Single Members, Families, and Children

. The Casualty Assistance Calls Program (CACP) that aids Navy and Marine Corps families in the event of death, serious injury, or capture of a Navy or a Marine Corps member in the line of duty. The Navy and Marine Corps will detail a casualty assistance calls officer (CACO) to notify personally the next of kin. The CACO will assist the spouse or primary family member of a deceased service member in any way possible, including transportation, child care, and funeral arrangements, and submitting claims for survivor’s benefits. The program is administered by the Casualty Assistance Branch of the Bureau of Naval Personnel and is governed by the Navy Casualty Assistance Calls Program, NMPCINST 1770.1, and the Casualty Assistance Calls and Funeral Honors Support Program Coordination, OPNAVINST 1770.1. Chaplain involvement in the CACP is described in the Religious Ministries in the Navy, OPNAVINST 1730.1. The Marine Corps casualty assistance program is administered by the Casualty Section, Personal Affairs Branch, Human Resource Division, Headquarters United States Marine Corps, and is governed by the Marine Corps Casualty Procedures Manual, MCO 3040.4. l The class easy message of getting important personal messages to deployed or overseas members. This is a telegram method of rapid communication families can use to send important messages—not just emergency messages—to a Navy or Marine Corps and Marine Corps members through Western Union at favorable rates. A spouse or parent who needs to send an important message may contact a deployed member by sending a telegram to the deployed member’s name and rank or rate, name and hull number of the deployed member’s ship or unit, c/o Naval Communications Station, Washington, DC. me communications station will send the telegram to the ship. The cost of the telegram will be the regular Western Union rate from the place of origin to Washington, DC. Remember, emergency communications intended for all deployed military service members are channeled through the nearest chapter of the ARC. For this reason, you must encourage service members to let their family members know about this service and to have the service member’s name and rank or rate, social security number, name and hull number of the member’s ship or unit, as well as any other pertinent information ready to expedhe the ARC’s handling and delivery of the message. Single Members, Families, and Children In both the Navy and the Marine Corps, single members and single parents, their families and children, will have many different special needs. Some of the programs and services that can help single parents and their families are listed in figure 2-5. Alcohol and Drug Dependency member. Either a regular telegram of 15 words or a Alcohol and drug dependency is a serious problem night letter of 50 words maybe sent to deployed Navy for many people. Chaplains are called upon to provide CHILD CARE CENTER SERVICES Most child care centers evolve from local needs. Each center usually has its own structure and program based upon the nature of the community it serves, its source of funding, the building it inhabits, and the qualifications of its staff. The Recreation Services Division of the Bureau of Naval Personnel is responsible for the overall policy and guidance of Navy child care centers. Presently, many Navy and Marine Corps installations provide some child care facilities; however, these facilities may not be large enough to provide for all the child care needs of the military community. Various types of child care facilities can usually be found in the local community that may be used in addition to an on-base child care facility. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DEPENDENTS SCHOOLS Department of Defense Dependents Schools (DODDS) is the only United States school system that has schools located around the world. Figure 2-5.—Programs available to single servie members, single parents, families, and children. 2-9