Pre-Deployment Wisdom for those Sending Off a Service Member: 9 Things We Want You to Know as We Depart

Are you preparing to send off a Service Member to a combat zone?

Written from the perspective of the deploying Service Member, by Adam “Doc” Fenner, after serving five combat tours in Afghanistan and Iraq, Fenner combines humor and common sense to address the hardest of issues faced by those sending off a departing Service Member. This short guide is designed for those family, friends, and loved ones expecting to send off a Service Member deploying to a combat theater of operations.

Pre-Deployment Wisdom is a practical guide for the challenges facing those leaving home. This guide addresses personal expectations, time management, care packages, financial planning, communication, looking forward, and planning for the worst, in a simple format that establishes a baseline for planning for the challenges related to deploying to a combat zone.

This simple guide focuses heavily on Service Members and on Service Member support, while inviting healthy open conversation with those that mean the most--those we are leaving behind.