Pre-Deployment Process

As a member of an Air National Guard unit with potential for worldwide deployment on short notice, the following information will aid in making a family separation more manageable. 1. Too often, family members deny the possibility of duty separation, and pretend it is not going to happen. This denial can be emotionally harmful. Once separation

Guard Family Network

The need for family support during times of deployment has always existed. Military families have accepted a great responsibility laced with personal sacrifice when they've chosen to support their loved ones in service to their country. "In no other profession is family separation faced so frequently as it is in the profession of military service."

While you are away

YOUR FAMILY Is anyone more important to you than your family? These are the individuals that you love. They could be your mother or father, husband or wife, significant other, and of course, your children. You want to see them have the very best that life offers. You're concerned about their welfare and you do what you can to see that they're taken