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Support for the 21st-century reserve force : insights on facilitating successful reintegration for citizen warriors and their families

Title: Support for the 21st-century reserve force : insights on facilitating successful reintegration for citizen warriors and their families / Laura Werber, Agnes Gereben Schaefer, Karen Chan Osilla, Elizabeth Wilke, Anny Wong, Joshua Breslau, Karin E. Kitchens.
Author: Werber, Laura.
Publication: Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2013.

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xxxii, 215 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

Many studies have examined the impact of deployment on military families, but few have assessed either the challenges that guard and reserve families face following deployment or how they manage the reintegration phase of the deployment cycle. This report aims to facilitate the successful reintegration of guard and reserve personnel as they return to civilian life after deployment. Using surveys and interviews with guard and reserve families, along with interviews with resource providers, this report examines how these families fare after deployment, the challenges they confront during that time frame, and the strategies and resources they use to navigate the reintegration phase. Factors associated with reintegration success include the adequacy of communication between families and the service membeŕ⁰9Сs unit or Service and between service members and their families, initial readiness for deployment, family finances, and whether the service member returns with a psychological issue or physical injury. Successful reintegration from the familieś⁰9С perspective was related to measures of military readiness, such as the service memberś⁰9С plans to continue guard or reserve service. In addition, there is a wide-ranging and complex ́⁰web of support́⁰+С available to assist families with reintegration, including U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) programs, state and local government agencies, private nonprofit and for-profit resource providers, faith-based organizations, and informal resources (such as family, friends, and social networks). Opportunities for collaboration among providers abound. DoD does not have to ́⁰-Сdo it all, ́⁰+С but the report suggests steps it can take to ensure that reintegration proceeds as smoothly as possible.

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Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Introduction -- What do Guard and Reserve families look like? -- What factors relate to successful reintegration? -- What are the main challenges Guard and Reserve families face after deployment? -- What resources are available to help Guard and Reserve families reintegrate? -- What kinds of reintegration support do Guard and Reserve families use and find helpful? -- What are the challenges to supporting Guard and Reserve families? -- What advice do families and providers offer to ensure that reintegration goes smoothly? -- Conclusions and recommendations -- Appendix A: Details on the assessment of survey instruments and recommendations -- Appendix B: Details on the web survey and interviews.

Call Number

JFE 17-1621

ISBN

9780833081384
0833081381

LCCN

2013031047

OCLC

854906264

Author

Werber, Laura.

Title

Support for the 21st-century reserve force : insights on facilitating successful reintegration for citizen warriors and their families / Laura Werber, Agnes Gereben Schaefer, Karen Chan Osilla, Elizabeth Wilke, Anny Wong, Joshua Breslau, Karin E. Kitchens.

Publisher

Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2013.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

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http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR206.html

Added Author

Schaefer, Agnes Gereben.

Osilla, Karen Chan.

Report No.

RAND/RR-206-OSD

Research Call Number

JFE 17-1621

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