CSSP forged an important strategic relationship with the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC) in California to provide data sets every six (6) months to support our GIS mapping efforts.  Some of those products can be seen on the Deployment Mapping tab of this website.  DMDC is the repository of all the information on everyone who has served or is serving in the US Military and their dependent family members.  It includes deployment information (when, where and how many times someone deploys to a combat theater) for everyone who deployed in support of Afghanistan or Iraq through Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) or Operation New Dawn (OND). 

CSSP never collected or received Personally Identifiable Information (PII) like names, SSN or home address.  We did however receive information with a unique identifier which allowed us to ensure they were not duplicate records and allowed us to see when someone transitioned from Active Duty to the Reserves or National Guard.  We received home zip codes which allowed us to aggregate individuals and display them by county (3141 counties in the US).  We received branch of service and component information so that we could stratify the individuals and display the concentration of each branch and component by county, state and nationally.

Their willingness to partner with allowed CSSP to support communities as they assessed their capacity to support the anticipated levels of deployment and post-deployment issues like Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), suicidality, substance abuse, domestic violence, divorce, unemployment, and others.

CSSP worked closely with Colonel David Sutherland and his successors in their role as Special Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff for Warrior and Family Support as they engaged with hundreds of communities.  Then CJCS ADM Michael Mullen often used our maps as he engaged communities on this Sea of Goodwill tour.

Special thanks to Scott Seggerman from DMDC, Matthew Minnotte from CSSP who painstakingly generated the GIS maps by himself and to UNC who hosted access to maps through their data center.