In 2010-2012, I provided the Welcome Brief to the Inbound 23rd Quartermaster Brigade Soldiers using these slides along with schedules for Chapels and other resources. Resilience information were adapted from the Army's MRT program.

1. Welcome to Fort Lee
Chaplain’s In-Brief

2. References
• Master Resilience Trainer Course: Copyright ©
2010 by The Trustees of the University of
Pennsylvania. All rights reserved.
• ACE Card: http://chppm-
www.apgea.army.mil/dhpw/readiness/suicide
.aspx

3. Hunt The Good Stuff
Chaplain’s In-Brief

4. Hunt the Good Stuff
Based on work by Martin Seligman
and colleagues
• Builds positive emotion, optimism, gratitude
(studied by Robert Emmons)
• Counteracts the negativity bias
• Leads to:
– Better health, better sleep, feeling calm
– Lower depression and greater life satisfaction
– More optimal performance
– Better relationships
4
Hunt the Good Stuff

5. Spiritual Fitness
Chaplain’s In-Brief

6. Your Chaplains
Available for:
• Counseling
•Spiritual
•Personal Issues
•Prayer
•Religious Questions
•Matters of
Conscience

7. Building Resilience
Chaplain’s In-Brief

8. What is Resilience?
Resilience is the
ability to persevere
and adapt when
things go awry.

9. What
Pushes
Your
Buttons?
9
Activating Events

10. Activating Events

11. What you say
to yourself?
Thoughts

12. 12
Interpretations
trigger our
emotions and
behaviors
Interpretations

13. Building Your Resilience
Build Your Resilience
Through Separating
Your Activating
Events from Your
Thoughts from Your
Reactions

14. Resilience is Being A Good Buddy
Building Your Resilience

15. Being a Good Buddy
Do more than just
play
Look out for one
another
Talk and Listen

16. Suicide Prevention
Ask
Care
Escort

17. When Problems Occur…
Chaplain’s In-Brief

18. Dealing With Problems
•Battle Buddy
•Chaplain
•Chain of Command
Talk With Someone Early

19. Dealing With Problems
Look for ways to Reduce Stress

20. Dealing With Problems
Focus on What You Are Here to
Do

21. Welcome to Fort Lee
Chaplain’s In-Brief