Before you leave, make sure you hand carry all important papers
with you, not in your household goods. Make sure you have important
phone numbers with you, such as an information number for your new duty station
and your sponsor's phone number.
AMERICAN RED CROSS
The American Red
Cross (ARC) is always available to assist in emergency
situations. Call toll-free: 1-877-272-7337, 24 hours a
day, 365 days a year, or contact the nearest ARC chapter listed in the local
phone directory.
ARMY EMERGENCY RELIEF
Army Emergency Relief (AER)
offers emergency financial assistance to all military personnel, active and
retired and their family members in the following
categories;
-Food
-Rent
-Emergency Travel
-Utilities
-Essential
Car Repair
-Funeral Expenses
-Emergency Medical
-Dental assistance
-Essential needs in the event pay is not
received
ELIGIBILITY
Eligibility includes active duty military, ARNG
and USAR Soldiers on continuous active duty for more than 30 days,
military-dependent family members, and surviving spouses and orphans of Soldiers
who died while on active duty or after they retired.
In
addition to emergency financial assistance, AER provides food vouchers as a
short-term solution for families experiencing financial difficulty/inability to
provide food for themselves or their family.
FAMILY MEMBERS must have a
Power of Attorney to receive AER financial assistance.
MEDICAL
EMERGENCY
If have a medical emergency report to the nearest local hospital
for assistance. Take with you your military ID.
VEHICLE EMERGENCY
If
your vehicle brakes down while you're enroute contact the American Automobile
Association for assistance.