Open AccessReady to Serve: Opportunities for Cooperative Extension to Support Military Families
Author(s) -
Rachel Brauner,
Andrew Crocker
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of extension
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1077-5315
pISSN - 0022-0140
DOI - 10.34068/joe.60.01.18
Subject(s) - military service , extension (predicate logic) , service (business) , bridge (graph theory) , service member , public relations , military personnel , business , political science , psychology , marketing , medicine , computer science , law , programming language
The issues families in the military experience have been exacerbated by 20 years of continuous war. Families in the military across all the service branches are families first, sharing similar struggles as their civilian counterparts. Like many families, families in the military have day-to-day concerns about health, financial management, parenting and building positive relationships. Cooperative Extension is positioned to bridge the gap between building support systems and providing quality education, services and care to service members and their families–but are we ready to serve?