One of the challenges a Soldier endures every two to three years is relocation. Moving from one duty station to the next is a responsibility of a Soldier fulfilling his or her obligation toward his or her line of duty. Although the relocation of a Soldier can be difficult, involving a single Soldier or a Soldier with dependents, the army has implemented a program to resolve some of the issue a Soldier may encounter during transition. The Total Army Sponsorship Program (TASP) assists Soldiers and their families with proper documentation, unit support, and peer-to-peer communication. TASP also helps with proper and smooth transitioning. Through TASP, Soldiers and their families do not have to experience isolation or abandonment during the
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This is your first duty station, and you are worried about this move. You do not really know what to expect, and it seems all the stress is coming at once. The day has arrived for you to check into your new unit. You and your family have just arrived at the airport in Canada when you realize that you are neither mentally nor physically prepared to carry out the Army’s mission. You immediately begin to panic and wonder what you have gotten yourself into. Preventing these types of situations from happening is the exact goal of the United States Army. The Army takes pride in making sure all Soldiers and their families are properly equipped to make such stressful moves as this one. The Army has provided an Army regulation that assist with gaining and loosing units, the Soldiers, and his or her family. This Army program is called the Total Army Sponsorship Program. The Total Army Sponsorship Program provides trained and available sponsors equipped with the information and referral resources needed during times of transition (Total Army Sponsorship, n.d.). Sponsorship supports readiness by mitigating stress while enhancing unit cohesion, resiliency, and esprit de corps (Total Army sponsorship, n.d.). The success of TASP is contingent upon the level of involvement by commanders and other leaders (Total Army Sponsorship,
This is your first duty station, and you are worried about this move. You do not really know what to expect, and it seems all the stress is coming at once. The day has arrived for you to check into your new unit. You and your family have just arrived at the airport in Canada when you realize that you are neither mentally nor physically prepared to carry out the Army’s mission. You immediately begin to panic and wonder what you have gotten yourself into. Preventing these types of situations from happening is the exact goal of the United States Army. The Army takes pride in making sure all Soldiers and their families are properly equipped to make such stressful moves as this one. The Army has provided an Army regulation that assist with gaining and loosing units, the Soldiers, and his or her family. This Army program is called the Total Army Sponsorship Program. The Total Army Sponsorship Program provides trained and available sponsors equipped with the information and referral resources needed during times of transition (Total Army Sponsorship, n.d.). Sponsorship supports readiness by mitigating stress while enhancing unit cohesion, resiliency, and esprit de corps (Total Army sponsorship, n.d.). The success of TASP is contingent upon the level of involvement by commanders and other leaders (Total Army Sponsorship,