“Their mission is to enhance Army readiness by identifying and assessing current and emerging health threats, developing and communicating public health solutions, and assuring the quality and effectiveness of the Army's Public Health Enterprise.”
Citation: Army Public Health Center. (n.d.). About us. https://phc.amedd.army.mil/Pages/About.aspx
Category: Military
U.S. Forces refers to all United States Armed Forces personnel and all equipment used/owned by the U.S. Armed Forces.
Citation: Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. (2019). Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. Washington DC: The Joint Staff.
“An assignment to an overseas location where the family is not authorized to travel with and remain with the service member because the assignment area is deemed to be politically unstable, dangerous, or lacking in support services for families.”
Citation: Blaisure, K. R., Saathoff-Wells, T., Pereira, A., MacDermid Wadsworth, S., & Dombro, A. L. (2015). Serving military families -theories, research, and application. Taylor & Francis Ltd.
Category: Military
“An annual review with possible modification of the mission or jurisdiction of the Unified Commands.”
Citation: Blaisure, K. R., Saathoff-Wells, T., Pereira, A., MacDermid Wadsworth, S., & Dombro, A. L. (2015). Serving military families -theories, research, and application. Taylor & Francis Ltd.
“Two or more military departments working under a single commander to conduct operations in support of a continuing defense or combat mission in a region or an ongoing functional mission; there are currently six unified combatant commands with specific missions in regions throughout the world.”
Citation: Blaisure, K. R., Saathoff-Wells, T., Pereira, A., MacDermid Wadsworth, S., & Dombro, A. L. (2015). Serving military families -theories, research, and application. Taylor & Francis Ltd.
“Part of the U.S. Code of Law that regulates the conduct of personnel in the uniformed services.”
Citation: Blaisure, K. R., Saathoff-Wells, T., Pereira, A., MacDermid Wadsworth, S., & Dombro, A. L. (2015). Serving military families -theories, research, and application. Taylor & Francis Ltd.
Category: Military
The Uniformed Services include "the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and Public Health Services."
Citation: Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. (2019). Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. Washington DC: The Joint Staff.
Category: Military
“A federal law that prohibits employers from discriminating on the basis of an employee’s consideration of joining the military or an employee’s current or past military service.”
Citation: Blaisure, K. R., Saathoff-Wells, T., Pereira, A., MacDermid Wadsworth, S., & Dombro, A. L. (2015). Serving military families -theories, research, and application. Taylor & Francis Ltd.
Uninvolved parents are neither warm nor demanding. There is no control over the child's behavior, nor is there a reciprocal relationship between parent and child.
Citation: Aunola, K., Stattin, H., & Nurmi, J. E. (2000). Parenting styles and adolescents' achievement.
Category: Family Processes
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"The shared identity and mutually supportive relationships that develop among members of the same unit."
Citation: Campbell-Sills, L., Flynn, P. J., Choi, K. W., Ng, T. H. H., Aliaga, P. A., Broshek, C., Jain, S., Kessler, R. C., Stein, M. B., Ursano, R. J., & Bliese, P. D. (2022). Unit cohesion during deployment and post-deployment mental health: Is cohesion an individual- or unit-level buffer for combat-exposed soldiers? Psychological Medicine, 52(1), 121–131. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291720001786