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Between Order and Execution: A Phenomenological Approach to the Role of Relationships in Military Culture

Abstract: Despite the growing recognition that military identity and veteran identity are interrelated, there is scant literature that seeks to describe or define military …

How We Fail US Foreign-Born Veterans: A Scoping Study of the Literature

Abstract: Many foreign-born US service members have taken advantage of expedited naturalization provisions for them to obtain US citizenship through military service. However, …

Mental Representations of Military Veterans: The Pictures (and Words) In Our Heads

Abstract: There has been much popular and academic discussion concerning the public’s mental “pictures” of US military veterans, a group afforded symbolic capital but also …

“I Just Don’t Like to Have My Car Marked”: Nuancing Identity Attachments and Belonging in Student Veterans

Abstract: Feelings of belonging factor importantly in college student retention and degree completion; for student veterans, these feelings are strongly associated with college …

Unique Needs and Challenges of Women Veteran Students with Disabilities: Conceptualizing Identity in Higher Education

Abstract: This paper focuses on interviews conducted with women veterans with disabilities in Virginia and how they feel their needs would best be met as they transition to …

Forgotten Taiwanese Veteran’s Memory of Compulsory Service

Abstract: Having withdrawn in utter defeat in 1949, Chiang Kai-shek militarized the island of Taiwan with the express purpose of retaking China. Compulsory military service of …

Nietzsche’s Abyss: This Veteran’s Dilemma

Abstract: I have discovered a disconnect in my narrative. I recognize that I had compartmentalized my life: there were my growing up years, my service years in the United States …

A Personal Reckoning with Veteran Identity

Abstract: As a former career Army officer and a veteran of 25 years, I explore the evolution of my own veteran identity and its inherent assumptions, and examine how veteran …

Embracing Diverse Women Veteran Narratives: Intersectionality and Women Veteran’s Identity

Abstract: Women veterans are the fastest-growing population of veterans, yet women still face many barriers while serving and after leaving the military. An often-overlooked …

How Army Veterans Cope with Chronic Pain: A Grounded Theory Approach

Abstract: Many veterans suffer chronic pain, which may be exacerbated by military shaped attitudes to health. There is a paucity of research that explores veterans’ experiences …

Aretē: "We As Black Women"

Abstract: Studies of Black US women servicemembers too often depict their stories as replete with post-war trauma and transition difficulty. However, crisis is not their only, or …

The Role of Disability Services in Student Veterans’ Private School Choice

Abstract: Student veterans on college and university campuses are a unique, under-researched population. The current study (n = 119) investigated the criteria used when student …