Photo By Staff Sgt. Christopher McCullough | Members from the 201st Expeditionary Military Intelligence Brigade Soldier and Family...... read more read more
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. – Soldiers from the 201st Expeditionary Military Intelligence Brigade were treated to a free lunch as part of the official opening of the brigade's new consolidated Soldier and Family Resilience Center Friday, October 27.
The idea behind the Resilience Center is "if someone has an issue or concern, they can just walk in here and they has all these options available in the same corridor," said Ch. (Maj.) Henry Soussan, with the brigade's unit ministry team.
The center will act as a "one-stop" consolidation of several Soldier and Family services into a single consolidated facility. It will allow Soldiers from the 201st EMIB to find Unit Ministry, Behavioral Health, Military and Family Life Consultant, Sexual Harassment/Assault Response and Prevention (SHARP), and Equal Opportunity personnel and advocates in one location all working together in order to support them, their families, and each other in the most professional manner possible.
"The great thing about the Resilience Center is now we're all co-located," Soussan said. "Before we were all in different offices; you had to look and find where everyone was located. Now we have everyone in the same hallway here at the COF [Central Operations Facility]. If someone has an issue or concern, they can just walk in here and they have all these options available in the same corridor."
He went on to express the Brigade's excitement about the consolidation of support systems and how it benefits the Brigade's Soldiers.
"So all the agencies that are here, they're are part of the 201st, and they're here to help our Soldiers with their day to day concerns," said Soussan, of how the Resource Center will ease the process for Soldiers looking for support. "Everyone here has their share in trying to make the Soldier feel supported, and that's what we hoped to achieve here today (by introducing the Resiliency Center) is show them they have support. There's always a solution. They never need to despair. We are here; that's why we exist – to support the Soldier, to win the fight. We will do everything to help make that Soldier more resilient."
Soussan added, "What's important is that everyone should know that we're completely confidential. Just because the unit ministry team is located here doesn't mean we talk about religion always. Eighty-five percent of the issues Soldiers bring to us are not religious; it's other things. It's family, finances, or even UCMJ."
The 201st Soldier and Family Resilience Center can be found on the first floor in Building 3373 -- the Gryphon Brigade Central Operations Facility -- on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. Personnel are available workdays from 0900 to 1700.
| Date Taken: | 10.27.2017 |
| Date Posted: | 11.12.2017 19:46 |
| Story ID: | 255032 |
| Location: | JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, WASHINGTON, US |
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