Directorate of Prevention, Resilience and Readiness

Amid pandemic, Army program helps Families get back to school

8/26/2020
During the COVID-19 global pandemic, parents are faced with deciding whether to send their children back to school for possible part-time, in-class instruction or commit to distance learning from home. A military spouse and mom turned school program manager at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, is working with Master Resilience Trainers to help support Families with children to maintain their resilience and connection.

MRT Skills Can Help Soldiers Prepare ‘Outside the Box’ for the ACFT

8/26/2020
Imagery has been scientifically proven to strengthen neural pathways; it’s a technique that changes our habits and behaviors by training our brains to convince our bodies that we can “do it.” Treva Anderson, Master Resilience Trainer-Performance Expert at Fort Jackson, S.C., has taught imagery to hundreds of Soldiers, helping to prepare their bodies by using their minds, for boot camp and the Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT).

Updated Regs Identify Online Hazing as Harassment; Add Synthetic Drug Testing for “Spice” and “Bath Salts”

8/26/2020
July 2020 revisions to two key Army Regulations (AR), AR-600-20, and AR 600-85, identify a new form of harassment and add two synthetic drugs to the list of substances that Soldiers are screened for during drug testing.

Reminder to Commanders: The CSSER is a Valuable Tool for Suicide Support Resources

8/25/2020
When a service member attempts suicide or dies by suicide, the trauma and grief in the aftermath has a ripple effect on the lives of fellow Soldiers, their Family, the unit, and the Army. To provide the resources and support needed to help those struggling, it is important that commanders remember to submit Section 3 of DA Form 7747, the Commander's Suspected Suicide Event Report, or CSSER.