Reception and Integration Counseling
Possible topics to discuss during counseling:
- Family Issues (FRG, financial, housing, child care, etc..)
- Command policies and SOP’s
- Review job description, area(s) of special emphasis, additional duties, and Army Values
- Unit’s METL
- Expectations in job performance and military bearing
- Duty roster, deployments and other readiness issues
- Personal and organizational goals – short term and long term
- Orientation of the unit and installation
- Sponsor
- Physical fitness
- Fraternization
- Rating chain
- Promotion, leaves, pay, schools
- Training
- Standards
- Problems
Below is a space for you to list addition topics to discuss that may apply uniquely to your situation:
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Possible Plan of Action: (Person counseled develops plan with counselor’s guidance).
- Review Command policies and SOPs
- Learn the unit’s METL
- Work with sponsor to get settled in
- Review training schedule and duty roster
- Make a plan for short and long term personal and organizational goals
- Get a copy of the rating chain (if applicable)
- Update promotion packet (if applicable)
- Prepare for promotion board
- Maintain good physical condition
- Maintain good/positive military bearing at all times on and off duty
- Resolve all current problems and any problems that may come up in the future ASAP
Possible Leader Responsibilities: (This is only an example for you to use as a guide).
- Review the job description and any additional duties with the soldier and outline the expected standard
- Tell the soldier what duty rosters that they can expect to be on
- Brief the soldier on the unit’s METL and any deployment or readiness issue
- Give the soldier an orientation of the unit and installation
- Assist the soldier in resolving any problems they may have
- Provide the soldier with a copy of the commander’s policies and unit/section SOPs
- Provide the soldier with a copy of the rating scheme (if applicable)
- Assist the soldier with any problem with promotion, leave, pay or school
- Provide the soldier with a copy of the current training schedule
- Assign a sponsor to the soldier if not already done