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This unique resource provides findings and insights regarding the multiple impacts of military duty on service members and veterans, specifically from a family standpoint. Broad areas of coverage include marital and family relationships, parenting issues, family effects of war injuries, and family concerns of single service members. The book's diverse contents highlight understudied populations and topics gaining wider interest while examining the immediate and long-term impact of service on family functioning. In addition to raising awareness of issues, chapters point to potential solutions including science-based pre- and post-deployment programs, more responsive training for practitioners, and more focused research and policy directions. Among the topics covered: Deployment and divorce: an in-depth analysis by relevant demographic and military characteristics. Military couples and posttraumatic stress: interpersonally based behaviors and cognitions as mechanisms of individual and couple distress. Warfare and parent care: armed conflict and the social logic of child and national protection. Understanding the experiences of women and LGBT veterans in Department of Veterans Affairs care. Risk and resilience factors in combat military health care providers. Tangible, instrumental, and emotional support among homeless veterans. War and Family Life offers up-to-date understanding for mental health professionals who serve military families, both in the U.S. and abroad

We are only beginning to comprehend the extent of the challenges faced by men and women serving in the military--a vast web of difficulties that include those left behind for families when service members leave for combat, and the ones that loom over families when they return. The contributors to Military Deployment and its Consequences for Families understand in depth the complexities of military life, and how individual sacrifices translate into stressors for partners and children. Focusing on key areas such as relationship and parenting issues and the effects of wounds and injuries, chapters span the diversity of active duty, veteran, National Guard, and Reserve families, including LGB families and divorced and single service members. These findings on challenges, resources, and coping strategies give readers expert guidance in providing services for military families and helping shape the agenda for further research. Among the topics covered: Relational tension in couples during reintegration following deployment. Parenting practices and emotion regulation in National Guard and Reserve families. Tension between family and career: competency-based perceptions of women and mothers. Towards an improved understanding of post-deployment reintegration. Combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder and families. Community support and unmet needs among families of persons with TBI. Military Deployment and its Consequences for Families focuses on military mental health and well-being, and deserves the attention of researchers and practitioners working in this important field

Intro -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction to a Battle Plan for Supporting Military Families -- 1.1 Part I: Federal Government -- 1.2 Part II: Industries, Associations, and Education -- 1.3 Part III: States and Communities -- 1.4 Part IV: Knowledge Generation and Dissemination -- Part I: Federal Government -- Chapter 2: Joining Forces: Lessons Learned -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Employment -- 2.3 Education -- 2.4 Wellness -- 2.5 Conclusion and Recommendations -- References -- Chapter 3: Lessons Learned Inside the Pentagon -- 3.1 Background -- 3.2 History -- 3.3 Response: MC&FP Led -- 3.3.1 Military OneSource (MOS) -- 3.3.2 Joint Family Support Assistance Program (JFSAP) -- 3.3.3 Military Severely Injured Center -- 3.3.4 Military Family Life Counselors (MFLCs) -- 3.4 Response: MC&FP Supported Activities -- 3.4.1 Project Families OverComing under Stress (FOCUS) -- 3.4.2 Respite Care -- 3.4.3 New Parent Support Program -- 3.5 MC&FP Strategic Planning Events: -- 3.6 Community-Led Strategic Planning Events -- 3.6.1 DoD-United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Partnership -- 3.7 Lessons Learned -- 3.8 Recommendations -- 3.9 Reflection -- 3.10 Conclusion -- References -- Resources -- Chapter 4: National Guard Service Member and Family Readiness After Action Review: Lessons Learned and a Way Forward -- 4.1 Background -- 4.2 History and Key Events -- 4.2.1 Stretching Legacy Programs, 2001-2003 -- 4.2.2 Finding and Filling Gaps, 2004-2007 -- 4.2.3 Covering New Challenges, 2008-2011 -- 4.2.4 Maintaining and Honing Outreach, 2012-2015 -- 4.3 Responses and Strategies -- 4.3.1 National Guard Programs Supporting Families -- 4.3.2 Joining Community Forces (JCF) -- 4.3.3 Corporation for National Community Service (CNCS) and National Guard Bureau Partnership -- 4.3.4 State-Established 501(c)3 Nonprofit Organizations

Purpose: Department of Defense policy prohibits, with limited exceptions, transgender individuals from serving in their affirmed gender in the U.S. Military, citing potential impact on unit cohesion and military readiness. To date, however, little is known about the sociodemographic profile and health of transgender military personnel. Methods: U.S. Military personnel who self-identified as transgender completed anonymous online measures of demographics and military service. Participants also completed measures of health, mood, eating pathology, and risk behaviors. Results: One hundred ninety-five service members (mean age: 28.9±7.2 years, 48.7% transmale, 70.3% non-Hispanic White, 7.83±5.9 years in service) completed the survey. The majority of respondents first identified as transgender before military accession. Most had disclosed their gender identity to their command and providers, and had undertaken steps toward gender affirmation. The sample as a whole reported above average physical health, with mood symptoms within normal ranges and few reported risk behaviors. Analyses of covariance indicated that transmales reported significantly better mental health and psychosocial functioning compared with transfemales. Conclusion: In light of current policy that precludes, with limited exceptions, transgender individuals from serving in the U.S. Military in their affirmed gender, the current study provides an initial sociodemographic profile of this understudied population and indicates that transgender service members report above average physical health and few risk behaviors. Preliminary analyses indicated that transfemales in the military may be at higher risk for mental health concerns, compared with transmales. Additional research is needed to elucidate risk and protective factors among transgender service members.