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ADAPT Program

The ADAPT team counsels and treat members with an identifiable struggle with alcohol consumption. The legal drinking age in Türkiye is 18. Approximately 90 percent of members who enter the ADAPT program self-refer. Call 676-6452 for more information.

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)

AA meets on Saturdays at the Chapel in Bldg. 945.

Chaplain

Confidential, undocumented non-medical counseling and spiritual and pastoral counseling is available. This is an excellent option if you are unsure where to start, have significant concerns about the impact to your career, experiencing legal issues or general relational, emotional or spiritual struggles. Contact the Chapel, located at 7th Street and E Street in Bldg. 945, call 676-6441.

First Sergeants

Reach out to your first sergeant for professional, personal and referral support. First sergeants are mandatory reporters for sexual assault.

Military & Family Readiness Center

The M&FRC will be one of the first organizations you will become familiar with during in-processing, but they are also there to support service members throughout their time in Türkiye.

Some of the services provided are:

• Counseling (personal, marital and financial)

• Relocation Assistance

• Personal and Family Life Education

• Voting Assistance

• Survivor Benefit Program

• Referral Assistance

• Transition Assistance Program: Begin the process 18–24 months before separation or retirement.

• Personal Finance Counselors & M&FRC both provide financial counseling services to equip individuals with knowledge and tools about budgeting, saving, retirement planning, investing and more.

Incirlik PFC (A Registered Accredited Financial Counselor)

DSN: 676-6256

Location: Bldg. 833, 2nd Floor

Email: pfc.incirlik@magellanfederal.com

Incirlik M&FRC

DSN: 676-6755

Location: Bldg. 833, 2nd Floor

Website: 39fss.com/mfrc

Military and Family Life Counselors (MFLC)

In-person, confidential, short-term non-medical counseling is provided by an MFLC assigned to the installation, with counselors on a three-month rotation.

Incirlik MFLC

DSN: 676-3926

Location: M&FRC, Bldg. 833, 2nd Floor

WhatsApp: +1-254-266-5861

Izmir MFLC

0 (538) 035-5864

Website: incirlik.af.mil/Units/425th-Air-Base-Squadron

Military OneSource

Free, confidential, short term non-medical counseling over the phone, chat for issues concerning marital conflict, stress management, coping with loss or deployments. You will be referred specialty behavioral health care if you have a pre-established diagnosable condition. Call 800-342-9647 or 703-253-7599 when OCONUS.

Note: Non-medical counselors can be trusted to keep your information private. However, they are required to report situations where you could be a danger to yourself or to others, situations that involve domestic violence or violence against another person, child abuse or neglect and any illegal activity.

Veterans Crisis Line (VCL) and Military Crisis Line (MCL)

Available 24/7 for free confidential mental health support.

• Call: 844-702-5495

• DSN: 988

• Text: 838255

• Online chat: www.veteranscrisisline.net

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Tamala Malerk is a writer and editor with Stars and Stripes Europe. She has been with SSE since April 2022 writing articles all about travel, lifestyle, community news, military life and more. In May 2022, she earned her Ph.D. in History and promises it is much more relevant to this job than one might think.

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