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Expand List item 1672Collapse List item 1672  How can I schedule training?

R2 Performance Centers provide customized performance and resilience training and education to enable Soldiers to sustain personal readiness, enhance resilience, optimize human performance and build unit cohesion. Training is available to active-duty military, reservists, guard members, Family members and DA Civilians at 31 centers Army-wide. Visit here for information.

Expand List item 1671Collapse List item 1671  How do resilience skills/training impact Army readiness?

Soldiers who use performance and resilience skills deliberately and consistently have enhanced personal readiness, resilience and optimized performance leading to greater unit and mission readiness.

Expand List item 1667Collapse List item 1667  What are R2 Performance Centers?

R2 Performance Centers provide customized performance training and education resources so active-duty military, reservists, guard members, Family members and DA Civilians can build and sustain personal readiness and resilience.

Expand List item 1666Collapse List item 1666  What are the Five Dimensions of Personal Readiness?

Physical, Emotional, Social, Spiritual and Family.

Expand List item 1669Collapse List item 1669  What is Engage?

Engage is a scientifically validated Army professional skill designed to emphasize Soldiers’ duty and obligation to engage when alerted to a deviation from the norm or standard. Engage serves as a core skill Soldiers can adapt to meet the annual training requirement for Ask, Care, Escort (ACE) and Army Substance Abuse Program (ASAP) training.

Expand List item 1662Collapse List item 1662  What is R2?

Ready and Resilient (R2) gives people a foundation to build and sustain personal readiness and resilience. R2 provides training and education resources to active-duty military, reservists, guard members, Family members and DA Civilians at 31 R2 Performance Centers Army-wide. Strengthening Soldiers and enhancing personal readiness offers the greatest opportunity to increase unit cohesion and achieve positive outcomes.

Expand List item 1664Collapse List item 1664  What is readiness?

Readiness is the ability and willingness to perform an assigned task or mission.

Expand List item 1673Collapse List item 1673  What is Resilience in Focus?

Resilience in Focus is a series of quick resilience-building tools and infographics that cover common challenges like how to make stress work for you, how to become more optimistic, how to cultivate mindfulness and how to stick to your goals. Explore more topics here.

Expand List item 1663Collapse List item 1663  What is resilience?

Resilience is the ability to persevere, adapt and grow in dynamic or stressful environments. Resilience encompasses internal motivation and persistence and how Soldiers revitalize, recover and adapt constructively to challenges in their daily lives. Training and education empower leaders and Soldiers to demonstrate resilience. When individuals apply these skills, they can build cohesive teams and drive readiness.

Expand List item 1665Collapse List item 1665  What is the relationship between resilience and readiness?

Resilience drives personal readiness, and personal readiness relies on Five Dimensions of Personal Readiness, sometimes called pillars: physical, emotional, social, spiritual and family.

Expand List item 1668Collapse List item 1668  Where can I find an R2 Performance Center?

There are 31 R2 Performance Centers across the Army. Find your nearest location here

Expand List item 1670Collapse List item 1670  Why are R2 Performance Centers a valuable tool in achieving a more resilient force?

R2 Performance Centers offer customized resilience and performance enhancement training to help build resilient leaders and Soldiers who can overcome and recover from everyday stressors and major life events, adapt to change and thrive under new conditions.