Originally posted by Tayken
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"All families are faced with challenges at one time or another. The military environment, however, presents additional challenges for families. Geographic isolation, postings, frequent time away, high-risk deployments, and unpredictability are unique aspects of military life that put stress on members and their families. The quality of life experienced by families is a key determinant of many outcomes that affect the Canadian Forces (CF) directly. As such, family resilience is a concept of prime importance in the CF. This annotated bibliography reviews work on family resilience in military families and similar populations, as well as in society in general. It presents a comprehensive collection of theoretical frameworks, models, and empirical literature on family resilience."
I personally disagree quite a bit with your statements:
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Originally posted by Tayken
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Obviously some of the skill sets you acquire are transferable to civilian life. They definitely help with upgrading your education as probably has been mentioned, I'm halfway through a degree.
You talked about there not being any 'safe' employment anymore in our society, well in terms of job safety there are few professions as secure as the military. Obviously this may not apply to safety in terms of coming home from a deployment all in one piece.
However, when you spend a few years in places like Afghanistan dealing withe IEDs on a daily basis, and your job as an infanteer has been to literally learn how to "close with and destroy the enemy" let's just say that adjustment to civilian life may not be all that easy for everyone. And it takes its toll on the soldier and everyone around them. Remember that.
The original thread about what constitutes real urgency in family court is an important point for me, and I apologize to everyone for clogging it up with posts about different issues. I would like to sum up by saying: It's just not that easy for someone to drop what they are doing in the military to stay close to their children. In fact, it can be a much harder task for some members of the military to 'change', adapt to civilian life and also to find employment in the same area as their children. It's not whining, it's a fact.
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