Pre-Deployment Briefing

Deploying personnel must attend a pre-deployment briefing 30-60 days prior to departure. This briefing includes supporting agencies such as Installation Personnel Readiness (IPR), Transportation Management Office, Military & Family Life Counselors, and Finance. The Readiness portion of the briefing focuses on the Emotional Cycles of Deployment, coping mechanisms, family support programs and aids, and member/family planning considerations. Information on and enrollment into the Hearts Apart Program for family members will be completed at this briefing. Spouses are highly encouraged to attend all readiness briefings.  

Reintegration Briefing

Reintegration briefings discuss the Emotional Cycle of Deployment, coping mechanisms, member/family planning, and available helping agencies. This briefing includes SAPR, Mental Health, Chaplain, Military & Family Life Counselors, Finance, and a readiness brief. Spouses are highly encouraged to attend all readiness briefings.

Remote Tour Briefing

The Remote Tour Briefing is required for members that are married or have dependents and are selected for an unaccompanied assignment. This briefing consists of information on programs and services to support family members staying in the Scott AFB area while the member is on an unaccompanied assignment. Information on and enrollment into the Hearts Apart Program for family members will be completed at this briefing. Spouses are highly encouraged to attend.

Sustainment services are programs for military, Department of Defense civilians, and family members separated from their military member because of service-related commitments (deployments, temporary duty, and remote tours).

Hearts Apart Program

Hearts Apart events are free monthly activities that vary in location. These events are a good opportunity for you and your children to connect to others, ask questions, relax, and have fun! Additionally, a youth or adult Military & Family Life Counselor is typically in attendance and ready to chat about your stressors.

Give Parents a Break

Families of deployed members qualify for four hours of free childcare. Give Parents a Break is a referral program sponsored by the Air Force Aid Society. To receive a voucher or for more information please contact your unit’s First Sergeant, PCM, Chaplain, or the M&FRC.

Family Child Care Home Daycare Program

Families of deployed members are authorized 16 hours of free childcare of children aged 6 to 12 years. Please contact the FCC Office for more information at (618) 256-8156.