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<p>The 24-hour Third Location Decompression (TLD) package exists to allow Service
personnel and Ministry of Defence (MOD) Civilians returning from operational theatres
the opportunity to re-adjust to routine work and family life. Not all personnel returning
from operations will be required to undertake the TLD package; the assessment is based
on the levels of risk and rigour to which deployed personnel have been exposed. There
are no current operations where decompression is required, but this judgement is kept
under regular review and Commanding Officers and managers may propose special action
where the experience of an individual or unit is deemed to merit this. Service personnel
and MOD Civilians on operational deployments which are not exposed to high intensity
combat engagement or significant compressing factors will receive a series of briefings
in Theatre within their final week prior to departure. The aim is to encourage a period
of reflection, to engage if Trauma Risk Management intervention has been required,
and to brief on some of the challenges that may confront an individual returning to
a normal work and home pattern of life.</p>
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