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Military Families

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  • Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth
  • Kenona Southwell

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While the U.S. military might at first glance appear to be a model of rigidity rather than flexibility, there are strong incentives to address the work-family concerns of service members and their families. From a work-family perspective, military service generates substantial structural, energy, psychological, and behavioral tensions with family life. Although the U.S. military had already implemented extensive programs, policies, and practices to support families prior to the current conflicts, the wars and demographic changes have spurred the development of innovative new models, some far outside previous boundaries of military workforce flexibility. Future challenges include continuing to adapt as military conflicts and missions evolve, defining the ideal balance between military support and family self-sufficiency, sustaining excellent leadership throughout the military around work-family issues, and caring for the millions of individuals whose lives have been changed by their own or a loved one’s military service during the past decade.

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  • Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth & Kenona Southwell, 2011. "Military Families," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 638(1), pages 163-183, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:anname:v:638:y:2011:i:1:p:163-183
    DOI: 10.1177/0002716211416445
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    1. Carla Tighe Murray, 2010. "Testimony on Evaluating Military Compensation," Reports 21430, Congressional Budget Office.
    2. Carla Tighe Murray, 2010. "Testimony on Evaluating Military Compensation," Reports 21430, Congressional Budget Office.
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