Assess installation's mobilization plan and proposed manpower augmentation for carrying it out. A focal point of the exercise was the post's Soldier Readiness Processing site. Carved from a building that once served the physical fitness needs of soldiers, the site now houses a round robin of check points that certify a soldier as ready to deploy. A major hurdle for most deploying units is the preparation of Family Care Plans, the documents that detail who, where and how the children of dual military and single-parent soldiers will be cared for. Call Forward 200 was no exception, said Joan Cole, Army Community Service chief.
Many soldiers think they have a completed plan, but they've left out something vital.
Others aren't even aware they need one. It's a big issue,'' she said. SGT Valentin Rodriguez, of the 281st Personnel Service Det., Pennsylvania, Army National Guard, spent his time working with individual soldiers' administrative updates, such as military records and Servicemen's Group Life Insurance Forms. When he wasn't processing soldiers with other soldiers from the 1079th Garrison Support Unit, he worked a manual dog tag machine making up medical identification tags. An estimated 500 soldiers a day were processed for mobilization during the exercise.