Emergency Messages
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Emergency MessagesHow it works: A local caseworker takes your information, verifies the information with the doctor or hospital, sends your message through an AFES network which can transmit messages to Red Cross units around the world in minutes. At the other end, another Red Cross caseworker delivers the message to the command who then delivers it to the service member. Typical emergency messages: a death, severe illness, or even a pleasant chore - announcing a birth. There are two types of messages: one that requests the presence of the service member and one that simply notifies the service member. Only the military can grant a leave. Emergency Leave is usually asked for when there is a serious illness or death of an immediate family member. Sometimes regular leave is granted, if the service member is not deployed, for the military member to come home for crises involving other family members. The Commanding Officer needs the American Red Cross message to determine whether to grant leave because the American Red Cross verifies all the information for accuracy. The presence of the service member cannot be requested except for the death or serious illness of an immediate family member. Information about the situation can be sent and the military makes the decision to grant leave to the service member even if the presence of the service member has not been requested in the message. Only mothers may request birth notification. Pre-birth notifications may be made 45 days prior to the due date to request the presence of the service man. Again, emergency leave or regular leave to attend the birth is granted by the military command. Other emergency messages may be sent to notify service members of home situations when they are on deployment and cannot be reached by normal means. Health & Welfare messages can be sent if the family has not heard from a service member whom they had heard from regularly. This kind of message is usually not used during deployments when communications can be irregular.More Information: How to send an emergency message through the American Red Cross Getting ready for deployment tips Hoosier Hills Armed Forces Families Association
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