A member may be eligible to attend a Yellow Ribbon event when he or she meets the following criteria:
90 Days & Separated from Family
Accumulative in 12 months
Types of Members
TRADITIONAL
RESERVIST
INDIVIDUAL MOBILIZATION
AUGMENTEE
YRP Reps available at home units
Contact the YRP rep at the RMG See the Contact Info in the right column! -->
The Yellow Ribbon Program is available only for active Reservists, such as Traditional Reservists, Individual Mobilization Augmentees, Active-Guard and Reserve Members and Air Reserve
Eligible Guests (EG)
FAMILY
CHILDREN
DESIGNATED
Immediate family or grandparents
DEERS-Eligible Dependents
Designated in Writing
i.e.
i.e.
i.e.
Spouse
Sibling
Parent
Grandparent
Children
Step-Children Have most of year Grandchildren
Legal Guardians 18+ if in college
Members and (1) EG may attend two of the three available POST events. RETIRED? Retirees may attend within retirement occurs within initial 180 days. This is flexible.
Members and/or spouses may attend up to (4) Yellow Ribbon events with certain Eligible Guests. Please review the table to see which events you, your family and/or guests may attend!
At the Event
Meals
Agenda
Youth
Saturday
Breakfast, Lunch
Snack - AM / PM
Dinner
(Event-dependent) Sunday
Breakfast
Snack - AM
Marriage Enrichment
Financial Management
Different Kind of Courage
Stress Management
Suicide Prevention
Single Issues
Resiliency
Key Spouse
VA
PHAP
GI Bill
MFLC
MOS
ESGR
Free Childcare
Newborn to 12
Educational Activities
for 13-17
Members and/or spouses may attend up to (4) Yellow Ribbon
First, find an event you'd like to attend using the tools available here. Once you've determined which event you'd like to attend and whom you can take with you, contact your local YRP representative to get started!
MUST I ATTEND AN EVENT IN MY OWN REGION? NO!
Considerations
Justification
Costs
Reasons
Register / E-Invitation
Orders
MEMBER
ELIGIBLE GUEST
Paid RPA
Per diem
Travel
Hotel Room
ITA - Unless AD, then 1610
Travel - Airline Tickets Centrally Billed
Actual Expenses
Additional Room Waiver
!!! ONLY MEMBER CAN USE GTC !!!
Orders must be issued for any attendee to attend one of these events. Contact your local YRP representative to determine how to initiate this process for the events you and/or your family wish to attend.
