A New Reality: Impact
of Overseas
Contingency
Operations (OCO)
Impact of Overseas
Contingency Operations
• Has changed the face of military service,
especially for those in the National
Guard and Reserves
• Mobilization and deployment at record
high levels for all components of the
military
• Guard & Reserve families have different
needs than traditional military Families
Impact of Overseas
Contingency Operations
• For the National Guard and Reserve
– Primary occupation is not one of “Service
Member” and some Families might not consider
themselves “military Families”
– Geographically dispersed from others in the same
circumstances (not necessarily located near a
military installation)
– Family identity changes from “civilian” to
“military” with one letter or phone call
Unique Issues for Children &
Youth in Military Families
• Lack of community awareness of and
support for Family needs
• Lack of Educator preparedness to
recognize and meet needs of
Children/Youth of deployed members
• Possible transition from one school to
another
Unique Issues for Children &
Youth in Military Families
• Accessibility and affordability of childcare
• Availability and affordability of after-school
programs and youth activities; children home
alone
• Frequently unaware of resources to help
parents and children cope
• Difficulty understanding and dealing with
media
Unique Issues for Children &
Youth in Military Families
• Deployment cycle—disrupts Family
before, during, and after...and is
repeated
• Social/emotional/behavioral reactions
may impact youths’ future
Identified Issues for Children
& Youth in Military Families
• Geographically dispersed Families and lack
of connection with other Youth and
Families in similar situation
• Child separation/anxiety issues regarding
safety of deployed parent
• Deployed Parent absent for significant
events
Identified Issues for Children
& Youth in Military Families
• Less parental involvement from Parent at
home
• Limited opportunities for Youth to
attend extracurricular activities
• Teens having increased care of home and
younger siblings
• Behavioral changes, peer pressure,
lower self-esteem
Identified Issues for Children
& Youth in Military Families
• Need to live with extended Family
• Changes in financial resources
• Communication with deployed
Parent
Department of Defense
Office of The Secretary Of Defense
(OSD)
• Military Community and Family Policy
(MC&FP) – Provides Policy Oversight to the
respective Military Services Child, Youth,
Teen & School Programs
• Provide funding for JFSAP Initiative and
provide supplemental OMK Camp Funding
Department of
Defense Overview
U.S. Army
Army Component Structure
Active Component*
Regions
Geographically Dispersed
Installations
Reserve Component
National Guard
Army Reserve
States
Regions
Army National
Guard
Overview of
Army National Guard
• Army National Guard is one Component
of the total U.S. Army
• ARNG is composed of civilians who
serve their country on a part-time basis
• The ARNG has a dual mission e.g., State
& Federal
Overview of
Army National Guard
• In peacetime, Governors command the Guard
Forces through the Adjutant General
• During wartime, the President of the United
States can activate the National Guard
• When federalized, Guard units are led by the
Commander of the theatre in
which they
are operating
ARMY RESERVE
Army Reserve Overview
• Trains alongside Army Active Duty Soldiers to
the same standards
• Activated for a Federal Mission
• Deliver sovereign options for the defense of
the United States of America and its global
interests – to Fight and Win America’s wars
Army Reserve Units
Spokane
Seattle
Portland
Minneapolis
Madison
Buffalo Syracuse
Detroit
Des Moines
Lincoln
Salt Lake City
Kansas City
Colorado Springs
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Arlington
Lexington
Wichita
Fremont
Fresno
Richmond
Chesapeake
Las Vegas
Bakersfield
Anaheim
Bridgeport
Fort WayneAkron
Columbus
Aurora
Sacramento
Boston
Chicago
Albuquerque
Glendale
Knoxville
Little Rock
El Paso
Chattanooga Charlotte
Atlanta
Lubbock
San Diego
Tucson
Amarillo
Tulsa
Oklahoma City
Arlington Shreveport
Jackson
Baton Rouge
Austin
Columbus
Jacksonville
Houston
Corpus Christi
Orlando
St. Petersburg
Fort Lauderdale
U. S. Navy
Navy Structure
Active Component
CNIC
Regions
Bases
Naval Commands
& Numbered Fleets
Operating Commanders
Reserve Component
Reserve Command Hqs
New Orleans, LA
Navy Reserve Force Regions (6)
(Geographically
Dispersed)
Navy Region Structure
CNR Northwest
- Naval Base Kitsap
- NAS Whidbey Island
- NAVSTA Everett
- NAVMAG Indian Island
CNR Midwest
- NAVSTA Great Lakes
- NSA Crane
- Mid South
CNR Japan
- CFA Okinawa
- CFA Yokosuka
- CFA Sasebo
- NAF Atsugi
- NAF Misawa
- NSF Diego Garcia
CNR Marianas (Guam)
- Guam (CNF Marianas SA)
CNR Korea
- CFA Chinhae
Singapore AC
CNR SW Asia
- NSA Bahrain
CNR Mid-Atlantic
- NSA Norfolk
- NSS Norfolk Naval Shipyard*
- NAVSTA Norfolk
- NAS Oceana
- WPNSUPPFAC Yorktown
- NAB Little Creek
- NSA Mechanicsburg
- NAS/JRB Willow Grove
- NSGA Sugar Grove
- NAS Brunswick
- NAVWPNSTA Earle
- SUBASE New London
- NSY BOS Portsmouth
- NAVSTA Newport
- NAVAIRENGSTA Lakehurst
- NSU Saratoga Springs
CNR Hawaii
- NAVSTA Pearl Harbor
- PMRF Barking Sands
CNR Southwest
- SUBASE San Diego
- NAVSTA San Diego
- NAVBASE Ventura County
- NAF El Centro
- NAS Lemoore
- NAS Fallon
- NAVWEPSTA Seal Beach
- NAS North Island
- NAWS China Lake
- NSA Monterey
Commander,
Naval
Installation
Command
Washington
Navy Yard
CNR Europe
- NSA Naples
- NAS Sigonella
- NSA Souda Bay
- NAVSTA Rota
- JMF St. Mawgans
CNR NDW
- NSA Washington
- NSA North Potomac
- NSA South Potomac
- NSA Patuxent River
- NSA Annapolis
CNR Southeast
- NAS Jacksonville
- NAVSTA Mayport
- SUBASE Kings Bay
- NAVWPNSTA Charleston
- NAS Key West
- CBC Gulfport
- NAVSTA Guantanamo Bay
- NSA Panama City
- NSA Athens
- NAS Atlanta
- NAS Meridian
- NSA Orlando
- NAVSTA Pascagoula
- NAS Pensacola
- NAS Whiting Field
- NAVSTA Ingleside
- NAS Corpus Christi
- NAS Kingsville
- NAS/JRB Fort Worth
- NAS/JRB New Orleans
- NSA New Orleans
- NA Puerto Rico
Navy Reserve
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U.S. Air Force
Air Force Structure
Active Component
Major Commands
Geographically Dispersed
Bases
Reserve Component
Air National Guard
States
Major
Commands
Air Force Reserve Command
3 Numbered Air Forces
36 Wings
Air National Guard
Overview of
Air National Guard
• Air National Guard is one Component of
the total U.S. Air Force
• Federal Mission: maintains well-trained,
well-equipped units available for prompt
utilization. Enforces federal authority,
suppresses insurrection and defends the
nation when called to federal service by
the president, congress, or both.
Overview of
Air National Guard
• State Mission: Provides assistance during
emergencies such as natural disasters and
civil disturbances when required by the
governor. Under state law, provides
protection of life and property, and
preserves peace, order, and public safety.
Air National Guard
Locations
Guam
Air National Guard Units
Puerto Rico
Air Force Reserve
Air Force Reserve Overview
• Units train to same standards as Active Duty
force both within their units and alongside
Active Duty
• Federal Mission
• Deliver sovereign options for the defense of
the United States of America and its global
interests – to fly and fight in Air, Space and
Cyberspace
Air Force Reserve Units
36 Wings & 4 Groups – 11 Reserve Bases – 52 Tenant Bases
U.S. Marine Corps
Marine Corps Community
Service Installations
Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona
Marine Corps Base Barstow, California
Marine 29 Palms, California
Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California
Marine Corps San Diego, California
Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California
Mountain Warfare Training Center, California
Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany, Georgia
Marine Corps Base Hawaii
Headquarters Camp Fuji, Japan
Marine corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan
Marine Corps Base Camp Butler, Okinawa
Marine Forces Reserve Louisiana
Kansas City, Missouri
Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North
Carolina
Marine Corps Base Lejeune, North Carolina
Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina
Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South
Carolina
Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, South Carolina
Marine Corps Base Camp Allen, Virginia
Marine Corps Base Quantico,Virginia
HQ’s Battalion Henderson Hall, Virginia
Understanding
Military Culture
What is Culture?
• Culture (definition): The knowledge, experience,
values, ideas, attitudes, skills, tastes, and
techniques that are passed on from more
experienced members of a community to new
members.
• Elements include: aesthetics, ceremony, ethics,
health and medicine, myths, gender roles, gestures
and kinetics, grooming and presence, ownership,
recreation, relationships, rewards and privileges.
Identify Your
Culture
Elements of Military Culture
• Military Values
• Mission of the Military
• Unique Cultural Aspects
• Issues for Military Kids
Military Values
Army
• Loyalty
• Duty
• Respect
• Selfless
Service
• Honor
• Integrity
• Personal
Courage
Air Force
•Integrity First
•Service Before Self
•Excellence in All We Do
Navy & Marine Corps
•Honor
•Courage
•Commitment
Mission of the Military
• The mission of the Department of Defense is
to provide the military forces needed to deter
war and to protect the security of the
country.
• The Army’s mission if to fight and win our
Nation’s wars by providing prompt, sustained
land dominance across the full range of
military operations and spectrum of conflict in
support of combatant commanders.
Mission of the Military
• The mission of the United States Air Force is
to deliver sovereign options for the defense of
the United States of America and its global
interests – to fly and fight in Air, Space and
Cyberspace.
• The mission of the Navy is to maintain, train,
and equip combat-ready Naval forces capable
of winning wars, deterring aggression, and
maintaining freedom of the seas.
Mission of the Military
• Marines are trained, organized and equipped
for offensive amphibious employment and as a
“force of readiness.”
What is Purple?
• We use the color purple because purple
symbolizes “joint” in the military world,
meaning “all services.” In the world of
color, if you combine Army green, Air
Force blue, Marine red, and Navy blue you
get purple.
The Military Salute
• Commonly believed that when knights in armor
approached, they raised their visors with their right
hand to identify themselves
• It gradually became a way of showing the flag
respect to a superior
• Early American salutes involved removing the hat
and then evolved to a touch of the hat
• Enlisted and junior offices salute senior officers, with
the junior member saluting first
• Defense Authorization Act of 2008 made it legal for
Active Duty personnel and Veterans to salute when
not in uniform
The Military Salute
• Salutes are not rendered indoors or in
vehicles
• As a sign of respect, military members in
uniform salute the flag during ceremonies
and the National Anthem
• Others receiving salutes include the
President of the United States, Medal of
Honor Recipients, Officers of Friendly
Foreign Countries
Military Acronyms and Terms
• FRG—Family Readiness Group
• ARNG—Army National Guard
• RDC—Rear Detachment Commander
• FAC—Family Assistance Center
• TAG—The Adjutant General
• MOBEX—Mobilization Exercise
• ANG—Air National Guard
• DON—Department of the Navy
• USAR—U.S. Air Reserve
• SUBRON—Submarine Squadron
• INTEL—Intelligence
• JFCOM—Joint Forces Command
• ANG—Air National Guard
Converting Between Military
Time and Civilian Time
• Conventional to Military:
• The first twelve hours of the day
• Always has four numbers
• Delete the colon
• Before 10:00 am, add a zero (7:00 am to
0700)
• Read as Zero Seven Hundred or
Ohh
Eight Fifteen
What
Acronyms Do
We Know?
Converting Between Military
Time and Civilian Time
The remaining twelve hours (between noon &
midnight)
• Delete the colon
• Add twelve hours to the conventional time
(11:00 pm to 2300)
• Read as Twenty Three Hundred (2300/11:00)
or Seventeen Fifteen (1715/5:15)
The Chain of Command
• Structure used by all branches of military for
command & control
• Used to disseminate information from the
lowest to the highest ranking member and
back down
• It is critical to maintain the integrity if the
chain of command when working with the
military
• To create buy-in, it is a good practice to work
at the highest level allowed within
the chain of command
Hooah!
• Often pronounced “Houh” or “Oorah”
• Depending on the service, Hooah! is universally
the most understood and misunderstood word
ever created
• Where did the term originate? Nobody knows!
• But, after exhaustive research, One story
goes…
Hooah!
On D-Day, 1944, on Omaha Beach, near the sea cliffs at Point Du
Hoc, General Cota, the 29th Division Assistant Division
Commander, jogged down the beach toward a group of Rangers
from the 2nd Ranger Battalion, and asked, “Where’s your
commanding officer?” they pointed him out and said, “Down
there, sir.”
General Cota reportedly followed their direction and on his way
down the beach said, “Lead the way, Rangers!”
The Rangers from the 2nd Bat reportedly said, “WHO US!?”
General Cota thought he heard them say, “HOOAH!” He was so
impressed with their cool and calm demeanor, not to mention
their cool term, “HOOAH”, he decided to make it a household
term.
Hooah!
“I don’t know how exactly to spell it, but I know
what it means. Hooah says look at me. I’m a
warrior. I’m ready. Sergeants trained me to
standard. I serve America every day, all the way.”
- Former Army Chief of Staff Gordon R. Sullivan
Hooah!
Common Uses of HOOAH!
• Refers to anything and everything except no
• What you say when at a loss for words
• Nice to meet you
• I could care less who you are
• I don’t know the answer but I’ll check on it
• I do not agree with anything that was just said
• Please tell me you’re kidding
• I don’t know what that means, but I’m too
embarrassed to ask
• During very long PowerPoint Sessions…
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Military Customs
and Courtesies
•Reveille and Retreat
• Bugle call played in the morning and end of duty
day
•National Anthem
• Played at the end of the duty day
• Customary to stop vehicles while being played
•Standing for Commander
• When an Officer (05 and above) enters/leaves a
room for a meeting, all individuals stand
•Sir and Ma’am
• Officers are referred to as Sir or Ma’am, while
enlisted members are referred to by rank
How does Military
Culture Affect
Children?
Transition Issues
Military children and youth are vulnerable during major
life changes, such as:
• Moving due to permanent change of station
• Parent absence due to long-term temporary duty
• Mobilization and deployment
• Changes in family demographics
• Graduating to junior/high school/post-secondary
education
• Individual responses vary based on age, maturity,
gender, personality, relationships, and coping skills
• OMK State Teams can ease transitions with awareness
and preplanning