Military Caregivers

Military caregivers provide essential services for their veteran or military service members who have serious injuries or illness. Of the estimated 39.8 million Americans who provide care for an adult, 1.1 million care for a post 9/11 veteran or service member. Caregivers may experience greater physical or mental health concerns including stress, depression and/or chronic illness, and have greater financial burden than their non-caregiving counterparts. Policy shifts such as the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010 (2018) have created and expanded programs to support caregivers. Practitioners working with injured or ill military service members or veterans and their families should include a comprehensive biopsychosocial assessment of the whole family, utilizing several interventions, such as support groups, peer support, psychoeducational programs, training, individual and family counseling, and/or respite care services, to improve family function and reduce caregiver burden.     

Military EAPs:

A review of recent developments and future trends in military family services is of interest since the military is the largest single employer in the United States, providing health, mental health, recreational and social services to an estimated 13.2 million persons or over 5% of the national population. Rapid program development is taking place in the military, focused on services to the total family for the purpose of supporting the well-being of active duty personnel. This paper examines several issues related to the growing opportunities for social workers in military family services, including potential values conflicts, needs assessments, relations between military and civilian service providers, and avoiding culture shock.     

Military Cultural Competence

This article offers a new definition of military cultural competence based on a review of the literature. As a starting point, the defining characteristics of military culture is discussed and includes the chain of command, military norms, and military identity. Having laid this groundwork, the multidimensionality of military cultural competence—attitudinal, cognitive, behavior—is discussed. Clinical applications of these various competencies are provided.     

军令状初探

军令状的起源和军队行军作战有着密切的关系,然而至今并未被写入条令条例之中。订立军令状的目的是为了增强命令执行者的责任感,确保军事命令的胜利完成。它具有奖惩性、强制性、主动性、双向性、权威性和义务性的特征,按不同的划分标准可将其划分为军事指挥军令状和军事行政军令状,主动提交的军令状和被动签订的军令状。军令状不属于合同范畴,在实践中军事指挥军令状是为了保证命令得以实现的辅助形式,在军事行政领域应当被认定为具有行政性的管理措施。     

Mastering Modern Military Theory

Jiang Zemin, Chairman of thePRC Central Military Commis-sion, said when he receivedofficers above division com-mander level of the army sta-tioned in Chongqing, "It wasn'teasy for Zhang Ke, as a woman,to gain her Master's degree andget her commission as a deputyregimental commander in acombat troop."