Serving Military Families Worldwide

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Armed Forces Emergency Services
24/7 assistance

• Active Duty and Spouses assigned to Fort Gordon
• may call Armed Forces Emergency Services
  Center
• Toll Free 1-877-272-7337
• Orcheck in with the ARC offices Fort Gordon
• 706-787-6311/3567
• Family members back home
• Contact their local Red Cross office

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American Red Cross
Emergency Communications Services

• Provided for immediate family grandparents
• Verification of emergency situations
• Verifications generally not available from most
  foreign countries
• Message services can be limited by military
  Minimize conditions
• Current minimized locations and conditions none
  at this time

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American Red Cross
Emergency Communications Services

• HIPAA
• When appropriate, notify medical personnel as
  soon as possible a Red Cross caseworker will be
  contacting them for verification of the medical
  emergency, requesting a doctors interpretive
  statement.
• DIS diagnosis, prognosis, current condition,
  life expectancy (if a factor) and doctors
  recommendation for service members presence.

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American Red Cross
Emergency Communications Services

• Messages provided to assist command in making
  leave decisions
• No verifications after the fact when leave
  already granted
• Hard copies of messages not available

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American Red Cross

• Loco parentis/non loco parentis - Red Cross can
  share family statement regarding status.
  Military makes final determination.
• Compassionate Reassignment - normally no Red
  Cross verification required by DA.
• Casualty issues - Red Cross releases no
  information without authorization from Army
  Casualty. May assist next-of-kin in notifying
  other family members, if requested.

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American Red Cross
Message Delivery Military Authorities to
Service Member

• Red Cross notifies service members Chain of
  Command
• Chain of Command delivers in a personal manner
• Ensure confidentiality at all levels
• Notify Red Cross if immediate delivery is not
  possible

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American Red Cross
Access to Financial Assistance

• Agent for all military aid societies after normal
  duty hours, weekends and holidays
• Assistance available 24 hours, 7 days a week
• All loans are provided through the Aid Society
  and repayment is made by allotment
• Loans are interest free
• Loans for emergency travel
• Loans to avoid privation

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American Red Cross
Services available at deployment/overseas site

• Emergency communications
• Canteens, video libraries, and morale support
• Information and referral
• Access to financial assistance at all permanent
  stations and Air Mobility Command bases

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American Red Cross
Community Services

• Volunteer training and placement
• Summer youth volunteer programs
• Health and Safety Courses
• Spencers Layette Program -- for newborns born to
  families with a deployed spouse in Iraq, Kuwait
  or Afghanistan

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American Red Cross
Community Services

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