Army Programs Flashcards
What does ACS stand for?
Army Community Service. The purpose of ACS is to facilitate a Commander’s ability to provide comprehensive, coordinated, and responsive services that support readiness of soldiers, civilian employees and their families. In addition, ACS provides support for relocation readiness, employment readiness, financial readiness, volunteer programs, survivor outreach services, and the Army OneSource initiative.
What does ACES stand for?
The Army Continuing Education System. ACES provides programs and services to promote lifelong learning opportunities and to sharpen the competitive edge of the Army. ACES provides Army credentialing opportunities, tests of general education development (GED), high school completion program (HSCP), and FAST program that includes basic skills education program (BSEP), GT improvement, GED test prep, reading skill development, testing services, transcript service, education counseling, and preparation for college.
What does the acronym AER stand for?
Army Emergency Relief is the Army’s own emergency financial assistance organization and is dedicated to “helping the Army take care of its own.”
Note: see FM 7-22.7 for specific personnel eligible for AER.
What is the Army Retention Program?
Personnel readiness is a responsibility of command. DA policy is that only those soldiers who have maintained a record of acceptable performance will be offered the privilege of re-enlisting within the Active Army. Re-enlistment is the Army’s equivalent of the quality management program, but at the organizational level.
Note: more info on the Army retention program can be found at: http://www.apd.army.mil/pdffiles/r601_280.pdf
What is ASAP?
The Army Substance Abuse Program mission is to strengthen the overall fitness and effectiveness of the Army’s workforce, to conserve manpower, and to enhance the combat readiness of soldiers.
Note: see http://acsap.army.mil/so/pages/index.jsp or
Http://Army pubs.army.mil/round/pdf/r385_10.pdf
or
Http://armypubs.army.mil/epubs/pdf/r600_85.pdf
What is BOSS?
Better opportunities for single soldiers is a quality of life program that addresses single soldier issues and initiatives. BOSS is the collective voice of single soldiers through the chain of command, which serves as a tool for commanders to gauge the morale of single soldiers regarding quality of life issues.
What is CYS?
Child, Youth and school services consists of four services; child development services (CDS); school age services (SAS), youth services (YS), and CYSS liaison, education and outreach services (CLEOS). CYS recognizes the challenges of our soldiers and their families. By offering quality programs for children, youth and students, CYS supports the Army family covenant by reducing the conflict between mission readiness and parental responsibility.
What is DEERS?
The defense enrollment eligibility reporting system (DEERS) is a worldwide database of uniform services members (sponsors), their family members, and others who are eligible for military benefits.
What is the equal opportunity program?
The equal opportunity (EO) program formulates, directs, and sustains a comprehensive effort to maximize human potential and to ensure fair treatment for all persons based solely on merit, fitness, and capability in support of readiness.
What is the exceptional family member program?
EFMP is a mandatory enrollment program that works with other military and civilian agencies to provide comprehensive and coordinated community support, housing, educational, medical, and personnel services to families with special needs.
What is the military and family life counseling programs?
MFLC provides licensed clinical providers to assist service members and their families with issues they may face throughout the cycle of deployment and back on garrison.
What is the soldier for life program?
Soldier for life assists soldiers in achieving the right mindset, obtain the necessary training and qualifications, and make the necessary connections through the Army, governmental and community efforts to successfully reintegrate soldiers, veterans, and their families into civilian life.
What is SHARP?
The sexual harassment assault response and prevention programs mission is to reduce with an aim toward eliminating sexual offenses within the Army through cultural change, prevention, intervention, investigation, accountability, advocacy/response, assessment, and training to sustain the all-volunteer force.
