COMCAM Pre-Deployment Guide
Ensure you're deployment-ready by following this checklist of tasks to complete.
Nearly every service member has been there: packing for deployment. The socks and gear are strewn about while incomplete last-minute tasks tumble through their mind. Forgotten details like an outdated will, running low on a prescription or not having a plan for forwarding mail can compound the stress of an upcoming deployment.
Use this checklist to help alleviate some of the anxiety that comes with deployments.
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Update personal and family wills.
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Update power of attorney as needed.
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Update and deploy with an ID card, personal passport, official passport and visa(s).
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Update Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System information concerning TRICARE for family members.
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Set up appointments to store personal property and personal vehicle, as necessary.
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Begin the process to close out barracks or housing and forward mail/bills, as necessary.
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Update personnel record(s) with all awards, evaluations, training and professional military education.
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Qualify on all assigned weapon systems.
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Pass service-specific physical fitness test.
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Schedule travel itinerary (include an excess baggage authorization), equipment shipping and customs/hazardous cargo inspections.
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Conduct body armor, nuclear, biological, chemical mask and specialized deployment equipment issue checks.
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Update and deploy with copies of hand receipts and Central Issue Facility records.
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Complete Isolated Personnel Report.
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Conduct command climate survey and unit risk inventory analysis.
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Complete required annual information assurance training to expedite in-theater access.
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