National Training Meeting

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• National Training Meeting
• June 2003
• New Orleans

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Indiana ESGR Committee

• Ed Bensman, Chairman
• Barry Green, Mobilization

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MOBILIZATIONDEMOBILIZATION

• OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM
• MOBILIZATION/DEMOB SITE-
• CAMP ATTERBURY, INDIANA
• SOLDIER READINESS PROCESSING CENTER (SRC)

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MOBILIZATION

• 71 ARNG AND USAR UNITS MOBILIZED
• 29 UNITS/DETACHMENTS FROM INDIANA
• 41 UNITS/DETACHMENTS FROM 14 OTHER STATES
• 3 UNITS HAVE BEEN DEMOBILIZED

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TWO DIFFERENT MISSIONS

• CONUS MISSION WITHIN THE US
• HOMELAND SECURITY MISSION
• OCONUS MISSION - OUTSIDE CONTINENTAL US
• COMBAT
• OVER 6000 SOLDIERS PROCESSED
• 11 NOV 02- 20 Jun 03

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THINGS NOTED

• MORALE
• HIGH AND SUPPORTIVE
• EMPLOYERS/SOLDIERS/ FAMILIES
• NOT PREPARED
• EMPLOYERS SUPPORTIVE

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Good Notes

• MOST SOLDIERS HAD RECEIVED
• USERRA BRIEFING
• MOBILIZATION/ EMPLOYMENT BRIEFING
• AT HOME STATION PRIOR TO ARRIVAL AT SRC
• MOBILIZATION PACKETS
• WERE DISTRIBUTED

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Good Notes

• FOCUSED ON WAR NOT JOBS
• LEFT JOBS WITH GOOD RELATIONSHIP
• MOBILIZATION ORDERS TO EMPLOYER

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Problems

• LACK of USERRA UNDERSTANDING
• THE LAW
• THEIR RESPONSIBILITY

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Soldiers Profiles

• CONFIDENT JOB WOULD BE THERE UPON RETURN
• LARGE NUMBER COLLEGE STUDENTS
• SOME SELF-EMPLOYED HAD TO CLOSE BUSINESS

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ESGR Issues

• MANY OF UNIT LEADERSHIP
• HAD NOT DONE EVERYTHING TO HAVE
  SOLDIERS/FAMILIES PREPARED
• SOLDIER EITHER
• KNEW ABOUT ESGR OR
• NEVER HEARD OF ESGR
• NO MIDDLE GROUND

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DEPLOYMENTS

• ATTITUDES WERE CONSIDERABLY DIFFERENT
• DISAPPOINTMENT
• HAPPY
• ALREADY CONTACTED EMPLOYER
• SOME NOT PLANNING TO RETURN TO THEIR JOB

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DEPLOYMENTS (cont.)

• DEPLOYMENT PACKETS
• GLADLY RECEIVED
• INTERESTED IN
• MY BOSS IS A PATRIOT AWARD
• THOSE WHO MAILED IN REQUEST
• ARE STILL WAITING

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DEPLOYMENTS (cont.)

• THOSE THAT USED ESGR WEB SITE
• HAD RAPID TURN AROUND
• 90 BELIEVE THEY HAVE NO EMPLOYER PROBLEM

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INESGR Committee

• 30 INESGR MEMBERS (MANY CAME NUMEROUS TIMES)
• VOLUNTEERED 2200 HOURS
• equals 220 TEN-HOUR DAYS
• DROVE 10,480 MILES
• inclement weather
• WARMLY GREETED SOLDIERS
• THANKED THEM FOR THEIR SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY

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• Many soldiers remarked how grateful and
  appreciative they were that someone was really
  interested in their welfare.

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Thank You