Family Culture And Military Culture

The military culture has similar demands of that of families, which are an investment of time, energy, personal commitment to make thing happen for the unit, and personnel sacrifice for “the whole.” Both military and family cultures thrive on consistency and predictability. When military personnel return home, especially if wounded, they need to find a similar culture and system to help them transition and find a satisfying purpose. Often times, soldiers can place heavy demands of these cultural characteristics on their families, at times in an unhealthy way. Also, families have been functioning relationally and with life events during the soldiers' deployment that can also put heavy demands on the families as well as, make for some challenging