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Family Readiness Program

 • Family Readiness Program Trainer  - Andrea Sharples • 252-466-5779              
Marines take care of their own-period. This enduring pledge between Marines is never more sacred than during time of war. Just as every marine makes a commitment to the Corps when they earn the title Marine, the Corps makes an enduring commitment to their family.

General Conway, 34th CMC - Planning Guidance

Offers training for Family Readiness Command Teams, Family Readiness Officers and Family Readiness Volunteers and assists the command in developing their Family Readiness Programs.

 

 

The Commandant and Senior Marine Corps leaders have dedicated unprecedented resources to help marines and families successfully meet the demands of the military lifestyle.

Marines:
You have a duty to ensure personal and family readiness. The new Unit Family Readiness Program and Marine Corps Community Services will help you successfully execute this mission by providing new services through state-of-the-art means.

Your Unit Family Readiness Program will:
• Communicate official command information
• Facilitate two-way communications between the command, Marines, and families
• Provide information through resource referrals
• Provide readiness and deployment support to all members of a Marine's family, those that they were born into, sworn into and married into.
Family Readiness Training offered for the following:
• Family Readiness Command Team
Lead by the Commanding Officer (CO), the Family Readiness Command Team is responsible for providing guidance and support to Marines and their families. Members of the Family Readiness Command Team include: the CO, the Executive Officer (XO), the Sergeant Major (SgtMaj), the Family Readiness Officer (FRO), the Chaplain,, CO/SgtMaj Spouses, and a Family Readiness Advisor.

• A Family Readiness Officer (FRO)
The FRO is a member of the unit who provides oversight and coordination of all aspects of family readiness for the Family Readiness Command Team, to include official communication to all members of a Marine's family.

Don't know who your FRO is? Click here to access 2nd MAW"s website and links to all units aboard MCAS Cherry Point.

• A Family Readiness Advisor
The Family Readiness Advisor is the spouse of an enlisted or officer member of the unit , or an extended family member the Marine approves, who provides insight to the Family Readiness Command Team leadership regarding the overall Unit Family Readiness Program. Training required for its volunteered position includes Command Team Training, L.I.N.K.S. for Spouses and Family Readiness Advisor Training. Want to apply? Contact your Family Readiness Officer for an application!

• A Family Readiness Assistant
A Family Readiness Assistant is the spouse/extended family member (upon Marine's approval) of a member of the unit who assists the FRO in the execution of the Unit Family Readiness Program, and provides feedback from unit families and information and referral services. Training required upon appointment to this position is Family Readiness Assistant Training and L.I.N.K.S. for Spouses. Want to apply? Contact your unit Family Readiness Officer for an application!

• Also part of the Unit Family Readiness Program...
Unit Morale Support Volunteers: Unit Morale Support Volunteers are volunteers from within the unit who work under the direction of the FRO for event-driven needs of the unit. These volunteers are short-term in nature and focus on morale support events such as holiday parties, Marine Corps Balls, homecomings and family days. It is not an obligation and there is no required training.

Are you looking for ways to volunteer on base? 
:: Click here to find opportunities available on MCAS Cherry Point::

 

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