1. Deployment Cycle Support (DCS)
Return Date
Return
+180 / 365
Enter Avail Pool
/LAD
Available Pool
RESET Pool
Train-Ready Pool
In Theater
Phase
RESET
Train-Ready
Train-up
Preparation
Mobilization
Deployment
Employment
Redeployment
Post Deployment
Reconstitution
Support
Cycle
Training
Mission
RESET POOL
Current DCS
Resiliency Focus
TRAIN-READY POOL
AVAILABLE POOL =
ARFORGEN
CYCLE
ARFORGEN
Alignment Update
Mr. John Agler, GS-14
DCS Program Manager,
Command Policy Programs Division
Human Resources Policy Directorate
Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G1
14 Dec 04

2. Agenda Situation Mission Execution Coordinating Instructions Way Ahead
Background
Initial Planning Guidance
The Deployment Cycle
Mission
Align Army Soldier, DA Civilian, and Family well-being requirements against ARFORGEN/Army Campaign Plan
Execution
Concept of the Operation
Phase Definitions
Matrix of Tasks
Coordinating Instructions
Tasks to Subordinate Units
Sample Lists of ARFORGEN/DCS/CSF/AFAP Tasks (illustrative purposes)
Way Ahead
Way Ahead: Timeline; Briefings; Publication of updated regulations/policy suspense

3. Background
Situation
FY02 – Ft Bragg domestic violence incidents – G1 / ASA(M&RA) convenes Domestic Violence Task Force.
1QFY03 – G3 convenes DCS Tiger Team.
Mar 03 – G3 hand-off of DCS responsibilities to G1.
April 03 – Army-wide planning conference is held at FT Bragg.
May 03 – DCS CONPLAN is published.
Sep 03:
Army One Source becomes operational.
CENTCOM R&R Leave program commences.
Jan 04 – VCSA directs G1 establish Disabled Soldier Support System.
Mar 04 – Begin staff work and info briefings on reporting requirements.
April 04 – Installation assistance visits.
Ft Hood, TX
Ft McCoy, WI
Ft Campbell, KY
Ft Carson, CO
Ft Riley, KS
Ft Drum, NY
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4. Initial DCS Planning Guidance
Situation
CSA: Ensure that no Soldier coming back from the AOR slips through the cracks regarding redeployment screening, debriefing and processing.
Not just units or individuals during normal rotations – every Soldier.
Also individuals who are redeploying on emergency leave, etc.
G-1:
“This is a personnel program…but is executed by the chain of command. If it’s not, it’ll fail.”
Give unit commanders the tools they need to execute (lessons plan, slides, etc.).
‘Provide commanders with SMEs to assist e.g. Chaplains, Medical Guidance Counselors, Lawyers, Doctors, Stress Management Workers, etc.’
“Effort starts in-country, before heading home, continues at Home Station for some number of days to allow the readjustment to start. Continues for some longer period of time in a less formal process.”
Dir, HRPD:
Develop plan that specifies what to do, by phase and to what standard, but not how to do.
Determine those events required for completion in each phase.
Events may occur simultaneously in phase in different locations by different commanders.
Synergy of what occurs within units and what occurs with family members.
Transition between phases is event-driven (not time-driven).
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5. Enduring Deployment Life-cycle Support
Situation
ARFORGEN ALIGNMENT:
REALITY OF OCO/FORCE STABILIZATION:
Units and Soldiers turn around for subsequent deployment.
Meshes training, operational and personnel requirements.
RESET: 6 month period following return from deployment
TRAIN-READY: The next 6 months
AVAILABLE: The next year whether deployed or not. This are notional only as the actual time periods for the later two phase are variable.
Deployment
Employment
AVAILABLE POOL
Mobilization
Current Army DCS operational support the Senior Commanders by focusing on returning Deploying Soldiers, DA Civilians, and Families to pre-deployment resiliency levels, and ensuring access to services
Train-up Preparation
RESET POOL
Redeployment
TRAIN-READY POOL
Mission Cycle
Support Cycle
FM 7-0
Training Cycle
Post Deployment
Reconstitution
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6. Post Conflict / Mobilization Personnel Operations
Mission
Mission: On order, the Army conducts ARFORGEN alignment of all well-being and deployment requirements for Army Soldiers, DA Civilians for all personnel deployed over 90 days to support overseas Theater Operational Contingency Operations (OCO) and at CONUS locations with Army units, other services and coalition forces, or as individual augmentees in order to reintroduce Army personnel into pre-conflict environments to facilitate reconstitution of families, Soldiers’ individual lives, and the force.
The revised mission statement
Focusing on the personnel operations (not operational or tasks associated with either equipment recovery or training)
Phases considered are those between the operational employment of Soldiers and units; and whatever Train-up / Sustainment those Soldiers or units will experience in order to prepare for what may be either return to pre-conflict environment or preparation for next operational deployment
All Army personnel includes:
OCONUS (Iraq, Afghanistan and other locations)
CONUS (such as installation security at Fort Belvoir or the Pentagon Reservation)
With other services or coalition forces (such as PSYOPS Teams)
Units and individuals
DA civilians
(Also any other service members that may be deployed as a part of an Army unit)
“In depth” addresses those tasks that are performed in-Theater prior to Soldiers and units redeployment; and continuing at Home Station for extended period to ensure, for example, appropriate advocacy, counseling and care for deployment-related health care issues
In establishing and communicating required policies, a minimum and universal standard is established for all Soldiers, civilians and family members impacted by deployments
Concept: These operations are conducted in depth beginning at home, continue in-Theater, continue at Demobilization Stations, and with sustainment at Home Stations. The Army establishes required policies, provides necessary resources and provides external subject matter expertise and training support packages in support of the chain of command. The Army communicates the plan and establishes the means by which to account for and track all personnel throughout the process.
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7. Concept of the Operation
Execution
This is a Commander’s program.
ALL Soldiers and DA civilians returning or redeploying are provided a means for personal reconstitution, family reunion / reintegration and reestablishment of personal readiness.
“ALL Soldiers” includes: emergency leave, medical evacuation, and other individual redeployment scenarios.
Standard = 100%, but Soldiers are not delayed just for DCS tasks.
DCS provides the right tools and training.
Major components: Education, Assessment (Referrals as required), and Processing.
Accomplished during the 3 post-conflict/mobilization phases of Deployment Cycle Support aligned with ARFORGEN phases (RESET, TRAIN-READY, and AVAILABLE Force Pools):
RC Soldiers are released from active duty during Post-deployment.
First and foremost: ALL Soldiers and DA civilians returning or redeploying are provided a means for personal reconstitution, family reunion / reintegration and reestablishment of personal readiness
Of special concern are the individual redeployers: emergency leave, Medical evacuation, IRR / IMA, chaos on the tarmac or any other means by which soldiers may be returned from a deployment not as part of a unit
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8. Phase Definitions
Execution
RESET FORCE POOL – Units enter the Reset/Train Force Pool after returning from a deployment. Their mission is to reconstitute, reset equipment, receive new equipment, assign new personnel, and train to achieve the required capabilities necessary to enter the Ready Force Pool. Units in this pool are available to support civil authorities for national emergencies. (RESET Phase (Return to Return / 365)
TRAIN-READY FORCE POOL – Units in the Ready Force Pool conduct mission preparation and collective training for anticipated future missions. Units in this pool are eligible for deployment to unanticipated contingencies or other operational requirements. Train-Ready Phase (Return / 365 to LAD / Available)
AVAILABLE FORCE POOL– Units in the Available Force Pool are available for worldwide deployment. Available Phase (Upon entering the Available Pool to the Latest Arrival Date-LAD)
In Theater Phase (Return-180 to Return)
RESET Planning; Maintenance & property accountability; Initial Planning Conference (IPC); Family Integration; ID High Risk Soldiers (Return = 51% personnel at home station)
“Sets the conditions for success in RESET phase”
RESET Phase (Return to Return / 365)
Soldier-Family reintegration & Unit reconstitution; Individual Training; DMETL Approved; Changes of Command; Limited NEF/NET; Units report C5 until end of phase (but achieve P2, S2, R2, T4/3)
Train-Ready Phase (Return / 365 to LAD / Available)
Collective training (CTC/MRE); Family Team Building; NEF/NET; deployment preparation; & achievement of C1
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9. Phase Definitions
Execution
Redeployment (RESET) – In Theater Phase (Return-180 to Return)
RESET Planning; Maintenance & property accountability; Initial Planning Conference (IPC); Family Integration; ID High Risk Soldiers (Return = 51% personnel at home station)
“Sets the conditions for success in RESET phase”
Units and material re-posture themselves in the same theater; transfer forces and material to support another Joint Forces Command operational requirement; or return personnel, equipment , and material to the Home (AC) or Demobilization (RC) Station upon completion of the mission.
Post-Deployment (TRAIN-READY) (Return / 365 to LAD / Available)
– Begins with arrival at Home Station (AC) or DEMOB Station (RC), includes actions to recover equipment, personnel and demobilization activities. Ends with release from recovery mission (AC) or arrival at Home Station (RC). Individual redeployment and demobilization processing (Reverse SRP, medical screening, DCS process).
RESET Phase (Return to Return / 365)
Soldier-Family reintegration & Unit reconstitution; Individual Training; DMETL Approved; Changes of Command; Limited NEF/NET; Units report C5 until end of phase (but achieve P2, S2, R2, T4/3)
Reconstitution (AVAILABLE) (Entering Available Pool to the Latest Arrival Date-LAD)
– Reconstitute the force; includes family readiness, reintegration of Soldiers into families and communities, equipment maintenance, decompression, and Soldier readiness.
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10. ARFORGEN Process Timelines
In Theater Phase (Return-180 to Return)
RESET Planning; Maintenance & property accountability; Initial Planning Conference (IPC); Family Integration; ID High Risk Soldiers (Return = 51% personnel at home station)
“Sets the conditions for success in RESET phase”
Return Date
Return
+180 / 365
Enter Avail Pool
/LAD
Available Pool
RESET Pool
Train-Ready Pool
ARFORGEN
Cycle
In Theater
Phase
RESET
Train-Ready
& RESET
Phases
RESET Phase (Return to Return / 365)
Soldier-Family reintegration & Unit reconstitution; Individual Training; DMETL Approved; Changes of Command; Limited NEF/NET; Units report C5 until end of phase (but achieve P2, S2, R2, T4/3)
This slide depicts the areas of focus w/I ARFORGEN. Because “RESET” coincides w/ the RESET force pool, it is the focus area (in dark gray) of our ROC Drill.
However, because RESET activity begins at Return -180, and because it sets the conditions for meeting collective training milestones in the Train/Ready phase of ARFORGEN, our analysis must be informed by all force pools within ARFORGEN.
This point is not only critical to analyzing RESET as an entity, but to executing and synchronizing the RESET program within Enterprise.
I will illustrate this further in future slides.
Train-Ready Phase (Return / 365 to LAD / Available)
Collective training (CTC/MRE); Family Team Building; NEF/NET; deployment preparation; & achievement of C1

11. Tasks to Subordinate Units
Coordinating Instructions
MACOM:
Ensure DCS/CSF/AFAP actions are completed to support ARFORGEN for all MACOM assigned personnel deployed in support of OEF/OIF, to include DA Civilians and Families
Implement Army Risk Reduction Program with specific emphasis on unit level risk assessments. Conduct Unit Risk Inventory for each unit deployed to OEF/OIF within 90 days of arrival at Home Station
Commanders at all Levels:
Ensure that DCS requirements are completed (Specifically Well-Being Tasks; ad tasks not already identified or part of Comprehensive Soldier Fitness, ARFORGEN; and Soldier Readiness Processing (SRP) requirements
Ensure that redeploying Soldiers & DA civilians (including their Families) and the DCS task requirements are properly tracked from home station to in-Theater, and upon return to Home Station. The intent is to properly prepare Soldiers for Redeployment, Post-deployment, and Reconstitution, not to force Soldiers to participate in repetitive training and assessments due to poor record keeping
Ensure that Soldiers who have or develop Deployment Cycle related problems, regardless of their nature, are diverted into appropriate programs, or if in need of other types of assistance which are non-medical or chaplain support related, are provided the opportunity and resources to resolve the problems expeditiously. Also focus on getting personnel needing assistance diverted into appropriate programs and tracked by Theater/IMCOM/MACOM/UNIT/MEDCOM IAW regulations and HIPAA requirements
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12. Redeployment Tasks* Soldier Chain of Command Medical Support
Red – statutory
Green – regulatory
Blue – policy
Black – DCS req’d
Coordinating Instructions
Soldier
Chain of Command
Medical Support
In-Theater Support Actions
Demob & Home Station, & RDC
ID individuals requiring monitoring
Receive Reunion Training
Suicide Awareness & Prevention Training
Medical Threat Brief
Briefing for Normalizing Experiences
Document exposures (DD 2796)
Complete investigations
Plan, coordinate & execute return ceremonies
Begin OERs & NCOERs
Provide DCS info brief
ID recent health related problems
Refer Soldiers with deployment-related problems
Treat & document
Ensure availability of behavioral health assets in RAA
ID early returning Soldiers to RDC
Ensure visibility provided to Home Station for all returning Soldiers
Ensure civilians are in CIVTRACKS
Provide initial information on legal rights & entitlements
Conduct Reunion Basic Training
Provide Health Threat Briefings
Provide Brief on Relationship Changes
Educate FRGs on Army One Source
Begin screening during routine health care visits
ID potential family issues to RDC
Begin process for IRR & IMA families
Position RC files at DEMOB station
*Illustrative list of tasks
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13. Post-Deployment Tasks*
Red – statutory
Green – regulatory
Blue – policy
Black – DCS req’d
Coordinating Instructions
Soldier
Chain of Command
Medical Support
Institutional Support
Home Station Activities
Post-Deployment Stress Briefings
Normalization of Experiences
Changes in Relationship Training
Communication with Spouse & Children Training
Marital Enrichment Assessment Tool
Any incomplete Redeployment (Phase I) tasks
ID single Soldiers who are alone
Involve employers in wrap-up
MMRB, MEB, PEB
ID Soldiers with financial issues
Medical record review
Screen behavioral health records
Update permanent health records
Complete DD3349
TB and 90-day TB tests
Continue to ID any recent health changes
Provide mandatory health assessments and treatment
Provide transition entitlement info
Provide info on readjustment to civilian workplace
Inform DA civilian of OWCP processes
Educate Soldiers & families on impact of personnel policies
Conduct finance & AER briefings
ID families with high stress or separation issues for follow-up
Provide opportunity for spouses to take Marital Enrichment Assessment Tool
DEMOB Station for RC - Home Station for AC
*Illustrative list of tasks
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14. Reconstitution Tasks*
Red – statutory
Green – regulatory
Blue – policy
Black – DCS req’d
Coordinating Instructions
Soldier
Chain of Command
Medical Support
Institutional Support
Married Soldiers complete task to take the Marital
Enrichment Assessment Tool
Conduct Command Climate Survey
Complete MMRB, MEB & PEB
Reintegrate RC back into civilian workplaces
Provide time for readjustment
Complete 90-day TB testing
Complete any serum specimens
Update permanent health records
Continue to provide TRICARE benefits briefing
Provide assistance to RC for legal problems associated with mobilization
Continue to screen for deployment related concerns
Army One Source continues to be available
*Illustrative list of tasks
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15. Way Ahead
Complete updated draft changes to the ARFORGEN Alignment Plan with FORSCOM JAN 2009; complete/publish updated DCS Directive/ARFORGEN documents IAW timeline
Gain approval of Senior Army Leadership of revised CONOPS, and distribute to the field for Army Wide Staffing (DCS/ARFORGEN Tasks/Checklist Updates-APR 2010). Staff COA Analysis of ARFORGEN to scope Department of the Army position
Establish follow-on special working groups to complete recommendations for ARFORGEN/DCS alignment to include accomplishing the following:
Develop and Brief to Senior Army Leadership a Course of Action/Decision Brief to determine appropriate automation system to incorporate ARFORGEN, DCS, CSF, and AFAP requirements; submit for HRPD/SLRB/G-1 approval for automation/funding requirements (JAN-MAR 2010)
Continue with Action Officer Working Group (AOWG) to automate DCS Checklist (FEB-JUN 2010)
Align New PTSD and Suicide Prevention, RESET Pilot, CSF, and AFAP, WTC initiatives within DCS
Update and finalization of performance measures and metrics
Continued execution of the STRATCOM
Completion of tracking and reporting requirements
Coordination of DCS processes for DA civilians with CPO and applicable Army agencies
Content of the package to be made available to employers who provide deploying
contractors in support of the Army
Clarify execution of Reconstitution Phase DCS Tasks for RC after REFRAD
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16. References & Information
Well-Being Policies and Procedures:
The Well-Being Liaison Office (WBLO):
The MWR website:
Comprehensive Soldier Fitness:
Deployment Cycle Support Checklist. Select this title at:
R&R Leave Website:
Army Wounded Warrior (AW2) Transition:
Army DCS Program Manager: Mr. John Agler, Army G1 HRP-CPPD (703)
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