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Spouse Leadership Seminar

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Are you a Spouse on Fort Benning and in the process of assuming a leadership roles in your spouse’s unit?

Army Community Service offers the ‘Spouse Leadership Seminar’ October 19 - 21, 8:45 a.m. – 3 p.m. and October 22 for an optional 4th day, featuring Spouse Employment, Resiliency and a Fort Benning Bus Tour (Bus Tour starts at 11 a.m.), lunch included at Roz’ Café. 

This three-day seminar is geared towards emerging Spouse’s serving in leadership roles and that assume a role in the near future. The course will provide you leadership concepts, ways to develop effective and dynamics TEAMS and working with Soldier Spouse Readiness Groups (SFRG) while serving in a leadership role. You will receive practical knowledge from Senior leaders currently serving in positions and a wealth of resource information you help you be successful!

Registration opens September 27 and ends October 11. Register by emailing Leslie Peters at leslie.s.peters.civ@mail.mil or call 706-545-8463.

The seminar is open to all spouses, regardless of their sponsor’s rank or number of years as a spouse. Students in the last course included spouses who’d been married for two months to 18 years!

The seminar incorporates classes, activities, guest speakers, senior leader discussions, spouse panels, and opportunities for spouses to meet and network with each other. Information ranges from basic foundations of military life to developing personal leadership skills.

Since May, we offer an optional 4th day to all registered students. This opportunity will include classes’ tailored to spouse employment, resiliency, and getting to know your resources on Fort Benning. It will offer a bus tour that includes stops at the Army Wellness Center and Riverside!

Feedback from previous attendees:

  •  Instructors are fun, engaging and knowledgeable
  • Very informative class
  • Wonderful event! Fort Benning rolled out the red carpet for this seminar.
  • I enjoyed this seminar and will be recommending to to other spouses.
  • What an amazing event! A LOT of great resources and information! What a wonderful experience….

Call today to reserve your spot!

Cost

Free

Program
Army Community Service