EAN: 9783319993775

RISK AND RESILIENCE IN MILITARY AND VETERAN FAM...

This unique reference integrates knowledge culled from fifteen years of U.S. deployments to
create an action plan for supporting military and veteran families during future conflicts. Its
innovative ideas stretch beyond designated governmental agencies (e.g.  Department of Defense 
VA) to include participation from  and possible collaborations with  the business corporate 
academic  advocacy  and philanthropic sectors. Contributors identify ongoing and emerging
issues affecting military and veteran families and recommend specific strategies toward
expanding and enhancing current programs and policy. This proactive agenda also outlines new
directions for mobilizing the research community  featuring strategies for addressing
institutional challenges and improving access to critical data. Included in the coverage:
Lessons learned inside the Pentagon. Merging reintegration streams for veterans and military
families. The unique role of professional associations in assisting military families: a case
study. Philanthropy for military and veteran families: challenges past  recommendations for
tomorrow. Rules of engagement: media coverage of military families during war. Designing and
implementing strategic research studies to support military families. A Battle Plan for
Supporting Military Families is of immediate usefulness to leaders  professionals  and future
professionals in interdisciplinary academic  governmental  advocacy  and philanthropic areas of
focus interested in the theoretical  practical  and real-life concerns and needs of
military-affiliated families.

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