FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS * 2 HOURS * LEVEL 2Operation: Military Families
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Military families experience unique stressors and situations that non-military families typically do not face.
What’s more is that these stressors often recur and sometimes within expected or unexpected timeframes. The military is distinctive in that it is considered a greedy institution (Coleman, 2003). This means that there are high demands for time and exclusive loyalty from its members. Likewise, families are a greedy institution so when military men and women have families there is a constant tug of war at play.
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Historically speaking the military was comprised of mostly young single men.
Today’s military is very different with the majority of its members still being men (84.9% in 2014), however just over half (55.3% in 2014) of active duty military members are reported to be married and 37.5% have children. This is an extremely large portion of the military that are participating in that metaphorical tug of war between their career choice and their family. |
Injury or Illness
After deployments especially military members can come home with a plethora of injuries or illnesses, some of them invisible to the casual observer. Often the service member may not even realize their invisible injury until a family member points it out. It causes an extreme amount of stress and has a lasting impact if not treated effectively. |
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