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National Marine Corps Council

HELPING WOUNDED WARRIORS

AND THEIR FAMILIES

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WWR Program Foundation

• Personal Touch– Focus: Marine, Sailor, Family – Caring and Concerned Leadership – Not a process – personal relationship

• Marine Corps Service Culture– Esprit de Corps – Marines Taking Care of Marines– Marines for Life

• Strong support from Bureau of Medicine & Surgery

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Wounded Warrior Regiment

Mississippi River

Established Apr 07 – Marine Corps Base Quantico VA

2 Battalions East / West Coast22 Subordinate Elements (Patient Affairs Teams, WW Companies,

VA Liaison)

Tracking 10.5K MarinesAnnual operating budget $17MCurrent MILCON projects $64MCall Center on line Jan 08– Completed 27,652 outreach calls– Received 2,806 incoming

LtCol MartinWWBN West

Camp Pendleton

LtCol SiebenthalWWBN East

Camp Lejeune

Organization

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GuamHawaii

Okinawa

Landstuhl

Single Command with Strategic Reach

CampLejeune

CampPendleton

Quantico

WWR services the Total Force –

Active Duty / Reserve / Retired / Former Marines

WW RegimentWW Battalions

Patient Affairs Team (PAT)/VA Liaisons

District Injured Support Cells (DISC)

WW Company

120 Hometown Links (not shown) ** 186 I & I Staffs (not shown)

Level of EffortCurrent (Mil & Civ): 212Contractor Support: 66Future Total: 361

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• Personnel Accountability – Marine Corps Wounded, Ill, Injured Tracking System

• Supporting Marines & Families Outside of Military Treatment Facilities– Regiment Staff – Transitioned and Former Marine Population– Battalion and Elements – Active Duty and Reserve– Marine Liaison Officers assigned to all 4 VA Poly-trauma

Rehabilitation Centers– Marine Corps elements nation-wide (Tiger Teams, District Injured

Support Cells, Hometown Links, Inspector- Instructor Staffs)

– Navy/Marine Corps Relief Society visiting nurses

Past Challenges / Solutions

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• Seamless Transition – USMC to Community– Reciprocal liaison officers at VA HQ and WWR – Job Transition Cell (Dept of Labor Reps)– Mentoring Programs– Careers in Media

• Continued Government Service Opportunities– Retain in service (expanded permanent limited duty program)

• 41 Marines continue to serve despite disability

– Transition to National Security Personnel System positions– House of Representatives WW Hiring Program

• 17 available full time positions with Congressional Staffs

Past Challenges / Solutions

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• Address Psychological Health Stigma – CMC video message to Marine Corps– WWR mental health cell– WW Battalion – Marines healing together– Combat Operational Stress Control

• Operational Stress Control and Readiness (OSCAR)

• Project FOCUS

– Readiness Group International

• Long Range Planning / Measuring Effectiveness– Future Initiative and Transformation Team (FITT)– Assessment Cell

Past Challenges / Solutions

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• Supporting Former Marines (OEF/OIF wounded)– Wounded Warrior Call Center – Outreach

• Contacted 6,405 OEF/OIF wounded• Contacted 523 Personnel Retrieval and Processing Company

Marines and 1,494 disability retired Marines• Mental health screening and referral

– Post-service education opportunities• Dartmouth College NH / University of Idaho / etc.

– Marine for Life Program support

• Family Support– Improved Casualty Notification Process and Support – Family Readiness Officers– Family Member Employment Assistance Program– WWR Family Support Plan

Past Challenges / Solutions

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Current / Future Initiatives

• Non-profit Financial Support (Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund / Marine Corps Law Enforcement Foundation / Bob Woodruff Foundation / etc.)

• Community Reintegration – Hometown Command & Control

• Retirees– Veterans Service Organizations / Non-profit Engagements

• Support Specialized Medical Treatment– Facial reconstructive surgery (Operation Mend)– Alternative TBI therapy

• Hyper-baric treatment• Bio-feedback

• Strategic Communication– Sustain support message for America’s Heroes

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Questions?

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Warrior Care Month

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Wounded Care Month

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• Objective: “Warrior Care Month” will be a month-long DoD-wide coordinated tactical effort to educate the military and to increase awareness of DoD’s Warrior Care programs and resources.

• Focus: Programs, initiatives, and support that DoD promises our military through the phases of recovery, rehabilitation, and reintegration that are integral to the livelihood of our wounded, ill and injured service members, and their families.

Warrior Care Month

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Audience

• Primary: "Raising Awareness” The first priority of Warrior Care Month is to reach out and inform our military, military families, and veterans about the many programs and resources within DoD and the Department of Veterans Affairs (as appropriate) that are available through the Services as well as at the DoD/VA level.

• Secondary: To increase awareness of Warrior Care issues and programs external to DOD

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Overview

• DoD-wide Steering Committee to execute Warrior Care Month• All events, reports, and press generated through Warrior Care Month

will be highlighted on a dedicated DoD website: www.warriorcare.mil• Three phases of the continuum of care:

– Recovery (acute care),– Rehabilitation (long-term care), – Reintegration (community involvement in the care of Wounded

Warriors). • Each of the different tactics of Warrior Care Month will highlight Marine

Corps & DoD programs and the on-going initiatives to improve care, enabling DoD to convey the highly complex system and the three phases of care in one succinct message.

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Program Elements

• Recovery: To highlight the how we are reacting to and developing new methods to save lives on the battlefield, as well as provide substantive care from point of injury to increase recovery rates.

• Rehabilitation: To demonstrate the different methods used to provide care for different types of injuries, the different resources available, and how DOD is looking to exceed expectations and streamline processes.

• Reintegration: To highlight how Marine Corps is “setting the example” in Warrior Care transition.

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• ALMAR, DOD and Navy / Marine Corps News, DOD publications, Base News Papers, Public Service Announcements and New Media (blogs)

• New Wounded Warrior Website– http://www.woundedwarriorregiment.org

• Feature articles, Human Interest stories, Program updates & Regimental Success

• America supports You– http://www.americasupportsyou.mil/

Out Reach

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External Website

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How

• ALMAR: Addressing Wounded Warrior Call Center • Mission of the Wounded Warrior Regiment Wounded Warrior

Regiment• Wounded Warrior Battalion-East• Wounded Warrior Battalion-West• Patient Affairs Team• Wounded Warrior Operations Center• Wounded Warrior Call Center• District Injured Support Cells • Charitable Organization Cell • Center Marine Corps Wounded, Ill and Injured Tracking System Future• Assessment Cell • Job Transition Cell • Tiger Team • USMC Liaisons at VA Poly Trauma Rehabilitation Centers • House of Representatives Wounded Warrior hiring program

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How

• Wounded Warrior Job Fair • TSGLI • 2008 Navy Surgeon General's Award• Human interest/Feature stories

• Marine Corps & Charitable Organization Events past and upcoming. • Marine Corps Birthday Ball• Huntsville for Heroes, Huntsville, Al 7-12 Nov • Bob Woodruff Family Foundation Gala-Stand up for Heroes, NYC 4-6

Nov

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Goal

• WE MUST ENSURE THAT MARINES, CIVILIAN MARINES, AND FAMILY MEMBERS ARE CONTINUALLY AWARE OF THE SERVICES OFFERED BY THE WWR AND MORE SPECIFICALLY, THE WWR CALL CENTER.

• WHEN WOUNDED, ILL AND INJURED MARINES AND THEIR FAMILIES NEED HELP, THEY ONLY NEED TO REMEMBER ONE NUMBER: 1-877-4USMCWW

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Warrior Care Month

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Depression CasesAll Mental Health PEB Discharges

Mar

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Mar

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Severe Stress ReactionsSevere Stress Reactions

Source: Defense Medical Epidemiology Database (DMED)