What is the Victory/ Network Welcome ? Fort Riley Network is a Command and Staff meeting for disseminating Family Readiness Group information; invited attendees are: All services across Ft. Riley( MWR,CYS ,ACS commissary, PX etc ) and surrounding areas highlight upcoming events. The Network Meeting location is : Riley's Conference Center, Bldg. 446, Seitz Dr. This Welcome is usually held the last Friday of the month unless otherwise noted.

1. Please check in at your
Brigade Table
&
Don’t forget to get a ticket
for the prize drawing!!!

2. UNCLASSIFIED//FOUO
Fort Riley Network/Victory
Welcome
30 January 2014

3. Agenda
Organizations
Briefer
• Military Savings Week Proclamation
• Fort Riley Tax Center
• Fort Riley Command Team Overview
• DFMWR
Megan Rutledge
• IACH
Ian Mann
• Chaplain
CH (COL) Rauch
• Corvias
Clay Boyer
• DeCA
Peter Howell
• Red Cross
Katie Parvey
• Manhattan
Janet Nichols
• Junction City
John Seitz
• Announcements
• Calendar
Email Address
Phone Number
megan.m.rutledge2.naf@mail.mil
ian.a.mann@us.army.mil
harry.a.rauch.mil@mail.mil
clay.boyer@corvias.com
peter.howell@deca.mil
katie.parvey@redcross.org
janet@manhattan.org
john.seitz@junctioncitychamber.org
785.239.4983
785.240.7507
785.239.2799
785.717.2210
785.239.6621
785.239.1887
785.776.8829
785.762.2632

4. Military Savings Week 2014

5. Fort Riley Tax Center

6. UNCLASSIFIED//FOUO
Fort Riley Tax Center
Free Tax filing services for Federal and State income tax returns
Open to all Servicemembers, Family members, and Retirees.
Monday-Friday: 0900-1800 (walk-ins & appointments)
Saturday: (walk-ins only)
Open on Training Holidays
Must bring: Social Security cards, All W-2s, 1099-R, 1099-INT, 1099-DIV,
1098s, 1098-E, 1098-T, Closing Documents for home purchases and sales,
bank routing and account numbers, and other tax-related forms.
Building 7034. Phone: 785-239-1040.
Duty First
Prepared by: Office of the Staff Judge Advocate, 11 OCT 2013
UNCLASSIFIED//FOUO
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7. Fort Riley Command Team Overview

8. Who: BDE and BN senior leaders, Division Primaries, Unit Chaplains and
spouses
What: Terrain walk of Ft. Riley and available resources
When: 18-19 Feb, 0900-1600
18 FEB 14
Training and Mission Support Focus
• Training Campus
• Warrior Zone
• ASAP
• LRC
• Inprocessing / transition / SRP
• Legal
• DES
Spouse Tour:
Hospital Tour
PX
SFAC
Commissary
Flight Simulators
19 Feb 14 0900-1800
Family and Resiliency Focus
• Recycling Center
• Recreation
• SOS / Family Life Chaplain / Red Cross
• Corvias / Barracks
• SHARP / EO
• ACS / Victory Center
• Gyms
• USO
• CYSS

9. DFMWR
Megan Rutledge

10. Featured Events

11. Featured Events

12. Featured Events

13. Sport Registration Deadlines
Adult Sports:
Register by Feb 4th
• Dodgeball Tourn.
• Feb 8th 10am
Flick-N-Float
• Feb. 8th 7-9pm
• Movie Turbo
• $10 per family

14. Featured Events

15. Featured Events

16. Featured Events

20. Upcoming Events
• January:
– Open Mic Night
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Location: Custer Hill Bowling Center
Time: 1800
Every Wednesday
Spoken word, poetry, comedy, vocal
 February:
– Boss Paintball
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Location: Kansas City
Time: 9am-Midnight
Feb. 15
$40 per person

21. IACH

22. TRICARE Service Centers
Walk-In Service No Longer Available
• Effective April 1, 2014 – Walk-In service at the TRICARE
Service Centers (TSCs) within the 50 United States, will no
longer be available
• The TSC Elimination is a Government directive
• Due to the increase in electronic capabilities, the need for
walk-in locations has lessened
• This change will save the Department of Defense (DoD) an
estimated $254 million over five years

23. TRICARE Service Centers
Walk-In Service No Longer Available
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•
Beneficiaries can continue to receive customer service via telephone:
1.877.988.WEST (9378)
Beneficiaries can manage their benefits via secure Web sites:
– www.tricare.mil, under the “I want to…” section allows beneficiaries to:
• Enroll or purchase a TRICARE plan
• File or check a claim
• View referrals and prior authorizations
• Find a provider
• Change their Primary Care Manager (PCM)
• See what’s covered
• Compare plans
• Manage prescriptions
– www.tricareonline.com
• Make appointments with Primary Care Manager (PCM)
• Order refills on prescriptions
• Download personal health information
• Access additional resources
POC: Clinical Operations and Support
Sandy Bruner – 785.239.7968

24. Installation Chaplain
CH (COL) Harry Rauch

25. • Unit Chaplains
-Provide Religious Support to Soldiers/Family members/DoD Civilians
• Family Life Chaplain – Center (Bldg. 510)
-Provide Marriage and Family Counseling (785-239-3436).
• Chapel Programs (details in Tri-Fold)
- Catholic Program
- Protestant Program
- Gospel Program
- Orthodox Program
- Jewish Program
- Women’s Auxiliaries
PWOC
CWOC
- Chapel Youth (MS/HS)

26. Events
Ongoing
Crossroads Youth Night
MS/HS Youth meet every Wednesday, 18302000 at Morris Hill Chapel
POC CH Breckenridge 240-7178
william.a.breckenridge.mil@mail.mil or
Don Ericson, DRE 239-0979
donald.e.ericson.civ@us.army.mil
Protestant Women of the Chapel (PWOC)
Meets every Tuesday from 0900-1130 at
Morris Hill Chapel.
•Bible Study, Fellowship, Refreshments
•Childcare provided
For more information email
rileypwoc@gmail.com
Catholic Women of the Chapel (CWOC)
•Meets every Wednesday from 0900-1130 at
St. Mary’s Chapel. Bible Study, Breakfast,
Rosary, Fellowship
•Childcare provided
For more information email
ft.rileymccw@gmail.com
Upcoming
February
•13th - National Prayer Breakfast , 0700-0830 at RCC
•13th - Victory Chapel Dedication/Ribbon Cutting
1130-1230
•23rd - Victory Chapel Catholic, Protestant, and
Jewish Programs begin

27. Riley Conference Center
Guest Speaker will be the Deputy Chief of Chaplains
CH (BG) Charles Bailey
For tickets, contact your Unit Chaplain or
Religious Support Office @ 239-3359.
Thursday, 13 February 2014
7:00 AM
Soldiers who wish to attend this event are exempt from PT

29. •Corvias Foundation
•Scholarship and grant applications now available online at
corviasfoundation.org
•Ten 4-year scholarships will be awarded ($50,000 scholarships)
•Deadlines: February 13, 2014 for Scholarship applications;
May 8, 2013 for educational grants.
•Colyer Forsyth Community name change
•Beginning February 1, Colyer Manor and Forsyth communities will
become
Colyer Forsyth.
•Office located at the Colyer Forsyth Community Center
at 22900 Hitching Post Road
•Phone: 785-717-2260
•E-mail: colyerforsyth@corvias.com
•Storytime at Warner Peterson Community Center
•February 28 from10:30-11:30 a.m.
•ACS Family Advocacy Programs and Corvias Military Living will have story
time, crafts and snacks.
•Warner Peterson Community Center located at 5570 A.P. Hill Drive

30. •Resident Feedback Form available on website
•We value your feedback. If you have a compliment, complaint or
suggestion let us know.
•Available at http://riley.corviasmilitaryliving.com/feedback

31. DeCA
Peter Howell

32. Commissary
•
REMINDER Scholarships for Military Children
• Opened December 3, 2013
• Increased to $2,000 this year
• Deadline to submit – February 28, 2014
• Over 30 Received last year with 4 Winners from Ft Riley
• Full Details on www.commissaries.com or www.militaryscholar.org
•
ID Card Scanning
• Started 6 January 2014
• Must scan ID card before Transaction Begins
• Government Credit Card Purchasers
• Must be valid ID card holder
• Valentine’s Day Goods
• Best Selection Early
•
February 17, 2014 – President’s Day
• Closing at 5:00 PM; aka 1700

33. Proctor and
Gamble
Supporting!

34. Super Bowl
•
Super Bowl Savings Galore
• Mass Displays of what you Need!
• All the Fix’ns for the table
Sign up for Weekly
Coupon Adds
www.commissaries.com
Link to Join Mailing List
radio button

35. •
Gluten Free
• Growing All the Time
• DeCA Carries over 1,870 Items in 125 categories
• $144.3 million in Sales Up 4.3% this year.
• Send me an E-Mail at peter.howell@deca.mil
Gluten Free
Organic H&BA
Fit for Life Section Aisle 9
Added 142 new items from 61 brands last year.

36. •
Organics
• Industry Wide $6.5 Billion
• Down 12.3% Dollars
• Up 11.1% in Units
• DeCA $30.5 million
• Up 12.3% in Dollars
• Up 14% in Units.

37. •
Your Commissary Cares
• Growing All the Time
• Check Out the aisles for your favorites.
• Send me an E-Mail at peter.howell@deca.mil
Organic Beef – Laura’s Lean
Organic Cheese
Morning Star
Farms

38. Red Cross

39. Our thoughts and sympathy are with everyone in Oklahoma
impacted by the tornadoes. The Red Cross is providing food,
shelter and comfort to people affected by these storms.
Wednesday,effort is very26th from 10:00 – 4:00 at Long’swhere
This relief February large involving several communities Gym
tornadoes struck over several days. You 4:00 at people affected
Thursday, February 27th from 10:00 – can help Long’s Gym
by disasters like tornadoes, floods and otherOr www.redcrossblood.org
or crises by making a
www.redcrossblood.org
donation to American Red Cross Disaster Relief.
• You can donate by visiting www.redcross.org, calling 1-800-RED
CROSS or texting the word REDCROSS to 90999 to make a $10
donation.

40. Manhattan

42. Junction City

43. It’s Happening in JC
February 1
10:00 AM
Legislative Coffee
Dorothy Bramlage Public Library
Meeting Room (230 W. 7th Street)
February 27
7:30 AM
MAC Breakfast with guest speaker
Air Force Lt Col Sean (Waldo) Monteiro

44. It’s Happening in JC
March 29
10:00 AM
Junction City “Grocery Grab”
Walmart Supercenter
Win a chance to fill a cart full of groceries!
First four winners drawn will receive up
to $125 in Walmart gift cards, the next winner wins
three minutes to fill their grocery carts and the
remaining final winner will have
five minutes to shop.
Tickets are $10 each and are on sale now
at various locations.
For more information or to see ticket locations, please contact the Chamber office
at 762-2632 or visit our website at www.junctioncitychamber.org!

45. Geary County Historical Society
530 N Adams
Junction City KS
www.gchsweb.com
February Events
Feb. 28 at Noon
White glove luncheon
Join us for a sneak-peek into the
collection to see how to preserve
and protect the past. Participants
will wear white museum gloves
and handle the artifacts to learn
preservation methods. Lunch will
be provided. The cost for the
program is $7 per person. RSVP
by February 7th to attend this
new program.
Camp Whiteside 1925

47. Announcements

51. Calendar

52. February 2014
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Friday
Thursday
Saturday
1
1000 Legislative Coffee in JC
1900 Comedy Night, Rally
Point
2
Warrior Zone Super Bowl Party
3
4
1000-1200 Key Caller Class
5
1130-1300 Manhattan MRC
Lunch
6
7
8
1800-2100 Brofest, RCC
1300-1500 Love is in the Air at
the Library
1000 Dodge Ball Tournament ,
KFH
1900-2100 Flick-N-Float
9
1300-1500 Love is in the Air,
Library
10
11
12
1700-1830 USO No Dough
Dinner
13
0700-0830 National Prayer
Breakfast
1000-1230 Care Team Training
1130-1230 Victory Chapel
Ribbon Cutting
14
1800-2100 Dinner and Dance,
RCC
1800-2400 Valentines Day Bowl
15
BOSS Underground Paintball
Trip
1800-2100 Dinner and Dance,
RCC
1330-1600 Family Climb Time,
Criag
16
1300 Family Bingo
17
PRESIDENTS DAY
Commissary Closing at 1700
18
19
20
1800-2000 Kung Fu Ink
21
2130 Dueling Pianos, Rally
Point
22
1830-2030 Library Movie Night
23
Services begin at Victory Chapel
24
25
26
1000-1600 Red Cross Blood
Drive
1700-1830 USO No Dough
Dinner
27
1000-1600 Red Cross Blood
Drive
0730 JC MAC Breakfast
28
1030-1130 Storytime at Warner
Peterson Community Center
1200 Geary County Historical
Society White Glove Luncheon
1930 Comic Show JC Opera
Deadline for Scholarships for
Military Children

53. March 2014
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1
1800 OCSC Evening Under the
Stars
2
3
4
5
1130-1300 Manhattan MRC
Lunch
6
7
1930 Tallgrass Film Festival
8
1000-1500 Great Escapes
9
10
11
0900-1200 FRG Leader Class
1000-1200 Funds Custodian
Class
12
0900-1200 FRG Leader Class
1700-1830 USO No Dough
Dinner
13
14
15
1300-1500 Shamrock Party at
the Library
16
17
1800 BOSS St. Patty's Day
Party
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
Kenya Safari Acrobats JC Opera
27
28
1700-1830 USO No Dough
Dinner
29
1830-2030 Library Movie Night
30
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54. April 2014
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
1
1000-1200 Key Caller Class
2
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
3
4
5
0900-1500 K State Open House
6
7
8
1800-1930 Volunteer of the
Year
9
10
11
1700-1830 USO No Dough
Dinner
12
1300-1500 Easter at the Library
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
Easter Egg Hunt, RCC
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
1830-2030 Library Movie Night
Spring Autocross
27
CYSS MOMC Proclamation
Signing
Spring Autocross
28
29
1800-1930 Volunteer of the
Quarter
1700-1830 USO No Dough
Dinner
30

55. Closing Remarks