scope:

Purpose.

To establish policy, responsibilities, and authority to implement and execute a dynamic Returning Warrior Workshop program, per the authority and requirements of reference (a), section 582 and reference (b). The Returning Warrior Workshop will serve as the principal reintegration event for demobilizing and redeploying Sailors. This instruction is a complete revision and should be reviewed in its entirety

Applicability.

The Returning Warrior Workshop Program is targeted toward and reaches out to IA Sailors and their guests (spouses, family and friends) as well as RC members who mobilize as members of a unit. Per references (c) and (d), an IA is defined as any Sailor in receipt of individual deployment orders from Navy Personnel Command Augmentation Division (PERS- 46), to include IA manpower management assignments, overseas contingency operations support assignments, mobilized Reserve personnel not mobilized as part of an established commissioned RC unit, and Health Services Augmentation Program personnel. The Returning Warrior Workshop Program will also be made available to Active Component and RC members from the other Services and their families, as required, when space and funding are available