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Families of military personnel --- Soldiers --- Health services accessibility --- Medical care. --- Services for --- United States.

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This title discusses the lives and experiences of U.S. military service members, veterans, and their families, with emphasis on the post-9/11 era. Includes detailed information on issues they face both stateside and abroad, such as: relations with family; substance use; housing; educational and job training opportunities; post-traumatic stress disorder and other health issues; and experiences of women, sexual minorities, and ethnic/racial minorities in the armed services.

Soldiers --- Services for. --- United States --- Armed Forces --- History --- Veterans --- Families of military personnel --- Social conditions --- Military life. --- Health and hygiene. --- Medical care.

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Morale, Welfare, and Recreation (MWR) programs and services are considered an integral part of resilient and ready Airmen and families. However, the Air Force currently lacks an evidence-informed evaluation framework for MWR programs, especially one that identifies short-term and intermediate outcomes that contribute to Airman and family resilience and readiness. A necessary first step in determining the possible impact of the MWR portfolio is to identify, and then assess, the contributions of each individual program or service. To understand the ways that MWR programs can contribute to resilience and readiness, the Air Force asked RAND researchers to develop an evidence-informed framework that links program and service activities to such outcomes and provides guidance on collecting and managing the data needed to measure those outcomes. To accomplish this, the authors developed a model of resilience and readiness building blocks — that is, precursors to overall resilience and readiness identified through a review of existing literature. They then used this model as the basis for comparing the building blocks and short-term and intermediate outcomes targeted by programs and services within the MWR portfolio. Together, these two efforts allow the Air Force to examine whether and how the MWR portfolio could be used to foster resilience and readiness across the total force. The report concludes with a discussion of next steps that the Air Force can take to move closer to evaluating the capabilities of the MWR portfolio with respect to enhancing Airman and family resilience and readiness.

Airmen --- Families of military personnel --- Military morale --- Resilience (Personality trait) --- Employee retention --- Services for --- Air Force Morale, Welfare, and Recreation Program (U.S.) --- United States. --- Airmen. --- Operational readiness.