Abstract: This article moves away from attempting to determine the meaning of the veteran’s voice in research, and instead reflect on the contingent and contextual emer-gence of voices, how stories are made, and what reflective labour is undertaken, when veterans critically engage with their experience in their academic research. We fore-ground the ‘disruptive potential’ (Basham and Bulmer 2017, 62) of veterans’ voices by bringing their unique and complex positionality to ‘throw light onto the dark recesses of the military interior’ (Ware 2016, 240). We bring together an interdisciplinary collection of contributors with different military experiences to think about their voices and contribution in new ways.
While most individuals achieve the transition to civilian life smoothly, some face significant challenges. Although numerous support services are available to those who need them, …