Marine Corps Family Team Building (MCAS Beaufort)

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Marine Corps Family Team Building (MCFTB) MCAS Beaufort provides educational resources and services to foster personal growth and enhance the readiness of Marine Corps families. All of our programs are supported at all major installations by Marine Corps Community Services South Carolina (MCCS-SC) through a Marine Corps Family Team Building (MCFTB) office staffed with a MCFTB Administrative Assistant, L.I.N.K.S. (Lifestyle Insights, Networking, Knowledge and Skills) Trainer, LifeSkills Trainer and the Family Readiness Program Trainer. The Commandant and Senior Marine Corps leadership have listened to Marines and their families and are responding to their needs with unprecedented resources and commitment. To ensure Marines and families are prepared to successfully meet the challenges of today’s military lifestyle, Marine Corps Family Team Building (MCFTB) programs have been revitalized and expanded.

DaNeil Cox
MCFTB MCAS Director
Tel: 843-228-6504
E-mail: daneil.r.cox@usmc-mccs.org

MJ Boice
MCFTB Administrative Specialist
Tel: 843-228-6141
E-mail: marie.boice@usmc-mccs.org

Family Readiness Program Training (FRPT)

Family Readiness Program Training provides necessary training for Command Teams, FROs, Family Readiness Advisors, and Family Readiness Assistants on their roles and responsibilities in the Unit Family Readiness Program. The Unit Family Readiness Program has evolved to meet the growing challenges of the present day Marine Corps lifestyle. The program focuses on education, training and development of Marines and their families through official communications, information and referral, and readiness and deployment support.

Christopher Eiland
Family Readiness Program Trainer
Tel: 843-228-7495
E-mail: eilandcl@usmc-mccs.org

Lifestyle Insights, Networking, Knowledge, and Skills (L.I.N.K.S.)

Lifestyle Insights, Networking, Knowledge, and Skills. Always Free Food, Fun, Prizes, and Great Information. Becoming part of the Marine Corps family can be difficult when there is no one to show you the ropes. Let Lifestyle, Insights, Networking, Knowledge, & Skills (L.I.N.K.S.) be one way to welcome you to this unique, sometimes challenging, and very rewarding Military Lifestyle. L.I.N.K.S. is an orientation to "the Corps" through spouse to spouse mentorship and small group discussion.

Julia H. Gwynn
L.I.N.K.S. Program Trainer
Tel: 843-228-7397
E-mail: julia.h.gwynn@usmc-mccs.org

L.I.N.K.S. Administrative Specialist
Tel: 843-228-7362

Readiness & Deployment Support (RDST)

The Readiness & Deployment Support Program provides knowledge and skills to military personnel and their families in an effort to enhance military life. The ultimate goal is to prepare our military families for the unique challenges of a deployment in addition to maintaining a constant state of readiness independent of deployment.

Ashley McCartney
Readiness & Deployment Support Trainer
Tel: 843-228-7311
E-mail: mccartneyam@usmc-mccs.org

LifeSkills Training & Education

LifeSkills Training provides connection to, or facilitation of, various workshops in such areas as parenting, financial management, stress and anger management, and understanding personality differences.

Becky Salazar
LifeSkills Trainer
Tel: 843-228-7334
E-mail: salazarbm@usmc-mccs.org