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AIRMAN AND FAMILY VOLUME 2, ISSUE 11
READINESS BULLETIN NOVEMBER 2007
YOUNGSTOWN ARS
GIVING THANKS
Over the next couple public health back- forward to the desert.
of months, the Family ground and a strong Fortunately, donations
Support Office will be sense of customer ser- have been made so we
happily adding to our vice. Eric’s financial can pay to send them
staff. Wonderful peo- manager/advisor and too! Additionally, a
ple applied for the banking experience in local author has do-
technician slots, but in the civilian realm will nated copies of books
the end there were be an additional boon he wrote for troops
only three slots. to our financial readi- who are deployed.
This Nov UTA, we will ness services. We also had a good
gain TSgt Thomas Fizet Be sure to come by response to people
from Maintenance. and welcome all three! bringing in unservice-
Tom has volunteered able flags. The CAP,
Make a Difference Day
in our office before Girl Scouts, and Boy
has been a wonderful
and done stellar work, Scouts will be retiring
thing this year. There
especially with emer- them appropriately on
are pictures inside this
gency situations. bulletin, but let me tell Mon, 12 Nov.
In the Dec UTA, we you: people are so We are so thankful for
will add TSgt Cindy kind and generous! the good people we
Brode, from Medical Through the Scribing work with on base and
Squadron, and TSgt to Soldiers program in the community.
Eric Rine, from Civil held in the Valley, over
AND WE ARE
Engineer Squadron, to 1,500 letters have
T H ANKFU L FO R
our staff. Cindy has a been written for us to
YOU!
ORE—A PERSPECTIVE
The Operational Readiness in our leadership have re- ment, whether you are
Exercise, to be held later this minded us that we have the
a military member or a
month, can be a lot of fun skills in a practical sense.
and learning or it can be a The ORE and ORI are just family member. Are
royal pain. What it will be is testing what we know. you ready for the chal-
up to you. lenges of deployment?
One area we would
Just a reminder. The ORE is Could you go at a mo-
like you to use this
there to help the unit pre- ment’s notice?
pare for the Operational opportunity for is to
Readiness Inspection. Col evaluate your family How can we help?
McGregor and many others readiness for deploy-
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AIRMAN AND FAMILY READINESS BULLETIN
SNUGGLE WITH YOUR LOVED ONE DURING DEPLOYMENT
The Family Support Office pillowcase for the child history of making
now has the materials to with the picture and any the deployment
be able to make pillow- special message the experience of chil-
cases for children of de- member has (such as dren better.
ployed personnel. The “Mommy Loves You”
program works like this: or a favorite nighttime
saying) Stop by Family Sup-
• Deployed person or
port with any ques-
their spouse/significant • Two days later, a pil-
tions you have or to
other/parent gives Fam- lowcase will be mailed
get your pillowcases
ily Support a digital pic- to the child
ture of the military per- now.
The pillowcase program is
son noted throughout the Air
• Family Support makes a Force and has had a good
THE USO STORY
The USO Cleveland They are the agency we them. The packages con-
Unless someone like (www.clevelanduso.org) is work with to get Christ- tain toiletries, treats and
you cares a whole extremely supportive of mas presents to all mili- letters/writing materials.
the military. Perhaps, you tary children.
awful lot, only think of them when
They also provide the
They provide seabags for nice bags of goodies that
Nothing is going to it comes to a nice place
newborn military children are given in a PDF line
to hang your hat at an
get better. It’s not. regardless of branch of when you are getting
airport.
service ready to deploy.
But did you know they
Dr Suess have a wide variety of
They send care packages They are YOUR USO.
to all military personnel in Check them out.
programs? this area who request
MAIL DEADLINES FOR OVERSEAS FAST APPROACHING!
While the holidays may Dec. 10 to arrive by Dec. may also have additional
still seem far away, 25. restrictions concerning
Americans hoping incoming mail imposed by
to show their sup- In addition to deadlines, unit commanders relative
port to deployed several other factors must to size and weight to en-
troops must be be considered when send- sure logistics support can
aware of some rap- ing mail downrange. For handle the heavy mail
idly approaching dead- example, each country load.
lines. According to the has customs regulations Finally, all packages and
Military Postal Service that apply to all incoming mail must now be ad-
Agency (MPSA), mail go- mail, pertaining to every- dressed to individual ser-
ing parcel post must be thing from food items to vicemembers as required
sent by Nov. 14 while first reading materials. Fur- by U.S. Department of
class mail must be sent by thermore, military units Defense regulations.
COMMUNITY SERVICE:
MAKE A DIFFERENCE DAY TOUCHES YOUNGSTOWN ARS
The installation
Civil Air Patrol
and a Girl Scout
fold one of the
flags flown on the
base flag pole in
preparation for
the flag’s retire-
ment on 12 Nov
07.
BELOW: Rosemary Chance of St Ann’s Church Sebring offers
over 1,000 letters plus postage to mail them to the troops overseas
Afrodite Altieri models one of the
more worn flags brought in on Make
a Difference Day for retirement on
12 Nov 07.
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VOLUME 2, ISSUE 11
FAMILY SUPPORT RESOURCES
LENDING LIBRARY We have PowerPay, a com- able to all personnel (military
puterbased bill paying sched- and civilian regardless of
Did you know that the Air- ule system in our database of branch) assigned to YARS.
men and Family Readiness information. In this process, Assistance is in the form of
Office has a lending library of we can even show you a nice $250 grants.
videos and books? pie chart of where your
SERVICE EMERGENCY AS-
The videos and books are for money is going each month.
SISTANCE AND AID
support and education pur- FRIENDS OF FAMILY READI-
poses. They include parenting The Family Support Office
NESS
videos, financial education works cooperatively with
videos, and lifestyle info. Friends is actually the installa- Army Emergency Relief, Navy
tion charity (you too can do- Marine Corps Relief Society,
POWER PAY nate to it through the CFC and Air Force Aid Society,
Want to figure out how to campaign, # 35760, or by administering emergency fi-
smartly pay off your bills bringing a check or cash to nancial assistance in your time
Family Support) which is avail- of need.
sooner than later?
MILITARY ONESOURCE—A RESOURCE IN TIMES OF NEED
Whether it's help with child counseling sessions may der, depression, bipolar Nothing in life is
care, money matters, emo-
tional support during de-
help individuals with many
issues such as: adjustment
disorder, etc.); and other
conditions related to
to be feared.
ployments, relocation infor- to situational stressors, trauma. The STSF-T Con- It is only to be
mation, or referrals to help-
ful resources both on and
stress management, deci-
sion making, communica-
sultation is not appropriate
as part of a patient's Medi-
understood.
off an installation, Military tion, grief and loss, blended cal Treatment Facility dis-
OneSource is there for family issues, and parent- charge plan. Marie Curie
military personnel and their ing skills. As with face-to- Military OneSource is
families 24/7. In an effort face counseling, STSF-T available anytime world-
to further increase access to provides up to six sessions wide to all active duty, Re-
support, Military One- of consultation per person, serve, National Guard
Source now offers Short- per issue. members, their families, as
term Solution-Focused There are some differences well as deployed civilians
Telephonic (STSF-T) Con- between face-to-face coun- and their families.
sultation. While referrals to seling and STSF-T Consul- To find out more, call Mili-
non-medical face-to-face tation. Because STSF-T tary OneSource at 1-800-
counseling sessions con- Consultation is provided 342-9647 (CONUS), or
tinue for those stationed in over the phone, it is not 800-3429-6477 or 484-530
United States, Puerto Rico appropriate for children -5908 (OCONUS). For
and the U.S. Virgin Islands, under the age of 18, com- more information on call-
the new expanded service plex issues, and situations ing Military OneSource
provides a telephonic con- that require a group setting from overseas visit
sultation option for those (couples and family coun- www.militaryonesource.com
who are unable to attend seling). Other issues that and click the "Contact Us"
face-to-face counseling exceed the scope of STSF- link at the upper right of
sessions due to their over- T include drug, alcohol and the page. A consultant can
seas location or other cir- other addictions; mental provide more details on
cumstances. health conditions that re- STSF-T and discuss your
Both the STSF-T Consulta- quire medical treatment options with you.
tion and the face-to-face (post-traumatic stress disor-
We’re On the Web!
http://www.youngstown.afrc.af.mil/
units/910thfamilysupportcenter/index.asp
Family Support Office
910 MSG/DPF Phone: 330-609-1201
3976 King Graves Road, Unit 40 Fax: 330-609-1511
Vienna, OH 44473 E-mail: family.support@youngstown.af.mil
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