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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About the Reserves, But Didn't Know to Ask
- This article is about similarities and differences between regular Sailors and Marines and reservists, including basic training (boot camp), officer candidate school (OCS), combat, pay, benefits, retirement, job flexibility, and job protection. Describes the drilling reserve, individual ready reserve (IRR), and active reserve. Links to Navy and Marine Corps Reserves, Navy Reserve training opportunities, federal law regarding job protection for reservists, drilling periods, Marine active-duty special work orders, retirement points, and TRICARE.
Your USMC Reserve Benefits
- This article is about military benefits available to reservists and their families. Includes discussion of healthcare, dental, commissary and exchange privileges, education benefits, and DEERS enrollment. Links to online DEERS, Tricare and United Concordia enrollment, MCX Online, SGLI information, and Employment Rights Act.
Family Benefits for Navy Reservists on Active Duty
- This article is about benefits available to Naval Reservists and their families once they are called to active-duty status. Offers advice from Col. James Scott, director, Individual and Family Support Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs and Yonna Diggs, Naval Reservists Ombudsman At Large. It has links to the Reserve Affairs homepage, TRICARE and United Concordia.
Marine Forces Reserve: Family Benefits and Resources
- This article is about how a spouse can deal with the deployment of a Marine Corps Reservist. It discusses military and civilian resources, TRICARE benefits, commissary and base exchange shopping, support groups, counseling, and financial assistance. Links to the Marine Forces Reserve, the RAPIDS Site Locator, Form 1172, ID card-issuing locations, Key Volunteers, family readiness training sites, the Red Cross, DEERS, TRICARE, Navy Legal Services, a family readiness toolkit, a DoD benefits booklet, Employer Support for National Guard and Reserves (ESGR), MCCS, and the Exceptional Family Member Program (EFMP).
How to Survive a USMC Reserve Mobilization
- This article is about how a spouse can cope with a Marine reservist's mobilization. It recommends being organized ahead of time, preparing documents such as a will, power of attorney, and family care plan (FCP), getting family ID cards, and updating DEERS (to obtain TRICARE medical and dental benefits). Mentions "What's Next?," a Marine booklet on readiness, and links to LIFELines' FCP article, DefenseLink benefits, L.I.N.K.S., Key Volunteer Network, and Marine Corps Reserves.
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