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Greetings , newcomers and welcome to my

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not air force base . My name is Nancy

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Bowers , and I work with the Airman and

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Family Readiness Center . Today . I'm

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going to take just a few minutes of

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your time to talk about our key spouse

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program . The key Spouse program is a

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commander's program designed to promote

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readiness and unit cohesion .

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Commanders select and appoint key

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spouses who serve as an extension to

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their leadership team . Their role is

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much the same as a first sergeant and

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that they serve as a liaison between

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the commander , unit members and

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families . Key spouse responsibilities

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include things such as fostering

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communication , pushing out information

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related to base and local community

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services , providing support during

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crisis and assisting in locating and

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accounting for members and their

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families during emergency situations .

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All of our keep spouses go through

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extensive training on topics including

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things such as resiliency , domestic

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violence , suicide prevention and

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protecting P II . If you have a

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significant other , I highly encourage

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you to provide us their contact

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information using the information cards

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you were provided today . I promise you

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they won't be inundated with phone

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calls or emails and will simply be

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provided an opportunity to connect with

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their unit key spouse . Thank you for

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your time and again . Welcome to my not

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air Force base .