Blue Star Families, founded by a group of military spouses to raise awareness of the challenges of military family life, recently released its 2010 Military Family survey of 3,634 military family members to determine the major issues facing military households. The key concerns identified are pay and benefits, the current operational tempo, the effects of deployments on children, spouse employment, and children's education.
From the survey, it's clear that military families are experiencing high levels of stress, especially during their service member's deployments. Stephanie Himel-Nelson, an attorney, military brat and Navy spouse, writes:
Andi H, an Army spouse, writes:
More survey highlights to come.
