How deployments affect service members
By: James Hosek, Jennifer Kavanagh, Laura Miller.
Contributors: Kavanagh, Jennifer, 1981-; Miller, Laura, 1967-
Publisher: RAND
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Santa Monica, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 124
Subjects: Deployment (Strategy); United States -- Armed Forces -- Recruiting, enlistment, etc.; United States -- Armed Forces -- Personnel management.
Description: To offer insights into the challenges faced by active-duty service members deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan and their families in coping with these challenges, and the adequacy of defense manpower policy in assisting members and families, this monograph draws on the perspectives of economics, sociology, and psychology; provides a formal model of deployment and retention; reviews published work; reports on the results of focus groups conducted in each of the services; and presents findings from an analysis of survey data.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
"MG-432."