The Role of Education Benefits in Supporting Veterans as They Transition to Civilian Life: Veterans' Issues in Focus

2022 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Civilian Life ◽  
Education Benefits ◽  
Transition To Civilian Life ◽  
Veterans Issues

scholarly journals Education as a Pathway to Help Job Searching Military Veterans’ Transition to Civilian Life

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Gary Blau ◽  
Glen Miller
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Military Veterans ◽  
Specific Role ◽  
United States Military ◽  
Partial Support ◽  
Civilian Life ◽  
Successful Transition ◽  
Transition To Civilian Life ◽  
Job Searching

The transition from military to civilian life can be a difficult process. Two distinct samples of working United States military veterans were studied: combat (n = 56) and non-combat (n=43). The goal of this study was to investigate the specific role of furthering one’s education as a pathway to help job-searching military veterans in their transition to civilian life. Across both samples, veterans who were actively job searching had higher burnout and general exhaustion than veterans not actively searching. There was partial support for finding veterans who were actively job searching to be currently furthering their education, and for those currently furthering their education to perceive higher occupational alternatives. High percentages in both samples were currently going to school to further their education. The importance of education as a pathway to support military veterans making a successful transition to civilian life is discussed.

Going It Alone: Post-9/11 Veteran Nonuse of Healthcare and Social Service Programs During Their Early Transition to Civilian Life

2019 ◽  
Vol 45 (5) ◽  
pp. 634-647 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keith R. Aronson ◽  
Daniel F. Perkins ◽  
Nicole Morgan ◽  
Julia Bleser ◽  
Katie Davenport ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Service ◽  
Civilian Life ◽  
Service Programs ◽  
Transition To Civilian Life ◽  
Social Service Programs ◽  
Early Transition

Transitioning from military to civilian life: the role of mastery and social support

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Krystal K. Hachey ◽  
Kerry Sudom ◽  
Jill Sweet ◽  
Mary Beth MacLean ◽  
Linda D. VanTil
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Civilian Life

scholarly journals Educating the Professional Military

2017 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 476-497
Author(s):  
Anit Mukherjee
Keyword(s):  
Military Education ◽  
Military Officers ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Professional Military Education ◽  
Education Benefits ◽  
Civil Military Relations ◽  
Education In India ◽  
Objective Control ◽  
Military Relations

This article analyzes the ways in which civil–military relations shape professional military education (PME). Its main argument is that military education benefits from a civil–military partnership. In doing so, the article examines the role of civil–military relations in shaping PME in India. While describing the evolution of military education in India, it analyzes its weaknesses and argues that this is primarily due to its model of civil–military relations, with a limited role for civilians. Theoretically, this argument challenges Samuel Huntington’s notion of “objective control”—which envisaged a strict separation between the civil and military domains. Conceptually, this article argues for a greater dialogue on military education among civilians, both policy makers and academics, and military officers and not to leave it to the military’s domain—as is currently the practice in most countries.

The Impact of Military Service in World War I on Africans: the Nandi of Kenya

1978 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 495-507 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lewis J. Greenstein
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
World War I ◽  
Military Service ◽  
The United States ◽  
Veterans Administration ◽  
World War ◽  
Civilian Life ◽  
Popular Films ◽  
The Impact

It is widely believed that old soldiers are a problem. At least since the beginning of this century, western governments have been concerned with the issue of ‘helping’ veterans to readjust to civilian life upon their return from campaigning. It is assumed that these men would, if left to their own devices, find it difficult or impossible to ‘pick up from where they had left off’, and might, therefore, become a subversive element in the general population. Hence, one of the largest bureaucracies in the United States is the Veterans Administration which is charged with fitting ex-soldiers back into society. To a certain extent the concerns over whether they would be satisfied after their demobilisation have proved to be justified. The dislocations experienced by returned American servicemen after World War II were illustrated by popular films like ‘The Best Years of Our Lives’. More recently, the American press paid considerable attention to the rôle of the black veterans of Vietnam in the violence which destroyed much of Newark, Detroit, and Watts in the late 1960s.

scholarly journals Reducing Barriers to Post-9/11 Veterans’ Use of Programs and Services as They Transition to Civilian Life

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole R. Morgan ◽  
Keith R. Aronson ◽  
Daniel F. Perkins ◽  
Julia A. Bleser ◽  
Katie Davenport ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Veterans Administration ◽  
Program Sustainability ◽  
Program Participation ◽  
Motivation To Change ◽  
Civilian Life ◽  
Reduction Strategies ◽  
Transition To Civilian Life ◽  
The Military

Abstract Background - Numerous programs exist to support veterans in their transitions to civilian life. Programs are offered by a host of governmental and non-governmental stakeholders. Veterans report encountering many barriers to program participation. This was the first study to identify barrier reduction strategies offered by programs that post-9/11 veterans report using, determine which strategies veterans use and value, and to examine veteran characteristics that impact their odds of using programs that offer barrier reduction strategies. Method - This study reflects findings from the first wave of data collection of The Veterans Metrics Initiative, a longitudinal study examining the military-to-civilian reintegration of post-9/11 veterans. Veterans were asked to indicate which programs they had used. The websites of these programs were coded for the barrier reduction components. Veterans also indicated which barrier reduction components they found most helpful in meeting their reintegration goals. Results - Of 9,566 veterans who participated in Wave 1 data collection, 84% reported using a program that offered at least one barrier reduction component. Barrier reduction components included tangible supports (e.g., scholarships, cash), increased access to programs, decreased stigma, and encouraged motivation to change. Although only 4% of programs that were used by veterans focused on helping them obtain Veterans Administration benefits, nearly 60% of veterans reported that this component was helpful in reaching their goals. Access assistance to other resources and supports was also reported as a helpful barrier reduction component. For instance, approximately 20% of veterans nominated programs that offered transportation. The study also found evidence of a misalignment between the kinds of barrier reduction components veterans valued and those which programs offered. Veterans from the most junior enlisted ranks, who are at most risk, were less likely than those from other ranks to use barrier reduction components. Conclusions – Despite the evidence that barrier reduction components enhance access to programs and contribute to program sustainability, many programs used by post-9/11 veterans do not offer them. There is also a misalignment between the barrier reduction strategies veterans value and the strategies offered by programs. Veteran serving organizations should increasingly implement barrier reduction strategies that veterans value.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document