'Too early to sit back and play golf': Veterans' perspectives for second career

Abstract: Defense Veterans possess valuable skills and are within working age upon retirement, yet only a fraction successfully transitions into second careers. This research …

Military adverse childhood experiences: Ex-servicemen’s experience of military discharge and its impact on their sense of identity

Abstract: How service people make sense of their identity is suggested to be one of the key determinants to a successful military discharge (Ahern et al., 2015; Binks & Cambridge, …

Transitioning from military to civilian society: Trials and tribulations of integration process

Abstract: The Armed Forces require young and physically strong soldiers to win wars. Therefore, about 60000 soldiers from the Indian Armed Forces retire every year, called …