Community Service II – Day 3 – Quality of Life Conference

Members of the Community Services II Focus Group working together in efforts to narrow their top 10 list down to two topics.

We walked in this morning and discovered the two issues that we were to work (out of the original 10). The morning started off passionately, with many of us referring to the current practices of our own branches. Our first issue of the day was a purple training school to standardize casualty assistance officers and how to care for the joint military community overseas.

As we worked through the descriptions of the mentioned problem, the active duty members and spouses in our group stepped into situations that none of us want to face. The curtain that is always present was pulled away as we thought about and discussed what our service members and their families (spouses, next of kin, etc) go through, emotionally and mentally, during times of great loss.

We all stepped out of our comfort zones to find ways in which we can further train and provide a more consistent and compassionate net to catch our families when the death of a loved one sends them into an inevitable free fall.

It is our hope to better serve those who serve alongside us.

Laura McVay
Community Service II Delegate