Over the past decade, research has highlighted the challenges that parental deployment can pose for the health and well-being of youth from military families. Cumulative months of parental deployment and associated stressors can have negative consequences for youth (De Pedro et al., 2011; Flake et al., 2009; Chandra, Lara-Cinisomo, et al., 2010; Chandra, Lara-Cinisomo, et al., 2011; Cozza, 2011) and for parents (Chartrand et al., 2008; Lara-Cinisomo et al., 2012). ...
Since late 2001, U.S. military forces have been engaged in conflicts around the globe most notably in Iraq and Afghanistan. These conflicts have exacted a substantial toll on soldiers, marines, sailors, and airmen, and this toll goes beyond the well-publicized casualty figures. It extends to the stress that repetitive deployments can have on the individual service member and his or her family. This stress can manifest itself in different ways ...
Since the advent of the all-volunteer force in the 1970s, military family programs and quality-of-life initiatives for service members have grown and continue to grow. Despite widespread belief that these programs enhance military recruitment, retention, readiness and performance, scant evidence exists to demonstrate this link, or to determine what types of support have the greatest impact or return on investment. A 1988 Department of Defense Directive requires military family support ...
Since 1998, the Army's Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) has been engaged in establishing and fielding The Army Distributed Learning Program (TADLP) to enhance and extend traditional methods of learning within the Army's training strategy. Distributed learning (DL) is intended to speed the pace of learning and allow training to take place when and where soldiers need it. The Army has an expansive vision of a greatly increased role for ...
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