Family Checklist for Deployment Last updated:___________________
Unit Name:______________ Rear Detachment Commander:_______________Phone:_________
Phone Numbers:_____________________________________
e-mail of deployed servicemember:_______________________
URL of unit's web page:____________________

MEDICAL Are immunizations for each member of the family up to date?
 Name: last checked:
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
Where are the health and dental records for each family member?
 Name: Health Record: Dental Record:
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Who should the family contact if the need medical assistance? What is the phone number?
  Name Clinic Phone number
 Routine Medical:   
 Emergency:   
 Dental:   
 Veterinary:   
 Poison Control Center:   
Written permission for emergency medical care of minors:_____________(location of document)
 Name:   Phone: Relationship:
   
   

FINANCE Does the spouse have continuous access to money? Who is the POC for the spouse for military pay problems:_________________Phone:_____________ Is the amount of money available through SURE PAY or allotment sufficient to meet all the necessities to run a household? If the famly must move away from post during the deployment, is there enough money to make the move? Where are the accounts(bank, investment, etc), and who is the POC?
 Account  Type  Location  Account Number  POC
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
Where are the bank books?___________________

Location of safe deposit box?___________________
Contents?___________________
Location of keys?___________________
Is spouse on the signature card?  Yes/No
What credit cards does the family have?
 Card:  Number to call if lost or stolen:
  
  
  
  
Make list of account numbers and keep in safe place:______________(location)

Is the spouse prepared to take over full reponsibility for the family's financial affairs?
Bills
Insurance
Investment
Location of LES and other finance documents?_______________________

What payments are necessary and to whom?
 Expense  Company  AccountNumber  Address  Phone  
 Mortgage/Rent          
 Phone          
 Water/Sewage          
 Electricity          
 Trash Disposal          
 Car Insurance          
 Property Insurance          
 Health Insurance          
 Gas (home heat)          
 Credit Cards          
 Car payments          
 Loans          
 Child Care          
 Tuition          
 Investments          
 Cable TV          
 Cell Phone          
 Security System          
 Loans          
 Internet Service          
 Medical Journals          
 Memberships          
 Professional Dues          
           
           
           
           
           
           

TRANSPORTATION/AUTOMOBILE
Location of stored automobiles:________________POC:_____________Phone:______
Name and address of company holding the lien:_______________________________
Location of vehicle titles:__________________________________________________
Location of vehicle registration:____________________________________________
Location of insurance records:______________________________________________
Is there an insurance document in the vehicle?
Is the spouse's driver's license up to date?
Expiration date?_________________________
Location of duplicate keys:_________________________

Emergency supplies in trunk:
_____________________________________________________________________

  
Emergency Roadside Repair:
 Who to call:  Phone number: Account number:
   
   
Person to call for backup transportation:
Name:_________________________Phone number:_________________________
Does spouse know how to make emergency repairs?(flat tire, dead battery, overheating, etc.)
Maps to key locations:___________________________________________________

HOUSING:
Key to quarters (if not occupied):
Location: ________________Custodian:_________________Phone:__________________
Does spouse know the location of the following and how to use them?
Electrical control box:____________________
Water shutoff valve:____________________
Gas control valve:____________________
 Name of people to call for repairs:  Phone:
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
Emergency Phone Numbers:
Fire:____________________
Police:____________________
Ambulance:____________________
Post/BaseApartment Engineers:____________________

LEGAL/ADMINISTRATIVE:
Family Care Plan up to date?
Name of guardians:     Address:                        Phone:
____________________ _________________________________ ______________
ID Cards up to date?
 Name: Expiration Date:
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
Where to go to replace the ID Cards:______________________Phone:_____________
Life Insurance (don't forget insurance associated with AAA, credit cards, etc.):
 Name:  Amount: Account Number: POC: Phone:

 Location of Records:

 SGLI     
      
      
      
      
Social Security pays a death benefit.
location of serviceman's Social Security Card:___________________
Check on VA benefits as well.

Is DD Form 93-Emergency Data Card up to date?--last updated:_________

Passports up to date?
 Name: Expiration Date:
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
Where to go to replace the Passports:______________________Phone:_____________
Power of Attorney?
Location:____________________
Does it cover:
medical care?
shipment of household goods?
financial transactions?
Where will mail go?________________________________________
Who will pick up mail?______________________________________
Forwarding address?_______________________________________
Determine which journals and other mail will be forwarded:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Determine which mail will be cancelled or held:
 Item: Status:
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
Location of Key Documents:
Deployment orders:____________________
Marriage Certificate:____________________
Birth Certificates:____________________
Adoption Papers:____________________
Court orders awarding custody:____________________
Will:____________________
Deeds of land/Real estate papers:____________________
Stocks, bonds, securities:____________________
Divorce decree:____________________
Auto registration:____________________
Auto title:____________________
Auto insurance:____________________
Home insurance:____________________
Property insurance:____________________
Other insurance:____________________
Tax files______________________
Pay records______________________
Citizenship papers:____________________
Burial plan:____________________
Passports:____________________
Warranties: ____________________
Military Career documents (to verify service data):_________________________
Credentials/Diplomas/School records:_______________________
Social Security Cards:___________________
Library cards:_______________________
Membership cards:_____________________
Does everyone over age 5 have a social security number?
 Name: SSN:
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
Copies of Federal and State Tax Records.:Location___________________
How does spouse get a copy of the W-2 form?
Who will prepare or advise on taxes?
Name:__________________Location:____________________Phone:______________
Who is the Unit POC?
Name:__________________Location:____________________Phone:______________
Where is the unit family support handbook:____________________
Other support agencies:
 Name: Location: Phone:
 Army Emergency Relief  
 Army Community Services  
 Chaplain  
 Lawyer  
 Officers Spouses Club  
   
   
   
Burial guidance:
location:______________funeral instructions:_________________________

References: TC 2-7 Personal Financial and Deployability Handbook The Ranger Digest VI, by Rick F. Tscherne
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