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Military Families. Extended and repeated deployments can cause significant stress to military families and may result in lower levels of reenlistment. RAND research has explored the need for military-sponsored child care and the role of military spouses, and continues to provide guidance to policymakers on how to attract and retain personnel ...
Nearly a quarter of food-insecure service members said they had recently provided unplanned financial support to a family member. People who work with military families said child care expenses—or the lack of child care—could also strain family budgets. So could big, unexpected expenses like a car repair bill.
Women represent between 15% and 20% of the overall military population, depending on branch of service (i.e., Air Force, Army, Navy, Marines, Coast Guard) and pay grade (i.e., officer versus enlisted) (see Demographics 2009, 2009). Single-parent families represent just over 5% of the current military population (Hosek, 2011).
The Resilience of Military Families. Debra Mendelsohn knows the midnight fear of having a loved one in danger, the juggle of raising two kids alone, the heartbreaking frustration of a bad Skype connection. Hers is a military family, one that has held together through three deployments that could have stretched it to breaking—but didn't.
The DLS surveyed more than 2,700 married military families from all branches (i.e., Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps) and components (active, reserve, and Guard) of the military. Up to three family members — the service member, the spouse, and a child age 11–18 (if available) — were surveyed every four months for three years.
Communication with other military families during deployment was associated with higher service member retention intentions and greater spouse and teen military commitment postdeployment. Experiences of nondeployed families may also be stressful, which may minimize the gap between deployed and nondeployed families.
Researchers explore the literature on race and ethnicity (R/E) in relation to U.S. military service member well-being in the areas of mental health, behavioral health, family violence, marital satisfaction, and financial stress to uncover whether past research has focused on R/E differences in outcomes as a driving research question; the variables used to capture R/E; and the quality of ...
Air Force Family Resiliency Working Group, July 26, 2010. Army. Resilience is a key factor in the mental, emotional, and behavioral ability to cope with and recover from the experience, achieve positive outcomes, adapt to change, and grow from the experience.*. Department of the Army, 2010. Navy and Marine Corps**.
Unmet child-care need is not prevalent among military families, affecting fewer than 10 percent of families surveyed. However, unmet need is more prevalent among families with preschool-aged children compared with those with older children (4 percentage points) and those earning less than $50,000 per year (18 percentage points).
Over a quarter of active duty personnel were food insecure in 2018, but only 14 percent of them used food assistance programs. Some said that the military culture of self-sufficiency and pride kept them from seeking help. Other barriers were a lack of knowledge about available resources and eligibility.