Friday, October 17, 2008

DoD to hold family support summit Oct. 20

By William H. McMichael - Staff writer

Posted : Friday Oct 17, 2008 6:24:35 EDT

Troops and family members are invited to join a live Oct. 20 Pentagon webcast of a summit meeting that will explore the best ways to support families of service members who are killed, seriously wounded or who become ill or injured, as well as a new plan for coordinating treatment between local, state and federal agencies.

The day-long meeting of roughly 300 family members and participants from U.S. partner organizations and agencies, headlined as “Consistent Best Practices for Support of Families of Fallen and Wounded, Ill and Injured Service Members,” will be split into two sessions.

http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/10/military_familysummit_pentagon_101508w/