Deployment Wisdom Series

Post Deployment

Post-Deployment Wisdom for the Returning Service Member

Are you returning from a combat zone?

Have you recently returned?

Written from the perspective of the returning Service Member, by Adam “Doc” Fenner, after serving five combat tours in Afghanistan and Iraq. Fenner combines humor and common sense to address the hardest of issues faced by returning Service Members in this short guide designed for the Service Member returning home from a combat theater of operations.

Post-Deployment Wisdom is a practical guide to the challenges facing those returning home. This guide addresses personal expectations, substance abuse, emotional challenges, finding purpose, reintegration, regret, mutual support, and PTSD, in a simple format that establishes a baseline for planning for the challenges related to reintegration home.

This simple guide focuses heavily on Service Member on Service Member support while inviting healthy open conversation with those that mean the most, those left behind.

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Post-Deployment Wisdom for those Expecting a Returning Service Member

Are you expecting a returning Service Member from a combat zone?

Have you recently had one return?

Written from the perspective of the returning Service Member, by Adam “Doc” Fenner, after serving five combat tours in Afghanistan and Iraq. Fenner combines humor and common sense to address the hardest of issues faced by returning Service Members in this short guide designed for those family, friends, and loved ones expecting a returning Service Member from a combat theater of operations.

Post-Deployment Wisdom is a practical guide to the challenges facing those left behind while their Service Member returns home. This guide addresses personal expectations, substance abuse, emotional challenges, and PTSD, in a simple format that establishes a baseline for planning for the challenges related to reintegration home.

This simple guide focuses heavily on Service Member on Service Member support while inviting healthy open conversation with those that mean the most, those left behind.

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Pre-Deployment

Pre-Deployment Wisdom for the Departing Service Member

Are you heading out for a combat zone?

Written from the perspective of the deploying Service Member, by Adam “Doc” Fenner, after serving five combat tours in Afghanistan and Iraq, Fenner combines humor and common sense to address the hardest of issues faced by deploying Service Members. This short guide is designed for the Service Member deploying to a combat theater of operations.

Pre-Deployment Wisdom is a practical guide to the challenges facing those leaving home. This guide addresses personal expectations, time management, care packages, financial planning, communicating with family, and planning for the worst, in a simple format that establishes a baseline for planning for the challenges related to deploying to a combat zone.

This simple guide focuses heavily on Service Members and on Service Member support, while inviting healthy open conversation with those that mean the most--those we are leaving behind.

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Pre-Deployment Wisdom for those Sending Off a Service Member

Are you preparing to send off a Service Member to a combat zone?

Written from the perspective of the deploying Service Member, by Adam “Doc” Fenner, after serving five combat tours in Afghanistan and Iraq, Fenner combines humor and common sense to address the hardest of issues faced by those sending off a departing Service Member. This short guide is designed for those family, friends, and loved ones expecting to send off a Service Member deploying to a combat theater of operations.

Pre-Deployment Wisdom is a practical guide for the challenges facing those leaving home. This guide addresses personal expectations, time management, care packages, financial planning, communication, looking forward, and planning for the worst, in a simple format that establishes a baseline for planning for the challenges related to deploying to a combat zone.

This simple guide focuses heavily on Service Members and on Service Member support, while inviting healthy open conversation with those that mean the most--those we are leaving behind.

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Deployment Wisdom

I began writing these last two, but I stopped. I am not sure if I will complete the remaining two in this series because I'm having a significant moral issue with how to address specific deployment related issues.

Until I have wrestled that questions into submission I will not be completing this portion of the series.