Serving Those who Serve and their Family Members

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Serving Those who Serve and their Family Members
ARMY MARINES NAVY AIR FORCE COAST GUARD
Rabbi Maurice S. Kaprow, M.A., B.C.C. Commander,
Chaplain Corps, United States Navy
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Normal Deployment Issues

• Pre-deployment concerns
• Separation anxiety
• Preparations legal, financial, family
• Deployment concerns
• Safety where is (s)he
• Fidelity 12 mile rule
• Return and reunion concerns
• Changes
• New and reversed roles
• Money issues (more/less)

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Theater Deployment Issues

• Combat Stress
• Traumatic stress

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Trauma?

• Dictionary definition
• 1. A serious injury or shock to the body, as from
  violence or an accident.
• 2. An emotional wound or shock that creates
  substantial, lasting damage to the psychological
  development of a person, often leading to
  neurosis.
• 3. An event or situation that causes great
  distress and disruption.
• Every War Veteran who has been in theater has
  been subjected to trauma.

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Falling Through the Cracks

• Many returning service members fall through the
  cracks no one reaches out to them.
• Most vulnerable include
• Single parents
• Isolated veterans
• Reservists and National Guardsmen
• The wounded and permanently disabled
• The traumatically brain injured (TBI)

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Your Role

• Regardless of your personal beliefs about the
  war, the military, the administration, etc., we
  all have a professional obligation to help these
  people.

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Your Role

• These service members are your community members.
• Especially for those not on active duty and away
  from large military bases, the civilian sector is
  their main source of support.
• These include
• Local health care facilities civilian and VA
• Local synagogues and churches
• Local faith-based agencies
• Jewish/Catholic/Protestant Family Services
• Jewish Community Centers
• YMCA/YMHA

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ASK US HOW YOU CAN HELP