Women’s Resilience Day event held at Fort McCoy

Photo By Kaleen Holliday | Fort McCoy community members participate in Women’s Resiliency Day on Oct. 21, 2021, at McCoy’s Community Center at Fort McCoy, Wis. The event was coordinated by the Fort McCoy Army Community Service office, which is part of the Fort McCoy Directorate of Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation. (U.S. Army Photo by Kaleen Holliday, Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office)  

FORT MCCOY, WI, UNITED STATES

11.10.2021

Story by Kaleen Holliday 

Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office           

Fort McCoy Army Community Services (ACS) hosted a Women’s Resilience Day event Oct. 21 in building 2111 at the installation.
According to the organizers, the day explored the five dimensions of resilience — emotional, family, physical, social, and spiritual.

Approximately 20 civilian employees, military members, and spouses participated in the rotation of workshops that included yoga, crafts, a life balance discussion, and a breast cancer awareness presentation by guest speaker Jamie Dahl.

“This really was a great opportunity for our attendees to learn about the resources they have available in the community, and more,” said Military Family Life Consultant Tammy Fischer, who along with fellow consultant Laszlo Stojakowsky spoke to the attendees about family resilience.

“We had a lot of good comments from those who attended, too,” Fischer said. “Everyone was very interactive and looked like they were having a good time. Definitely a great event for the Fort McCoy community.”

At the Army’s webpage on resilience with the Army Resilience Directorate, https://www.armyresilience.army.mil, it states the importance of having those five dimensions of resilience.

“Resilience drives personal readiness, and personal readiness relies on the five dimensions, sometimes called pillars,” the website states. “Sustaining healthy behaviors within and across these dimensions is essential to personal readiness.”

The page also emphasizes the importance of being ready and resilient.
“Ready and resilient provides the foundation for individuals to build and sustain personal readiness and resilience,” the website states.

“Strengthening Soldiers and enhancing personal readiness offers the greatest opportunity to increase unit cohesion and achieve positive outcomes.”

At the ACS event, resilience was looked at as how well people cope and adapt with events in their lives and the ability to bounce back from an event with less stress so they can move forward, organizers said.

Lunch was provided as part of the day’s events. Resource books also were provided, and a variety of resiliency techniques were discussed and shared by all. “That’s why that interaction was so important,” Fischer said.

In addition to those who were already mentioned, other speakers included Lorie Retzloff of ACS discussing social resilience, Kathy Peterson discussing physical resilience, and Carmen Ortiz of ACS also discussing the five dimensions of resilience.

ACS at Fort McCoy offers a variety of training and events every month.

• Date Taken: 11.10.2021
• Date Posted: 11.10.2021 17:20
• Story ID: 409186
• Location: FORT MCCOY, WI, US