THE RELEVANCE OF MILITARY FAMILIES FOR MILITARY ORGANIZATIONS AND MILITARY SOCIOLOGY

of Political and Military Sociology

Suicide prevention in military organizations.

Suicide is an important public health problem in the demographic group that forms the bulk of military populations, namely young and middle-aged men. Suicide in the military also has special significance: certain aspects of military service can lead to serious mental disorders that increase the risk of suicidal behaviour. Moreover, military organizations have control over a broad range of facto...

Economic conditions of military families.

For military children and their families, the economic news is mostly good. After a period of steady pay increases, James Hosek and Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth write, service members typically earn more than civilians with a comparable level of education. Moreover, they receive many other benefits that civilians often do not, including housing allowances, subsidized child care, tuition assistan...

The demographics of military children and families.

Since the advent of the all-volunteer force in the 1970s, marriage, parenthood, and family life have become commonplace in the U.S. military among enlisted personnel and officers alike, and military spouses and children now outnumber service members by a ratio of 1.4 to 1. Reviewing data from the government and from academic and nonacademic research, Molly Clever and David R. Segal find several...

Helping families around military deployments.

Q: I've recently seen a few families struggle with a parent's military deployment. Are there any recommended approaches? A: Military service places significant strains on a family. There are multiple family stress phases recognized around a deployment: prede-ployment, deployment, sustainment, late deployment, and then postdeploy-ment. 1 Communication restrictions and role transitions for servic...