What are the functions of a Family Readiness Group, and how can I best prepare both myself and my significant other to meet those needs?

During my extremely brief time at FT Drum, I was fortunate enough to find myself in an FRG that was supportive of each other, and they probably demonstrated the most community spirit I have ever seen as a cadet. Do you have any advice for tackling some of the drama or issues you have experienced with the lackluster FRGs you have encountered?

All depends on the root of the problem. Many FRGs are headed by the spouses of the primary chain of command. The best FRG I experienced was with my unit in Okinawa, but since we never deployed, the FRG was mostly a social group that did fund raisers and organized unit group activities, picnics, and made our organization team building week a success.

I feel an FRG should be there to help maintain the network of spouses/family to provide support for the deployed. They are on minimal operations while a unit is in garrison and starts ramping up when the deployment is made known. It is also going to be overcoming a stigma as I described where soldiers' spouses may not be involved in an FRG due to poor experiences and the only solution to that is to see why they may not want to participate. There are many similar discussions to how to improve FRG experiences and I am not as qualified as others to answer.

Thank you so much MSG (Join to see) !

Cadet LT (Join to see) - You are welcome, Sir.

Cadet LT (Join to see) - Also, when you get to your first duty assignment, your unit will have an FRG in place, and then you and your significant other can get all the answers straight from them.