The document provides information for families at Fort Rucker, including upcoming training events, details about Army retirement services and benefits, a campaign to identify families with special needs members, and the introduction of a new emergency notification system called CodeRED. Key details include information on retirement counseling and publications, mandatory enrollment for families with special needs members, and how CodeRED uses a reverse 911 system to directly contact subscribers with emergency warnings.

1. USAACE Weekly
Family Update
9 September 2011
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE
1 ACS – September
Calendar
2 Did You Know? Army
Retirement
Services/ECHOSE
Bulletin
3 CodeRED
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knowledge is the
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~ Frank Herbert
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2. Page 2 USAACE Family Weekly Update
Upcoming Did you Know?
Training/Workshops Army Retirement Services Program provides assistance to
Soldiers and their Families preparing for and transitioning to
 12 & 19th September – retirement, Families of Soldiers who die on active duty, and
Divorce/Separation Co- Retired Soldiers and their Families.
Parenting Workshop from 0900
– 1200 at the Early Childhood Through a network of Retirement Services Officers (RSOs) at
Activity Center. To register call major Army installations worldwide, they
(334) 255-3898 1. Provide counseling to these groups on their rights, benefits and
entitlements
 13 September -- EFMP 2. Assist with Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) elections
Information & Support Group at 3. Keep the retiree population informed of law and benefit changes.
The Landing Zone from 0900 –
1000. (334) 255-9277.
A quarterly bulletin for Retired Soldiers & Families, ECHOES, is
 14 September – “Using Credit
Wisely” from 1130 – 1230 in
available by visiting www.armyg1.army.mil/rso/echoes.asp.
Bldg. 5700, Rm 284. Call (334)
255-9631/2887 to register
Child & Family Find Campaign -- EFMP
 16 September – Newcomer’s
Welcome The Exceptional Family Member Program (EFMP)
is in the process of identifying active duty military
 17 September – Library 101 Families with special needs. Special needs include
(Research Fundamentals for
physical, intellectual, developmental delays,
Students) at the Center Library.
emotional impairments that require special
 1 October – Southern treatment, therapy, education, training or
Landscaping & Gardening Class counseling.
at the Center Library from 1:00 –
2:00 pm. (334) 255-3885. Enrollment is mandatory for Soldiers with Exceptional Family Members
(EFMs) that are active duty Army, US Army Reserve Soldiers in the
USAR-Active Guard, Reserve (AGR) program and other Soldiers on
active duty exceeding 30 days and Army National Guard (AGR)
personnel serving under authority of title 10, United States Code.
If you are a Soldier with a family member with a special need or
disability or have knowledge of someone who is disabled or with a special
need, contact the EFMP at Lyster Army Health Clinic (334) 255-7431.
Lyster’s EFMP conducts EFM screenings, enrollments, updates and
dis-enrollments. AR 608-75, Exceptional Family Member Program
requires Soldiers to update EFM enrollment every three years or sooner if
services for special needs are no longer required.
For EFMP Advocacy services, Respite Care, information and referral
services, free educational and training opportunities, resource library and
relocation assistance, please call the Army Community Service EFMP at
(334) 255-9277.
10 September 2011
0800 – 1400
(closed from 1100 – 1200)
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3. USAACE Family Weekly Update Page 3
CodeRED – Reverse 911 system now at Rucker
Effective Thursday, 25 August 2011, the installation will deploy CodeRED, our newest
addition to the Emergency Mass Notification System at Fort Rucker. CodeRED is a
reverse 911 system that gives the Installation Operations Center (IOC) an additional
avenue to provide emergency information to our entire Fort Rucker community in an effort to provide warnings and
advisories to keep them safe. CodeRED enables the distribution of warnings and critical information concerning natural or
man-made disasters threatening the installation or the surrounding area in real time. This system automatically sends
National Weather Service warnings based on an individual’s home address as well as enabling the installation to send
critical information to Soldiers, families, civilians, contractors and retirees expeditiously.
The system requires individuals to enter their name and a phone number to which they want the alerts sent and their physical
address to receive tailored weather warnings and watches from the National Weather Service, specific watches/warnings for
Fort Rucker, and emergency notifications for the installation issued by the IOC.
To sign up for CodeRED, go to www.rucker.army.mil. In the left hand column select “CodeRED Notification System.”
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