Civilian husbands in the military family
Subtitle: current issues and future concerns
By: Roni S. Johnson
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School; Available from National Technical Information Service
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Monterey, Calif; Springfield, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 194
Description: This thesis explores various issues confronting women officers and their civilian spouses. Population data are      analyzed by officer pay grade and community to describe the increasing proportion of women officers in the      Navy and Marine Corps who are married to civilians. Focused interviews were conducted with 32 female      officers and their spouses. All interviews were taped and transcribed, from which 25 general themes emerged.      These themes cover many topics relating to gender role conflicts, spouse employment challenges, career conflict,      spouse support for the officer, and the officer's career intentions. Several conclusions are drawn from the      research. It is noteworthy that a vast majority of civilian husbands have military experience. This experience is      perceived by many interviewees as the key to the male spouse's ability to successfiilly cope with the challenges      facing him as a trailing spouse or as a primary care-giver for children. For these officers, marriage to a civilian      provides more flexibility and less stress than experienced previously when the spouse was also in the military.      Most spouses believe the security and benefits derived from their wife's military career outweigh the      disadvantages of their mobile lifestyle. Interview excerpts should offer valuable information to decision makers in      the area of family support policy.
Notes: Thesis advisor(s): Alice Crawford, Mark J. Eitelberg.

"March 1998."

Thesis (M.S. in Management) Naval Postgraduate School, March 1998.

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