Deployment experiences of Guard and Reserve families implications for support and retention
Use of the Guard and Reserve has steadily increased since the first Gulf War in the early 1990s, and this trend is likely to continue as the Global War on Terror persists. Previous research on how deployments affect military families has focused almost exclusively on the Active Component; however, d...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Santa Monica, Calif. :
RAND Corp
2008.
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| Colección: | JSTOR Open Access monographs.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b37559904*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- What are the characteristics of guard and reserve families?
- How ready are guard and reserve families?
- What problems do guard and reserve families report?
- What positives do guard and reserve families report?
- How well do guard and reserve families cope?
- What resources do guard and reserve families use during deployment?
- How do guard and reserve families' retention plans differ?
- What are guard and reserve families' suggestions for better support?
- Conclusion and recommendations
- Appendixes: A. Expert interviews
- B. Service member and spouse interviews.
