8001
Service Families:
Caring for Your Own
While Serving Your Country’s
Whether newlyweds or already raising a family,
life in the military has many benefits - and challenges. Offers an
overview of the many support services and lifestyle patterns helpful to
a rewarding and successful family life in the Armed Forces. |
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8002
You’re Entitled! A Guide to Service-Related
Benefits
Summary of the extensive system of
benefits for veterans and their families - what they are and how to
claim them. Discusses importance of meeting specific requirements;
practical advice on critical documents and record-keeping. |
8004
Civilian Again
The transition from military to civilian
life requires a number of economic, social, and family adjustments.
Offers a helpful overview and starting point for those in need of
direction and support. |
8005
Called to Duty: A
Practical Guide for Families
When members of the Reserves and National
Guard are called to active duty, their families have to make major
adjustments and take on new responsibilities. Here’s helpful
information about what to do and who to contact in order to keep
personal, financial, and legal affairs running smoothly when the call-up
comes. |
8006
When Service Brings Separation:
Helping Your Family Cope with
Deployment
Knowing that deployment is a fact of life
doesn’t make it easier. Discusses the difficulties and pitfalls of
family separation and tells how couples and families can deal positively
with change. |
8007
Adjustments Ahead! Serving Your Country... in Someone Else's Country
While the services provide details about foreign postings, personnel
also need a general framework for understanding and accepting cultural
differences. Presents the new situations likely to be encountered;
promotes an attitude of optimism and acceptance of the foreign culture. |
8008
Making Your Marriage Stronger
...When You're Married in the Service
When you’re married to someone who is serving in the Armed
Forces, it’s almost as though you’re in the service too. Military
marriage brings special stresses and special bonuses; both experiences
can make your marriage closer and stronger. This pamphlet is a guide to
the ups and downs, do’s and don’ts of making your military marriage
the best it can be. |
8009
Making More of Your Military Pay:
Saving It or Spending It, Money
Matters
Being in the service doesn’t protect you from bills, the need
to save, or financial emergencies. This pamphlet tells you how to keep
more of your money, build good credit, save for those goals — and take
advantage of the military perks that you can find nowhere else. |
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8010
Leaving the Service... and Beginning Your Next
Career
Practical advice on career decisions and
job-hunting, specifically researched and written for men and women
leaving the Armed Forces. Helps to sort out a complex process, making it
easier to evaluate options and priorities. |
8011
Military to Civilian:
Your Résumé and Job Hunt
Helps those leaving military service
re-work and re-word their experiences so that civilian employers have a
better understanding and appreciation of the skills veterans have
acquired. |
8012
Returning Home:
Making Your Reunion a Good One
Your separation from home because of a military tour of duty is
coming to an end. You and your spouse will finally be together again. But
reunion can be a mixed bag, and it’s usually a lot more complicated than
a joyful hug. This pamphlet helps you look at some of the complex factors
that come into play and provides tips that can bring the two of you to
even greater strength and closeness. |
8013
Together Again: Planning for a Happy Reunion
As the one who is "left behind" while your spouse is
on a mission, you have had to carry the household responsibilities
alone. Now your partner is coming home, and there are things that both
of you need to think about. This pamphlet, and the companion pamphlet
being read by your spouse, will help you both prepare for the
adjustments that lead to a happy homecoming. |
8014
Guess Who's Coming Home! Guiding Your Children to a Happy Reunion
A happy reunion… It’s what you and the kids have been
waiting for and dreaming about! The time has come, and all of of you are
probably feeling excited… and nervous. This pamphlet helps you help your
kids – and each other – so you can be "one, big, happy
family" again.
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8015
Adjusting to Life Back Home
Post-deployment stress is experienced by most returning service
members. This booklet discusses the normal but disorienting
challenges that are waiting at home and suggests strategies for
coping until home feels like “home” again. |
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8016 
Caring For Children during Deployment
Gives adults the tools to help kids cope successfully with the
absence of a parent. Reviews the needs of children at different
ages; discusses how the child picks up cues from the adult, the
importance of routine, and the value of collaboration and mutual
support with other adults.
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