USAFE Reintegration: Process, Roles, and Functions

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USAFE Reintegration Process, Roles, and
Functions
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Reintegration

• Purpose
• Concept
• Process
• Roles/Functions
• Evaluation
• Reintegration Tool Box

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USAFE Reintegration Purpose

• To successfully reintegrate Airmen with families,
  
• friends/community, and work centers following
  
• 90 days deployment

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Concept

• A gradual readjustment from the deployed
  environment to the home community is beneficial
  to Airmen and their families
• Effective reintegration following long-term
  deployments is a retention and readiness issue
• Gradual reintegration provides time for
• Sufficient medical screening and follow-up
• Decompression
• Gradual adjustment of families
• Communication/relationship awareness
• Completion of required re-deployment/personal
  tasks
• This process is standardized and mandatory in
  USAFE

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Process

• Pre-arrival
• At deployed location
• At home station
• Day of arrival
• Decompression day
• Reintegration days
• Post reconstitution leave follow-up
• Large group and Individual/Small group

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Pre-arrival 30 days prior

• Pre-arrival deployed location
• Airmen screened by first sergeant/commander
• Begin completion of DD Form 2796
• Airmen receive reintegration briefing

• Pre-arrival at home station
• Spouses briefed on reintegration challenges
• Childcare workers briefed on children needs
• Supervisors briefed on workplace challenges
• Unit prepares welcome home activities

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Arrival Day 0 and Day 1

• Arrival Day 0
• Length 30-45 minutes
• Turn in completed DD Form 2796 and Deployed
  Medical Record
• Turn in any weapons
• Turn in any classified documents
• Receive welcome from commander
• Receive reintegration schedule
• Be released to family and friends for 24 hours
  (minimum)
• Medical personnel begin screening DD Forms 2796

• Decompression Day 1
• Length Minimum 24 hours
• Rest, decompression, personal time
• Complete urgent tasks (car insurance or car
  registration needs, change of address, housing
  needs)
• Visit childrens school, stop by work center, see
  friends, visit colleagues, check mail
• Screen medical records and schedule critical
  appointments (medical staff)

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Reintegration Process Half Days 2 and 3

• Day 3
• Length Half day 0900-1300 (1400)
• Turn in mobility bag/equipment
• Complete unit-specific
• re-deployment requirements
• Complete personnel actions
• Receive Reintegration Briefing Part II
  (Communication Workshops)
• Receive community notices
• Meet medical appointments
• Receive commanders welcome
• back (individual)
• Turn in Reintegration Checklist

• Day 2
• Length Half day 0900-1300 (1400)
• Participate in required
• medical procedures
• Meet any scheduled medical appointments
• Receive Reintegration
• Briefing Part I
• Receive Safety Briefing
• File travel voucher
• Decompression time

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Program Structure
MSG/CD
Installation Reintegration Officer
Reintegration Sponsor (For Individuals and Small
Groups)
Unit Deployment Managers
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Roles and Functions MSG/CD

• POC for the base reintegration process
• Installation Combat Care POC
• Provides overall supervision of the reintegration
  process
• Appoints Installation Reintegration Officer
• Briefs installation commander on reintegration
  efforts

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Roles and Functions Installation Reintegration
Officer (IRO)

• Oversees/administers the base-wide reintegration
  process
• Provides weekly updates to MSG/CD on base
  reintegration needs
• Receives data on returning airmen from Unit
  Deployment Managers
• Coordinates reintegration agencies schedule
• Coordinates pick up of weapons and classified
  documents
• Coordinates installation receptions/celebrations

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Roles and Functions Unit Deployment Managers
(UDM)

• Manages the unit-level reintegration procedures
• Tracks arrival of Airmen from deployment
• Provides weekly arrival information to IRO
• Activates unit Reintegration Sponsor for
  individual reintegration
• Collects DD Forms 2796 and Deployed Medical
  Records

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Roles and Functions Reintegration Sponsor (RS)

• FOR INDIVIDUALS AND SMALL GROUPS
• Ensures each returning member receives
  individualized attention
• Picks up/welcomes deployed member and transports
  to base
• Secures accommodations, if required
• Provides copy of Reintegration Checklist
• Schedules appointments and informs member
• Schedules reintegration briefings
• Updates UDM and IRO on reintegration progress
• Reports any signs of risk to appropriate agency
• Ensures entire reintegration process is completed
  
• Schedules one-on-one welcome home with
  commander

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Follow up and Evaluation

• Post reconstitution leave contacts
• Telephone contact 30 days after return from leave
• Personal contact using survey 3 to 4 months after
  leave
• Combat Care Survey completed during second week
  after return from reconstitution leave
• Anecdotal data collected from health care
  providers

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Reintegration Tool Box

• USAFE Reintegration Checklist
• 10 Reintegration information tri-folds
• Airmen, spouses, children, workplace supervisors,
  friends
• Other topics stress, finances, work center
  challenges, single airmen and single parent
• Briefings and lesson plans
• Reintegration awareness (deployed location)
• Computer-based training or live
  briefing/discussion
• Communication with spouses/friends/children
• Safety
• Spirituality
• Workplace supervisors
• Childcare providers
• USAFE Airmen, Civilian, and Family Reintegration
  Manual