Summarization of Six Sources

Studies have been conducted on the effects of deployment on children. The child isn't really effected until they reach school age. From the time the deployed parent leaves to the time they come back is a different experience. Studies have shown that girls showed more anxiety when the parent left, while boys showed it when the parent returned. There are also so many factors in conducted studies that so many things can make different results. The way the at home parent handles the stress is one of these things. The child learns how to deal with it from that parent. Children were also seen to act out more and want attention. Operation Military Kids, an organization sponsored by the ARMY Child and Youth Services and the University of Vermont. It helps bring families and kids together, as they interact with people their own age who know what it's like for a parent to be deployed. Children's behavior is also effected negatively when the parent has to be re-deployed
Not only does deployment effect the family at home, but the soldier as well. Dealing with war can be stressful and people see things that they wouldn't normally see leading to detachment of real world, nightmares, anxiety, and strain on family communication. Parents are a big part of a child's life growing up, and there have been support groups helping to keep families together.
With the stress of war often leading to abusive behavior, the government has provided programs for soldiers and other government support groups to help keep the family together. They are also working with veterans to help them stay sane well after they've served.
I didn't know that acts of increased healthcare ere being made to help soldiers/veterans with the effects of war. They saw the importance of mental health. Soldiers taking tours in the Middle East showed drastic signs of mental health issues. I didn't thin of gender as a factor when first researching about this but it is an important one. It effects children's behaviors on how they handle it. I know that there are some families who get through it all, while others fall apart. It's a different story for everyone.

Why I chose the topic of army families.

Through high school, I have been more exposed to the "army life" with my involvement in JROTC. I've found it as interesting and a possible career path with me. I want to major in International Affairs at North Georgia and also minor or double major in Arabic. I am currently considering trying to be in Military Intelligence afterward, but I also want a family. I know I want be on the front lines, but I wonder if government work still puts a strain on families and their relationships n matter how close they live. This made me wonder, what are the hardships and differences that army families have than regular families. I know that with a parent in the army, kids can be greatly impacted and so can marriages. The fear of death can also be a problem when you're loved one is on the front lines and as some people have dreaded that knock on their door, it has decided to come anyway.
Some spouses may both be in the army and I wonder what happens to the kids. Do they grow up with their parents getting shipped in and out of their lives, or does one of them have to settle down. I want to see a little of what is the Army's policy, by showing the effect these policies may have on a family. Families might also have their own policies.
The person going into the army may have problems coping with war as well, which puts a strain on human communication, when other people don't understand. I want to see the actual effects and more in depth details on certain people's situations. I also want to know how people try to manage the problems and the stress. Military people don't always have to be on the front lines, but they might get stationed in different places, taking their family with them. The kids have to start over, as does the spouse. When does trying to make it work not work and what happens when you're left with no one, who was taken away by something they so aspired to defeat?