What should a Commander do if a Soldier fails to complete a Family Care Plan?

• A. Consider initiating a bar to reenlistment against Soldiers who fail to properly manage personal, marital, or Family affairs, or who fail to provide or maintain adequate Family care plans
• B. Promote the Soldier
• C. Award extra leave
• D. Reassign the Soldier to a different unit

Answer: (A)

A Soldier’s Family Care Plan is a vital part of readiness and personal responsibility. When a Soldier fails to complete or maintain an adequate Family Care Plan, it signals a shortfall in planning for dependents and overall readiness. The appropriate administrative response is for the commander to consider initiating a bar to reenlistment for those who fail to properly manage personal, marital, or Family affairs, or who fail to provide or maintain adequate Family care plans. This tool reinforces the importance of family readiness and ensures that reenlistment decisions are tied to meeting this standard.

Promoting the Soldier would be inappropriate because promotion is based on merit and meeting duties and standards. Awarding extra leave doesn’t address the underlying readiness and planning requirement. Reassigning to a different unit doesn’t fix the failure to have a proper Family Care Plan, which is a personal and readiness issue that the bar to reenlistment is designed to address.