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Pre-deployment threat learning predicts increased risk for post-deployment insomnia: Evidence from the Marine Resiliency Study

Abstract: Insomnia is a common and impairing consequence of military deployment, but little is known about pre-deployment risk factors for post-deployment insomnia. Abnormal threat …

Service-connected disability and happiness in student Veterans: A parallel mediation study of PERMA

Abstract: The student veteran population has been growing in higher education, along with the attention to their happiness and well-being. Seligman developed the positive emotion, …

Armed Forces Covenant and Veterans Annual Report 2022

Abstract: This is the 11th Annual Report on the Armed Forces Covenant since its introduction as a statutory requirement in the Armed Forces Act 2011. It is also the second wholly …

Capacitating militarised masculinity: genitourinary injuries, sex/sexuality, and US military medicine

Abstract: This article examines the soldiering body in relation to the increasing prevalence of genitourinary injuries in military personnel. Feminist scholars have demonstrated …

Success in life after Service: A Perspective on Conceptualizing the Well-being of Military Veterans

Abstract: Military members want to do well when they leave service. Good well-being is one way of thinking about success in the transition to life after service. The word …

Improving Veterans MSK Rehabilitation Final Report

Summary: Musculoskeletal conditions are the most common medical reason for discharge from the armed forces. Many of the injuries sustained in combat can result in loss of limbs …

Public health and military health

Abstract: This paper summarizes the role of Public Health specialists within the UK Defence Medical Services (DMS). The armed forces have a need for expert advice on health …

Diversity, equity, and inclusion correlates of racial/ethnic harassment and discrimination in the U.S. military

Abstract: As one of the most racially/ethnically diverse workplaces in the United States, the Department of Defense (DoD) has been on the forefront in driving diversity …

Living war, writing war, teaching war

Abstract: What does it mean to be an academic who is also a war veteran? This paper examines that question as I delve into my own identity and positionality as a war veteran and as …

Proud to ‘fly a desk’ and wear a medal? Interrogations of military pride through the eyes of the RAF veteran

Abstract: Framed by the author’s status as a former Royal Air Force (RAF) service-person and subsequently as a critical sociologist, this article considers the performative role …

The shaping of moral injury among UK military veterans of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq

Abstract: Objective Research on 'moral injury'-the psychological wound experienced by military personnel and other 'functionaries' whose moral values are violated-has proliferated …