Program helps prepare for possible casualties

Program helps prepare for possible casualties
By Gina Cavallaro - Staff writer
Posted : Sunday Feb 22, 2009 14:20:31 EST

Every soldier will now be required to be briefed on a new Army program intended to help them and their families prepare for the possibility that they’ll be injured or won’t come home.

After seven years of war with a toll of more than 27,000 dead and wounded, soldiers for the most part still are reluctant to address their own mortality with their family members before they deploy.

But the Army has introduced a new Web-based multimedia tool that includes short, informative videos and other items that coach families in getting prepared for a tough subject.

The program was introduced Feb. 3 in an All Army Activity message.

Commanders are required to incorporate a briefing on it as part of their unit’s pre-deployment training schedule.


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