MilitaryOneSource has several very useful resources, tools, and articles to guide you throughout your deployment to make every step, from pre-deployment preparations to settling back into family routines post-deployment, smoother for you and your family. Click on each of the links below to access each of these resources.”
The Basics
- Family Readiness System
- Policy and Legislation
- The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act
- VA and DoD Insurance Policies
You Asked for It
Deployment Support
- Feelings Surrounding a Postponed Deployment
- Financial Resources Throughout Your Deployment Postponement
- Military and Family Support Programs
- Operations Security for You and Your Family
- Protect Yourself: Freeze Your Credit While You’re Deployed
- Stay Financially Fit: Reduce Your Interest Rates Before You Deploy
- Understanding Invitational Travel Orders
- What to Do in the Event of a Deployment Cancellation
- What to do in the Event of a Deployment Postponement
Guard and Reservist
- ESGR Employer Resource Guide (PDF)
- Maintaining a Strong Relationship with Your Guard or Reserve Spouse
- Reconnecting on the Job Following Deployment with the Guard or Reserve
- The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act
- The Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program
- Understanding the Reserve Component Survivor Benefit Plan
- When Your Guard or Reserve Service Member is Called to Active Duty
Deployment Materials
- Coming Home: What to Expect, How to Deal When You Return from Combat
- Coming Together Around Military Families
- Home Again
- I’m Here for You Now
- Over There (Daddy Version)
- Over There (Mommy Version)
- Plan My Deployment Fact Sheet
- Sesame Street’s Talk, Listen, and Connect: Deployments, Homecomings, Changes
- These Boots: A Spouse’s Guide to Stepping Up and Standing Tall during Deployment
Popular Links
- Airman and Flight Readiness
- Coming Home: A Guide for Service Members Returning from Mobilization/Deployment
- Deployment Health and Family Readiness Library
- Health and Wellness Coaching
- Military OneSource Tips
- Operation Military Kids
- United We Serve