Deployment comes in many forms and serves many purposes. Any separation from loved ones is an emotionally difficult time for all concerned, especially when children are involved - but separation is now a modern day military reality. Those unfamiliar with the military may not understand the nuances of short term versus long-term deployments. Those that do rarely gain exposure to successful strategies for handling deployments when family, such as young children, disabled or other special circumstances, are also involved. As a result, military families must learn to adapt to long-distance relationships, as well as how to adjust and positively cope with separations for various training deployments and real-life exercises. The Deployment Toolkit: Military Families and Solutions for a Successful Long-Distance Relationship covers the basic challenges military families may face before, during, and after deployment. At times the added stresses of military life often make things seem overwhelming. Luckily, the military is a huge family with scores of support groups, both official and unofficial, to help families prepare for separation and the stresses associated with the long absences. Janelle Moore and Don Philpott provide an easily accessible self-help guide to dealing with and understanding deployment. The authors identify the different types of separations and deployments, emotional adjustments involved, and resources available to families in the military. The Deployment Toolkit is essential reading for those families who need a guide through the modern day reality of military deployment and separation.

About the Author
Janelle B. Moore has spent the last 14 years as part of a "think tank" consulting practice that provides executive-level advisory, planning, coaching, and training services for both civilian and defense agencies within the federal government and private firms. She is a former military spouse, parent of a military dependent with special needs, and an advocate for military families, children with disabilities and veterans. She is the co-author of several books with Don Philpott, including The Capital Planning & Investment Control Guidebook. As well as co-author of The Military Marriage Manual (R&L, 2011), Life After the Military (R&L, 2011), The Wounded Warrior Handbook (Government Institutes, 2008), and Special Needs Families in the Military (GI, 2011). Don Philpott has been writing, reporting, and broadcasting on international events, trouble spots, and major news stories for almost 50 years. He is the author or co-author of more than 200 books, including The Wounded Warrior Handbook (GI, 2008).

Reviews
Drawing on the experiences and insights of service members, veterans, their families as well as their own, the authors have developed a guide that provides a comprehensive, practical, and relatable overview of strategies and resources to promote resilience and recovery as service members and their families negotiate the challenges posed by deployment and separations during active duty service and the years beyond. Military members, veterans, their families as well as service providers will find this a valuable reference. -- Elisabeth Stafford, MD, Colonel (Retired) U S Army



Book Information
ISBN 9781442254282
Author Janelle B. Moore
Format Hardback
Page Count 300
Imprint Rowman & Littlefield
Publisher Rowman & Littlefield
Weight(grams) 567g
Dimensions(mm) 234mm * 158mm * 27mm