European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 26, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Check it out stars and stripes the following family member pre deployment checklist is a shortened version of one compiled for families of the 2nd army div fwd in Karlstedt Germany by Vicky Marshman and Ricky Gibbons but it can be helpful to military family members throughout Europe. Marshman and Gibbons recommend that it be reviewed before deployment and periodically thereafter. Medical Are All immunizations for family members including children up to Date do i know where my health and dental records Are kept do i know where my children s health and dental records Are kept do i know How to Contact the right medical assistance it needed do i know a reliable Babysitter for emergencies Are my children registered with the child development Center or with family child care if needed finance will i have Money immediately available to me on a continuing basis during my spouses absence has my sponsor initiated an allotment to be sent to me or directly to the Bank monthly will the allotment provide me enough Money to buy All the necessities needed to maintain a household if we Are planning on leaving the area but not on an Olli Cial permanent change of station have we been saving Money for the move knowing that neither army emergency Relief nor the american red Cross is authorized to lend me Money for such a move do i know the account numbers and the name and address of Banks in which we have accounts do i know the types of accounts that we have do 1 know the location of the Bank checking savings books do i know How to read my spouse s pay slip called leave and earnings statements do we have a Safe Deposit Box do i know where the key and the Box Are kept Are All of our credit cards accounted for Are numbers logged and kept in a Safe place do i know the address to notify credit card companies of any loss am i prepared to take Complete control Over our checking accounts and know the balance at All times army Community services offers classes in financial management do i know that in order to change the address to which my allotment is mailed that i May write to . Army finance Center attn allotment operations fort Benjamin Harrison ind. 46249 and that i must request a change of address and also file a change of address with my serving Post office immediately do i know to whom All payments must be made and where and when to Send the payment House rent Telephone water electricity trash collection insurance life property Auto Etc ? taxes Gas House ? credit debts credit cards regular payments Etc ? other debts do i know who to Contact if my allotment Check does not arrive Contact army Community service if the Check has not arrived three or four Days after Normal automobile transportation do i know How to drive the car do i need to get a Drivers License do i know the procedure for getting a License in Usa eur do 1 know How to use Gas coupons and How to buy them do i know the name and address of the company holding the Lien on the car do i have the cards a title or know its location Ofella Caro  Germany holds a Genera Power of attorney an essential item for spouses whose mates Are on desert duty. Amp my my h i % is  my tech. Sgt. Bill Sullivan  Germany fills both parental rotes with Erica and Michael since wife a deployment to saudi Arabia. Tech. Sgt. Robert Broughton of the finance office  Germany helps Ofella Caro Start the separation pay her husband is due Page 14 a a the stars and stripes monday Noverio Iwatiw