Army Implementing Virtual Family Readiness Group

The Army will start a program on the World Wide Web Oct. 1 to support and improve methods of passing information to families when Soldiers are deployed. The virtual Family Readiness Group is designed to replicate the major components of FRGs but in a virtual context, said Jay M. Burcham, chief of deployment and mobilization readiness at the Army Community and Family Support Center, Alexandria, Va. “This Web System is not just a Web site. Soldiers down range in Iraq, Korea or wherever they are deployed will be able to communicate with families around the world by logging into this system. To support the upcoming start of the system, a waiting list area where units can sign up to establish a virtual FRG has been added to www.armyfrg.org. For more information e-mail armyvirtualfrg@cfsc.army.mil.