How deployments affect service members

摘要: Abstract : The military operations under way in Iraq and Afghanistan require more-intensive more-prolonged use of U.S. power than at any time since the Vietnam War. Although greater scale its peak, Gulf War was brief did not extend into a long period peacekeeping, reconstruction, insurgency, it involve urban conflict, suicide bombers, or roadside bombs. one-third cut active-duty manpower end Cold War, from 2.1 million to 1.4 uniform, has today resulted need for longer repeated deployments, especially Army Marine Corps, these deployments have posed challenges service members their families. We undertook preparation this monograph with objective offering insights faced by deployed Afghanistan, resiliency they families shown coping challenges, adequacy defense policy assisting draws on perspectives economics, sociology, psychology; provides formal model deployment retention; reviews published work; reports results focus groups conducted each services; presents findings an analysis survey data. data relate 2003 early 2004. And, although circumstances changed markedly that time, we believe many monograph's implications remain relevant. may be interest services, Office Secretary Defense, individual families, Congress staff, media. It also foreign militaries converted volunteer system want informed about personnel strains caused high operating tempo.