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| Is America "Disconnected" From Its Service Members? 03/19/2011 “We have to recognize that our returning veterans, our families, our families of the fallen, when they reintegrate back into civil society, they come back to their families, their neighbors and th [ ... ] |
Increasing Time Between Deployments Goal Of Army 03/19/2011 The Army Chief of Staff readily admits that the Guard and Reserve of today serves a much different role than in years past. With that changing role, though, comes the realization that the increased sa [ ... ] |
Family Support Groups Honored 03/19/2011 Long recognized within military circles as a critical component of any service branch, the U.S. Defense Department honored several Guard and Reserve family programs at a special ceremony in Washington [ ... ] |
| Marine General Has Stern Words About Sacrifice 03/07/2011 It's not often you hear in public strong words about sacrifice coming from a Marine general. But then this is one general who knows all too well what sacrifice really means. Lieutenant General John K [ ... ] |
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You don't need a study to know that being deployed creates havoc with the family structure, stability, and some ability to cope with seemingly everyday mundane things. But data from Tricare, the military's health insurance system, reveals that visits to mental health professionals by kids 5 and under were up a staggering 75% between 2005 and 2009. There is an interesting article in the L.A. Times by writer Faye Fiore that illustrates just how vulnerable the youngest in military families are. More times than not, it's the young ones we deem more resilient because "they simply don't know better." New statistics show that simply isn't the case. The article states that there are 200,000 kids in the U.S. that have at least one parent serving in a war region at any given time. Â |