Deployment Support

If you must leave your family behind for any reason, there are some things you need to consider:

• Power of attorney – This is important if a family member is left behind and has to do things in the name of the military member.
• Family care plan - Keep an up-to-date family care plan with correct names and numbers of those that may have to care for your children.
• Copies of orders - Leave extra copies of your orders with family member.
• Finances - Make sure allotments, checkbooks, savings accounts and credit cards are accessible for family members.
• Vehicles – Keep an up-to-date maintenance schedule.
• School information - Ensure that all school records are in order for transfer

Contact your deployment support specialist at the Fleet and Family Support Center for individual/family relocation counseling and/or concerns regarding deployment.

Deployments are an inevitable part of military life and deployment readiness is a priority for commands, service members and their families. The more information that a person has and the more planning that he/she does before deployment occurs, the more in control he/she is likely to feel. The Fleet and Family Support Center working with command leadership and ombudsmen acts as a safety net and provides the necessary information and practical skills that allow active-duty and family members to cope with deployment challenges.

More and more sailors are being deployed as individual augmentees to Iraq, Afghanistan, the Horn of Africa and Guantanamo Bay. They are being sent to assist or augment the Army in the Global War on Terrorism. For the family members left behind, knowing their resources and not feeling "disconnected" is key to surviving a deployment successfully.

The Annapolis FFSC provides pre-deployment briefings and deployment resource materials for adults and children. Call us at 410-293-2641 for more information.