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Readiness

Personal and Family Readiness

Deployments are a way of life in today's Air Force. Single and married, being in the military is a challenge. Airmen are in a continuous state of readiness. When you became a member of the Air Force you made a commitment to protect, honor and serve your country. That commitment includes the possibility of deployment at a moment's notice.

Pre-Deployment

Health Care
Find Tricare contact information.

Deployment Health and Family Readiness Library
This library provides Airmen and families with various deployment health and family readiness information.

Deployment Atlas
This atlas provides Airmen with information to help them stay healthy and safe during deployment.

Deployment Checklists
Airmen need to plan ahead and anticipate all contingencies while they are deployed. This site offers checklists for various households.

Military OneSource
Military OneSource is provided by the Department of Defense at no cost to active-duty, Guard and Reserve Airmen and their families. Membership includes access to online articles, worksheets and suggested reading lists, as well as educational materials such as booklets, CDs and audiotapes.

Foundation Preserves Families' Memories
A former military spouse has created a foundation of photographers that offers free photography sessions to deploying and deployed families.

Guard families eligible for child care subsidy
For National Guard members who are about to deploy, there is a lot to think about before heading overseas.
Changes have to be made to school and work schedules, arrangements have to be made for routine household chores, but for many, child care is one thing that weighs heaviest on their minds.

Deployment

TroopTube by Military OneSource
TroopTube is the new online video site designed to help military families connect and keep in touch while miles apart. The site is designed for easy use, so you can quickly upload videos and share the simple joys of each day with each other, either privately or with the whole world. Sign up today and begin sharing videos by clicking here.

Staying Involved
The National Fatherhood Initiative offers 10 tips that can help Airmen and their families make it through deployment.

American Red Cross
Provides an emergency communications link for Airmen and family members, plus offers access to financial assistance, counseling and assistance for veterans.

Effects of Deployment
The American Academy of Pediatrics offers assistance to military youth, families, and the youth-serving professionals providing deployment support.

Homecoming

Web Site Helps Troops, Families Adjust After Deployments
A Military Health System Web site continues to help returning servicemembers and families adjust after a deployment ends, the site's program manager said Jan. 29.

Quick Tips for Service Members Coming Home
Coming home from deployment brings joys and challenges.

Quick Tips for Single Service Members Returning Home
Coming home after a deployment can feel great, but it's also a time of adjustment.

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