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