BDE FRG Leadership Meeting

…to promote leadership skills with the 25th CAB FRG

Leaders and to bring everyone up-to-date on the

organization as whole.

WELCOME

Thank you for attending!

Restrooms are located behind you to the

right, go down the hall and through the

doors.

6 Essential Leadership Skills…

Leadership is not some esoteric quality that only a chosen few are born with. Rather, it is a set of skills that both potential and experienced leaders can develop and hone, and utilize to transform challenging tasks into spectacular successes. Leadership skills involve setting an example and being a model. Here are some of the most essential qualities of a leader.

Leaders are Emotionally Mature

Workplaces, and other areas in life, can often

be fraught with stressful situations. Facing tough situations is an inevitable factor of life. Usually, most people react to a tough situation either by displaying frustration or by bursting out in anger or an emotional flare-up. However, leaders always display emotional maturity in every kind of situation they face. They have the skill of holding in their feelings of anger and frustration, and instead displaying calmness and emotional maturity.

Leaders Display Assertiveness

Leaders are characterized by their firmness and strength of purpose. They know what they want and need, and go about achieving it assertively. They are never daunted by the challenges that they have to overcome on the path to achieving their goals. They have an unwavering attitude towards the obstacles that come their way. A leader has the skill to demand and get the cooperation of his/her team assertively in order to achieve the goals set.

Leaders have Self-Confidence

One of the characteristic traits that define leadership skills is being self-assured and having self-confidence. Leaders almost always, never require the approval of others about the decisions they take and the actions they carry out. They do not act in order to get other people's acceptance. They are very secure about themselves and do not hesitate to accept any mistakes that they may have made. This kind of self-confidence is often the result of facing and overcoming challenges as they occur.

Capacity to Work Hard

Hard work does not daunt leaders. Fueled by their passion, they have high levels of energy that keeps them going on seemingly forever. They get the job done no matter how many long hours they have to spend on it. This is a particularly important leadership skill as only when the leader shows by example how hard he/she can work will the team follow the leader likewise.

Leaders have Self-Awareness

This implies that leaders are conscious of

their priorities, motivations, weaknesses,

and strengths. They are aware of what

they need to do in order to improve and

exactly what is driving them to achieve

what they have set out to do. Since they

are aware of who they are it helps in

making leading other people easier.

Leadership Skills involve Building

Relationships Indeed, leaders have the skill of

empathizing with each member of the

team, thus building a relationship with

them. Leaders have the inherent ability of

earning respect from their team members

and building their trust. This is a vital

contributory factor of the productivity of

teams.

Chain of Command/Concern

chain of command is the line of authority and responsibility along which orders are passed within a military unit and between different units.

chain of concern is the line in which information is passed down from the command through FRG Volunteers to individual Family Members.

Both of these chains work in reverse to send information, questions, or concerns up to Advisors and Commanders.

Task Force Organization Overview

25th CAB Brigade FRG Advisors:

Beverly Tate & Toni Ruiz FRSA: Emily Harrison

2 BCT Warriors 3 BCT Broncos

HHC 25 CAB FRG Leaders: Kim Matthews & Allie Robles

Key Callers/POCs

25th Infantry Division

2-6th CAVALRY BN FRG Advisors:

Kathleen O’Connor & Karen Hunter FRSA: Lessa Otero

A CO FRG Leaders: Shannon Wood & Mory Santiago *

B CO FRG Leaders: Jenny Haigler & Kamiele Otero *

C CO FRG Leaders: Ute Eble & Michelle Pierson

D CO FRG Leaders: Beth Watts & Karla Morton *

E CO FRG Leaders: Amanda Thomas & Jenna Koepp

HHT FRG Leaders: Jamie Hubbs & Alice Crabtree

CO Key Callers/POCs

2-25th AVIATION BN FRG Advisor: Shannon Hines

FRSA: Charlie Portus

A CO FRG Leaders: Katie Price & Jackie Escalera

B CO FRG Leaders: Jennifer Holt & Juhee Godaire

C CO FRG Leader: Renee Smalley

D CO FRG Leaders: Christina Crapanzano & Michelle

Browning

E CO FRG Leader: Amy Cordova

F CO FRG Leader: Anna Gomez

HHC FRG Leader: Angie McLauglin

CO Key Callers/POCs

3-25th AVIATION BN FRG Advisor: Tom Robinson

FRSA: Doris Alejado

A CO FRG Leader: Rachel Crews

B CO FRG Leader: Ashly Astorga

C CO FRG Leaders: M. Williams & Eve Simpson

D CO FRG Leader: Linda Lee

E CO FRG Leader: Wanda Diaz

F CO FRG Leader: Jo Kramer

HHC FRG Leader: Jamie Pool

209th ASB BN FRG Advisor: Celsie Day

FRSA: Angela Ruddell

A CO FRG Leader: Amber Jones

B CO FRG Leader: Danielle Manintin

C CO FRG Leader: Kathy Adams

HSC FRG Leader: Laura Schlaf

CO Key Callers/POCs

CO Key Callers/POCs

USARPAC*

*changes in April

* FRG Guidance comes down to the Major

Command Level from DA and MACOM

Commanders set local policy guidance.

RD Chain of Command

25th CAB MAJ James Fischer MSG Richard Miles

HHC 25 CAB 2LT Robert Thompson

SFC Ronald Harding

2-6th CAVALRY CPT Ty Edwards SFC Toby Vereen

2-25th AVIATION CPT Bonnie Wood

SFC Anthony Ettleman

3-25th AVIATION CPT James Isakson

SFC Deonne Jackson

209th ASB CPT Ryan Ragano SFC Tamisha Love

CAB Forward (COL Tate)

• Non-Residential Vehicle Registration Forms • Waivers for HECO and cable deposits • Pay Inquiries • Notary Public • Power of Attorneys • Confidential counseling and Chaplain • Early Return of Dependents (must be endorsed by RD Commander) • AER Loans (must be endorsed by RD Commander) • Space A Memorandum (must be endorsed by RD Commander) • Non- support issues (address with RD Commander)

Family Support Center

FSC NCOIC – SFC Brown S1 NCOIC – SFC Hawkins Chaplain – LTC Jackson

Legal – SSG Searcy

Care Response Team Activation

The Brigade has carefully reviewed the

process for activating a Care Team and

have based an SOP on lessons learned

and best practices from our own past

CRT activation and those of other

Brigade’s. The Brigade will strictly follow

this SOP in order to protect the affected

Families “right to know first”.

Point of

Fatality

DCIPs Report transmitted to CMAOC

to CAC then to RDC

Local

No

tification

BDE RDC

Off-Islan

d

No

tification

CAC calls the nearest CAC for notification of

PNOK/SNOK *

Reports to local CAC with: DD93, SGLI, ERB/ORB, Manifest, Deployment

Orders, & Spouse Preference Form

CAC sends out the Notification Team: Installation Chaplain & CNO*

*CAC will not send out the Notification Team until it receives the official HRC Notification

PNOK/ SNOK Notified

BDE CDR or S1 calls the BDE RDC with un-official notification

BDE RDC Calls:

- Organic & TF BN RDC

- BDE RD Chaplain

PNOK/SNOK Notification Occurs

Organic BN RDC

25TH CAB NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES FOR SOLDIER KIA

See “CRT Activation Procedures”

to continue

Point of

Fatality

Local

No

tification

BDE RDC

Off-Islan

d

No

tification

CAC calls the nearest CAC for notification of

PNOK/SNOK *

Reports to local CAC with: DD93, SGLI, ERB/ORB, Manifest,

Deployment Orders, & Spouse Preference Form

CAC sends out the Notification Team: Installation Chaplain & CNO*

*CAC will not send out the Notification Team until it receives the official HRC Notification

PNOK/ SNOK Notified

BDE RDC Calls:

- BN RDC - BDE RD Chaplain

PNOK/SNOK Notification Occurs

REAR

25TH CAB NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES FOR FATALITY IN THE REAR DETACHMENT

SIR Generated by S3 sent to CMD Group & DOC Forward

RDC or RD S1 sends report to Forward BDE S1

See “CRT Activation Procedures”

to continue

25th CAB CRT ACTIVATION

PNOK/SNOK Notification

Occurs

NO

YES

BN RDC activates CRT Coordinator: scrubs roster, puts Team on standby

CRT Sent

CRT debrief/AAR with RD and released

BN RDC

Courtesy Call to BN Advisor of

activated CRT

CRT in Home

Team Leaves Home

CRT Coordinator is briefed and then placed on standby in the event Family

changes their mind.

Chaplain Asks Family if they want a CRT?

BDE Primary coordinates brief at BDE HQs within 1-hour

CRT Briefed

Family decides to have a CRT later

See “FRG Call Down

Procedures” to continue

25th CAB KIA/RD Casualty Affected FRG Call Down Procedures

After PNOK/SNOK Notification is complete

BDE

RDC

Notifies: BDE Senior Advisors &

FRSA

Battalion Senior

Advisor

Affected Organic/TF Battalion or

HHC BDE RDC

FRSA

Co. FRG Leader

Co. FRG Leader

Co. FRG Leader

Co. FRG Leader

Co.

POC

Co.

POC

Co.

POC

Co.

POC

CALLS

CALLS

CALLS

CALLS

Phone Tree

Members

Phone Tree

Members

Phone Tree

Members

Phone Tree

Members

1 HR post-notification RDC emails official script. Courtesy Calls…

Calls Completed or near

complete

Official Negative

Notification Email

to all non-affected

BN Advisors

Emails Script &Calls

Co. FRG Leader Affected Company

FRG Leaders

25th CAB WIA NOTIFICATION & SUPPORT

Point of

Injury

DCIPs Report

transmitted to

CMAOC

BDE or BN

RDC

If able, Soldier

calls NOK from

MTF

CMAOC transmits

DCIPs

report to local CAC

Calls PNOK to Notify

& Passes on the HRC

Hotline # for VSI/SI

2 Hours after HRC calls the local CAC, if it has not received a call from the

NOK Family, HRC will call the NOK Family

1) WIA notification to PNOK can not take place until after the PNOK/SNOK of a KIA from the same mission

2) BN RDC will pass the HRC Hotline number ONLY to PNOK of VSI and SI

3) HRC makes all plane and hotel reservations for Family travel to the Soldier during the initial phone call with the Family

• If Family members travel without making arrangements thru HRC, it is at their own expense, no reimbursement

4) Soldiers requiring evacuation will be moved to Landstuhl GE / Walter Reed / FT Sam Houston TX / BACH

5) RD Command and/or the FRG will ALWAYS respect the wishes and privacy of the Family

3 Hours after the RDC calls NOK Family, he/she will call the Family back to follow up – with

permission will coordinate for a Care Response Team and/or FRG assistance…see CRT

Notification Procedures for more information.

Break-out Session

Discuss the following questions within your group:

What do you find to be the most challenging aspect of

your position?

Who do you go to for help when you need it?

If you could change one thing in this FRG system/process as

it is today, what would you change?

MAHALO for Attending!

If you have any questions or issues that

you would like addressed please feel free

to consult your Advisor, FRSA, or BN

RDC for more information or

clarification!