Friends and families of EMFK,
Welcome to the first blog of Juliet detachment. All of India detachment has sailed onto the next leg of their voyage, and Juliet’s 1st wave is boots on the ground and takin’ charge. We currently are running leaner than India, with ~160 of our 207 warriors here doing what needs to be done. And they are doing an amazing job. This further proves the resiliency and innovation of a US Navy Sailor. When a knockout punch is thrown, we do a little sidestep, and get back in the fight meaner and leaner than ever. We’re proving the outstanding medical care that our colleagues out here have come to expect from us, without a stumble at all. Well done Warriors!
We will continue to get reinforcements for the next couple of months. As we do we will adjust fire on the projects we have ongoing, and will be able to step up the pace on our efforts to become even more effective an efficient in the fight against terror. As our nation transitions from Operation Iraqi Freedom to Operation Enduring Freedom, our priorities will change, and we will adapt to meet them. We are continuing to actively prepare for the transition from a Navy facility to an Army facility in the near future.
For families that are new to EMFK, I’m going to reprint some information from the 1st blog on how to contact us. Part of my goal in having this blog is to ensure you keep in touch with your warrior should there be an accident or disaster over here. I also what to ensure you know how to get help for any concerns you may have about family, pay, orders, or anything on your mind.
Please read the section below, and don’t be afraid to call.
Until next time, be safe, and stay in touch!
R/
CAPT Welling
CO, EMFK
Welcome to the first blog of Juliet detachment. All of India detachment has sailed onto the next leg of their voyage, and Juliet’s 1st wave is boots on the ground and takin’ charge. We currently are running leaner than India, with ~160 of our 207 warriors here doing what needs to be done. And they are doing an amazing job. This further proves the resiliency and innovation of a US Navy Sailor. When a knockout punch is thrown, we do a little sidestep, and get back in the fight meaner and leaner than ever. We’re proving the outstanding medical care that our colleagues out here have come to expect from us, without a stumble at all. Well done Warriors!
We will continue to get reinforcements for the next couple of months. As we do we will adjust fire on the projects we have ongoing, and will be able to step up the pace on our efforts to become even more effective an efficient in the fight against terror. As our nation transitions from Operation Iraqi Freedom to Operation Enduring Freedom, our priorities will change, and we will adapt to meet them. We are continuing to actively prepare for the transition from a Navy facility to an Army facility in the near future.
For families that are new to EMFK, I’m going to reprint some information from the 1st blog on how to contact us. Part of my goal in having this blog is to ensure you keep in touch with your warrior should there be an accident or disaster over here. I also what to ensure you know how to get help for any concerns you may have about family, pay, orders, or anything on your mind.
Please read the section below, and don’t be afraid to call.
Until next time, be safe, and stay in touch!
R/
CAPT Welling
CO, EMFK
Please remember these ways to contact your warrior, or get emergency information to/from them should you need to. As always, myself, the XO and the CMC, along with our spouses are here to help.
Please print this out and put it on your refrigerator, or in some other place you can find it should you need it. If you have an emergency at home, or hear of a potential emergency or disaster over here in Kuwait, these are the procedures you can use to get in touch with your warrior to get as much information as possible. They are listed in order.
Contact your warrior via the method you have already set up. In most cases this should work. However, due to operational security, there are times when the phone and internet lines to the base are shut off, and then you must use an alternate method, and be prepared to wait until the authorities open the communications up.
Contact your warrior’s parent command (i.e., the one they are normally attached to or their duty station from which they deployed). You should have been given contact information for the CIAC (command individual augmentee coordinator), the POMI (plans operational medical intelligence), or the CMC/XO/CO. We will attempt to get information to the commands as soon as possible after an event out here. Your parent command also has good contact information on your warriors, and can get messages to them out here.
If your warrior is on GSA orders, you should be getting a GSA monthly deployment newsletter. Read it, as it has good generic information on getting assistance for all sorts of issues. It also lists phone numbers and emails for the duty crew that can be of assistance. For Kuwait, these contact #’s are:
ECRC family help desk ecrc.fs.fct@navy.mil
Team Kuwait: ecrc.gsa_other.fct@navy.mil, Telephone Number: 757-462-4744 Ext(s) 123, 126, 143 or 235
If none of the above are able to help you, you can call the following numbers, they are international and long distance charges will apply. We will call you back as soon as possible.
CO – CAPT Lynn Welling: Cell: 011.965.9965.6095, DSN: 318.430.1913
XO – CAPT Robert Alonso: Cell: 011.965.9901.7024 DSN: 318.430.1910
CMC – HMCM Tom Countryman: Cell: 011.965.9965.8984, DSN: 318.430.1908
XO – CAPT Robert Alonso: Cell: 011.965.9901.7024 DSN: 318.430.1910
CMC – HMCM Tom Countryman: Cell: 011.965.9965.8984, DSN: 318.430.1908
Our leadership spouses are available to assist also, and may have important information sooner than some of the official sources:
CO Spouse –Patricia Welling - 619.995.1766
XO Spouse – Rhonda Alonso – 757.635.5630
CMC Spouse – Cindy Countryman – 360. 874.1354
Enjoy the site, and lets stay in touch!
Regards,
CAPT Lynn Welling
Commanding Officer
Expeditionary Medical Facility Kuwait.
