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Joint Region Marianas - Andersen AFB

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Military and Family Support Center

Deployment Support

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Deployment Support Overview

Deployment can be a challenging phase of the military lifecycle, but it’s important to know that you don’t have to go through it alone. The military provides a variety of resources and support programs — ranging from educational briefings to morale calls — for your loved ones, children and service members to ease the stress of deployment. Military members may be assigned to a specific installation but support may come from local communities, Yellow Ribbon events or the installation itself.

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The Andersen Air Force Base Military and Family Readiness Center takes care of families prior to deployment and upon the sponsor's return with the following support:

  • Hearts Apart is for military, Department of Defense civilians and family members who are, will be or have been separated due to military commitments deployments, temporary duty travel, remote tours. Services offered include on and off-base resource information personal support and group activities.
  • Military civilians and their family members are welcome to come to the M&FRC and use email to correspond with immediate family or sponsors during periods of separation.
  • Family members of military and Department of the Air Force civilians are permitted to make morale calls from home to their sponsors during deployments and TDYs lasting at least 30 days, or during unaccompanied remote overseas tours. The 36th Communications Squadron sponsors this service. Call your first sergeant for more information. Remote tour families can register for morale calls through Hearts Apart coordinators at the M&FRC.
  • Air Force families undergoing stressful times may be referred by their first sergeants or a base “helping agency” to take their children ages 12 and younger to the Child Development Center for a five-hour Give Parents A Break session, which is sponsored by Air Force Aid Society the AFAS will cover the cost for four hours of care.
  • Pre-deployment and redeployment reunion briefs are conducted every Tuesday. Redeployment/reunion briefs are scheduled for Tuesdays, 10 to 11 a.m. pre-deployment briefs are scheduled on Tuesdays 9 to 10 a.m. You must call the M&FRC to register. The briefs provide great tips in coping with deployment, a pre-deployment checklist, emotional cycles of deployment and more. In addition a list of support groups is provided for those with family on island and off island.