA-20
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Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program Background

• Establishment of Program
• H.R.110-477 Section 582 of the National Defense
  Authorization Act (NDAA) -08 directs that "The
  Secretary of Defense shall establish a national
  combat veteran reintegration program to provide
  National Guard and Reserve members and their
  Families with sufficient information, services,
  referral, and proactive outreach opportunities
  through the entire deployment cycle. This
  program shall be known as the Yellow Ribbon
  Reintegration Program.
• Purpose of Program
• The Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program shall
  consist of information events and activities for
  members of the reserve components of the Armed
  Forces, their Families, and community agencies to
  facilitate access to services supporting their
  health and well-being through the four phases of
  the deployment cycle (1) Pre-deployment, (2)
  Deployment, (3) Demobilization, and (4)
  Post-deployment reconstitution.

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Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program Background
Continued

• Guiding Principle
• Ensure MSCs and DRUs, Brigades, Battalions, and
  their down trace supporting units are staffed
  with qualified personnel to assist in the
  coordination of SRP, DCS, Family Programs,
  Chaplains, VA, ESGR, VSO, activities with
  military and civilian leadership. Provide for
  reintegration training at the Redeploy 30/60/90
  day time frame. The ideal goal of YRRP is to be
  available through all phases of the deployment
  cycle.
• The yellow ribbon symbolizes our commitment to
  honoring those of our Army Reserve Soldiers who
  have fallen, those who are missing and those who
  are serving around the globe. From the Fall 2007
  AR magazine.

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Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program Background
Continued

• Guiding Principle
• Ensure MSCs and DRUs, Brigades, Battalions, and
  their down trace supporting units are staffed
  with qualified personnel to assist in the
  coordination of SRP, DCS, Family Programs,
  Chaplains, VA, ESGR, VSO, activities with
  military and civilian leadership. Provide for
  reintegration training at the Redeploy 30/60/90
  day time frame. The ideal goal of YRRP is to be
  available through all phases of the deployment
  cycle.
• The yellow ribbon symbolizes our commitment to
  honoring those of our Army Reserve Soldiers who
  have fallen, those who are missing and those who
  are serving around the globe. From the Fall 2007
  AR magazine.

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Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program 4th Quarter
FY 08 Budget