Welcome to The AMEDD Effect Podcast where we discuss the cause and effects of Army Medicine Opportunities along with life inside the U.S. Army, which we call Army Lifestyle.

Today on Episode 5 of our Army Lifestyle segments we have Army Community Service Specialist, Mr. Bobby Maxwell from the Fort Knox Army Community Service Army Emergency Relief Program here to talk about the services they provide to active-duty soliders on the Fort Knox installation. AER is a conduit through which Soldiers provide financial support to their fellow Soldiers. Army Emergency Relief’s Mission is to provide grants, interest-free loans and scholarships to promote readiness and help relieve financial distress of Soldiers and their Families.

Categories of Assistance:

All assistance requests are unique and considered on an individual basis.

• Emergency travel
• Natural disaster preparation and evacuation
• Mortgage, rent and initial deposit
• Temporary lodging
• Food
• Medical co-pays not covered by TRICARE
• Vehicle costs
• Utilities
• Funeral expenses
• Basic essential furniture
• Appliance costs
• Cranial helmets
• PCS travel
• Child car seats
• Dental care for dependents
• Home repair
• Non-medical attendant travel
• Invitational travel order
• Clothing
• Immigration and passport fees for dependents
• Special needs medical equipment
• Spouse relicensing and recertification
• Childcare (Army Fee Assistance enrollment required)

Eligibility

The following individuals are eligible for AER assistance in accordance with Army Regulation 930-4:

• Soldiers on active duty and their eligible dependents
• Soldiers retired for longevity, medical or upon reaching age 60 (reserve component) and their eligible dependents
• Army Reserve and National Guard Soldiers activated on Title 10 orders for more than 30 days and their eligible dependents. (Find individual state resources here or visit the National Guard Relief Foundation.)
• Surviving spouses who have not remarried
• Children of Soldiers who died on active duty or died after reaching retirement eligibility

Press play and listen to Bobby Maxwell give us more insight about the Army Emergency Relief Program and how you and your family can benefit from their services.

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Welcome back to The AMEDD Effect Podcast where we discuss the cause and effects of Army Medicine Opportunities. This is Episode 11 Medical Recruiting Brigade Integration Officer Feat. LTC Mary Noel. Thanks for listening to episode 10 with CH Kazarovich I hope you all enjoyed that episode.

On this episode the new LTC Noel stopped in and sat down with us to talk about Army medicine, medical recruiting, and being the new Recruiting Integration Officer at the Medical Recruiting Brigade. To start off the episode LTC Noel talks about her recent visit to the University of Louisville’s School of Medicine where she had the opportunity to chat with students about her experience as an Army Doctor. LTC Noel gave us a brief backstory of growing up and know from her childhood years that she wanted to be a doctor someday.

While in high school LTC noel was very active in school from academics to athletics and would find herself preparing to attend the United States Military Academy at West Point. LTC Noel would later earn her Doctor of Medicine degree from the Uniformed Services University in 2012 then went on to do residency training at Martin Army Hospital at Fort Moore, GA.

LTC Noel talks more about her journey and her current role as the Recruiting Intergration Office for the Medical Recruiting Brigade at Fort Knox, KY, what role she plays and what she likes to do with family once she is not in uniform.

Press play and listen to LTC Noel talk about her joruney in the U.S. Army and her new role at the Recruiting Intergration Officer at the Medical Recruiting Brigade.

For more information visit the following websites:

www.goarmy.com/amedd

www.goarmy.com/hpsp

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Welcome to The AMEDD Effect Podcast where we discuss the cause and effects of Army Medicine Opportunities along with life inside the U.S. Army, which we call Army Lifestyle.

Today on Episode 4 of our Army Lifestyle segments we have Army Community Service Specialist, Mr. Joshua Rodeheaver from the Fort Knox Army Community Service Family Advocacy Program here to talk about the special services they provide on the Fort Knox installation. FAP helps Soldiers and Families recognize and meet the unique challenges of military lifestyles. Their services include seminars, workshops, counseling, and intervention to help strengthen Army Families, enhance resiliency and relationship skills, and improve quality of life.

The Family Advocacy Program is dedicated to helping Soldiers and Families with the complex challenges related to domestic abuse, child abuse, and neglect. We focus on prevention, education, prompt reporting, investigation, intervention, and treatment.

FAP has additional programs within the Family Advocacy Program such as:

1. New Parent Support Program (NPSP)
2. Transitional Compensation (TC) Program for Abused Dependents
3. Victim Advocacy Program (VAP)

Press play and listen to Joshua Rodeheaver give us more insight about the Army Community Service and how you and your family can benefit from their services.

For more information visit the following websites:

www.goarmy.com/amedd

www.goarmy.com/hpsp

www.goarmy.com/chaplain

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To make a report of suspected domestic violence incidents that occur on post or to individuals who reside on post, contact the Military Police 24/7 hotline at (502) 624-2111.

Off post - contact the local police.

The National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233