And that's why it led to severe domestic violence or homicide. Unfortunately, he added, company commanders have too many things in their kit bag already. We ask that company commander and that first sergeant to do an awful lot of things. This is just one more thing we ask them to do. Times have changed and the military has to adapt to those changes, Whelden concluded.
More service members are married.
Many are single parents. Consequently, the military dramatically improved child care. We've done a good job to become the benchmark for the nation in that program. The Army is working to accredit its family advocacy programs, he said, and some commands are offering financial management programs aimed at reducing family stress. I'm pretty excited about where we're headed with financial management programs, because those are the kinds of programs that are preventive in nature.