The Combat Ready Manual provides policy and guidance for the Command, Personal, and Family Readiness Program (CPFRP) for NECC forces. The CPFRP aims to ensure each command maintains optimal personal and family effectiveness to enhance operational readiness. Key aspects of the program include the NECC Force Family Readiness Council overseeing family readiness issues and programs, and Commanders being responsible for operating the CPFRP within established guidelines to acknowledge the link between family readiness and operational readiness.

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COMBAT READY MANUAL
Command, Personal, and Family Readiness Program
Introduction
1. Situation. The Combat Ready Manual is the guiding document for
NECC forces to define the Command, Personal, and Family Readiness
Program (CPFRP).
2. Mission. Per references (a) through (x), this manual provides
policy and guidance for the standardized implementation of the CPFRP
to ensure each command, regardless of deployment status or operational
tempo, maintains optimum personal and family effectiveness thereby
enhancing operational readiness.
3. Execution
a. Commander’s Intent
(1) NECC’s Expeditionary Forces’ most valuable resources are
the individual Sailors and their families. It is imperative to the
success of our Force that Commanders/Commanding Officers (COs)
advocate and promote the CPFRP by acknowledging the link that exists
between personal and family readiness and operational readiness.
(2) Commanders/COs shall use the policies and procedures
contained herein to reinforce an applicable and accessible CPFRP is
established, maintained, and reinforced.
(3) Policy outlined in this manual will allow Commanders/COs
to capitalize on the continuous transformation that begins with
indoctrination into their expeditionary commands to produce combat
resilient Sailors and families.
(b) Concept of Operations
(1) The CPFRP is the NECC Commander's program. However,
Commanders/COs are accountable and responsible for operating this
program within the established guidelines for their individual
commands.
(2) NECC Force Family Readiness Council (FFRC) oversees the
ongoing development, support and implementation of Family Readiness
issues and programs throughout the NECC Force. This council shall
actively support subordinate commands on an individual basis as
needed. The council shall be composed of the NECC Force Family
Readiness Director, Force Master Chief, Force Chaplain, Force Medical,
Force Judge Advocate, Force Public Affairs Officer, Force Strategic
Communications Director, NECC Command Staff Ombudsman, Force Command
IA Coordinator (CIAC) and any other subject matter experts deemed
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appropriate by COMNECC.
(a) Force Family Readiness Director is the Program Manager
for all Family Readiness programs supporting NECC commands including
but not limited to: Family and Sailor Education, Expert Guidance to
Commanding Officers, Family Employment, Deployment Support, Volunteer
Services, Individual Deployer Support, Ombudsman and Family Readiness
Groups.
(b) Force Master Chief serves as primary advisor to the
Commander on all programs or matters that relate to the enlisted
force.
(c) Force Chaplain advises the Commander on all matters
relating to religion, core values, ethics, command religious programs,
quality of life, and the overall morale of NECC personnel, subordinate
commands and their families.
(d) Force Medical advises the Commander on all healthcare
matters within the NECC area of responsibility. Force Medical shall
exercise the overall responsibility for organizing, training and
equipping, ready health support forces to meet the healthcare needs in
operations of the world wide Force.
(e) Force Judge Advocate acts as the principal legal
advisor to the Commander in all matters for which, by statute or
departmental policy, the advice of a judge advocate is required.
(f) Force Public Affairs Officer advises the Commander,
NECC staff, subordinate commanders and commanding officers, officers-
in-charge, and collateral duty public affairs officers on internal
information, public/external information, and community relations.
(g) Force Strategic Communications Director participates
in setting the actions necessary to maintain the Strategic
Communication plan as well as oversees the development, coordination
and integration with subordinate strategic communication programs and
plans.
(h) NECC Command Staff Ombudsman serves as the liaison
between the command families and the command, keeping the Commander
informed regarding the general morale, health, and welfare of the
command’s families.
4. Administration and Logistics
a. Submit all change recommendations regarding this manual via
the appropriate chain of command to NECC Force Family Readiness
Director. Recommendations should be submitted in writing and should
include supporting rationale.
b. For the purposes of this manual, the term Sailor is used to
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designate all service members, single or married. The term “family”
is defined as immediate family members or significant others whom
service members identify as part of their circle of support and care.
c. For the purposes of this manual when referring to Command
Master Chief (CMC), the intent is to also address the Senior Enlisted
Leader (SEL) of the command, whatever rank that individual may hold.
d. Electronic forms contained in this manual are available
through the NECC portal on the Family Readiness tab
http://www.necc.navy.mil/ All references, instructions, NAVADMIN’s
will be on the NECC Family Readiness portal and in the back of this
manual.
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