Deployment Readiness Checklist For The Single Marine

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Deployment Readiness Checklist for the Single Marine
The key to a successful deployment is to be prepared. Use this list to assess your readiness. This checklist is
intended to assist single Marines in preparing for and achieving readiness for deployment.
Documents
Vehicles
 Give your family the contact information for
 Arrange to store or have someone take care of
your FRO.
your vehicle.
 Ensure ID Card is valid through entire
 Update insurance, tags, registration and title,
deployment.
base and inspection sticker.
 Review Record of Emergency Data (RED)
 Discuss routine maintenance with vehicle
form and update if necessary.
caretaker.
 Contact Base Legal Services Office for any
 Other _____________________________.
needed powers of attorney.
 Update will.
Emergency Plans
 Ensure Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance
(SGLI) has correct beneficiary information.
 Discuss emergency communication with
 Provide complete official mailing address to
family.
family and friends.
 Give FRO contact information for family.
 Ensure enrollment in TRICARE.
 Provide Red Cross contact information to
 Register to vote and request an absentee ballot.
family.
 Other ______________________________.
 Ensure family has your contact information.
 Give family the location of important papers
and a key to access.
Personal Preparation
 Develop emergency evacuation plan.
 Pack uniforms, liberty clothes, and personal
 Other ______________________________.
items.
 Store personal weapons.
Communication
 Enroll in education and courses while deployed.
 Purchase comfort items, such as favorite
 Gather phone numbers, addresses, and e-mail
shampoo, soap, contact lenses, etc.
addresses of family and friends. Discuss
 Pictures of family and friends.
expectations for keeping in touch.
 Arrange subscriptions to magazines.
 Make arrangements for birthdays and special
 Other ______________________________.
occasions.
 Buy stamps, phone cards, camera batteries, etc.
 Create a plan for making telephone calls.
Housing
 Explain OPSEC to family and friends.
 Participate in unit’s TMO if living in barracks.
 Ask family and friends to send regular mail and
 Ensure renters’ or homeowners’ insurance is
care packages.
 Provide unit toll-free number and website to
current.
 Take name off utilities and or lease if sharing
family and friends.
 Other ______________________________.
living quarters with someone else (roommate)
 Hire a property management company if you
own a home and have tenants, or for outside
maintenance of home such as grass cutting.
 Cancel utilities.
 Other ______________________________.

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