Military life is often violent and dangerous. The trauma of combat often results in post-traumatic stress disorder as well as painful physical health challenges Hinojosa , R., Hinojosa, M. S., & Nguyen, J. (2019). Military service and physical capital: Framing musculoskeletal disorders among American military veterans using Pierre Bourdieu’s theory of cultural capital. Armed Forces & Society, 45(2), 268–290 which often lead to homelessness, suicide, drug and alcohol abuse and family dysfunction. Wolfe-Clark, A. L., & Bryan, C. J. (2017). Integrating two theoretical models to understand and prevent military and veteran suicide. Armed Forces & Society, 43(3), 478–499. Griffith, J. (2010). Citizens coping as soldiers: A review of postdeployment stress symptoms among deployed reservists. Military Psychology, 22, 176–206 Society recognizes its responsibilities to veterans by offering programs and policies designed to redress these problems. Veterans also exert an influence on society often through the political process.Griffith, J. (2020). Community service and voting among veterans and nonveterans using a national sample of college undergraduates. Armed Forces and Society, 46(2), 323–341.Inbody, D. S. (2016). The soldier vote: War, politics, and the ballot in America. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. For example, how do veterans vote and establish party affiliation? During the 2004 presidential election veterans were basically bipartisan.Teigen, J. M. (2007). Veterans’ party identification, candidate affect, and vote choice in the 2004 U.S. presidential election. Armed Forces & Society, 33(3), 414–437. Veterans who fought in Croatia’s war of independence voted for the nationalist parties in greater numbers. Lesschaeve, C. (2019). Voting after violence: How combat experiences and postwar trauma affect veteran and voter party choices in Croatia’s 2003 postwar elections. Armed Forces & Society., 46, 259. URL
Military life is often violent and dangerous. The trauma of combat often results in post-traumatic stress disorder as well as painful physical health challengesHinojosa , R., Hinojosa, M. S., & Nguyen, J. (2019). Military service and physical capital: Framing musculoskeletal disorders among American military veterans using Pierre Bourdieu’s theory of cultural capital. Armed Forces & Society, 45(2), 268–290 which often lead to homelessness, suicide, substance, and excessive alcohol use, and family dysfunction. Wolfe-Clark, A. L., & Bryan, C. J. (2017). Integrating two theoretical models to understand and prevent military and veteran suicide. Armed Forces & Society, 43(3), 478–499. Griffith, J. (2010). Citizens coping as soldiers: A review of postdeployment stress symptoms among deployed reservists. Military Psychology, 22, 176–206 Society recognizes its responsibilities to veterans by offering programs and policies designed to redress these problems. Veterans also exert an influence on society often through the political process.Griffith, J. (2020). Community service and voting among veterans and nonveterans using a national sample of college undergraduates. Armed Forces and Society, 46(2), 323–341.Inbody, D. S. (2016). The soldier vote: War, politics, and the ballot in America. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. For example, how do veterans vote and establish party affiliation? During the 2004 presidential election veterans were basically bipartisan.Teigen, J. M. (2007). Veterans’ party identification, candidate affect, and vote choice in the 2004 U.S. presidential election. Armed Forces & Society, 33(3), 414–437. Veterans who fought in Croatia’s war of independence voted for the nationalist parties in greater numbers. Lesschaeve, C. (2019). Voting after violence: How combat experiences and postwar trauma affect veteran and voter party choices in Croatia’s 2003 postwar elections. Armed Forces & Society., 46, 259. URL
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