Military Culture and Veteran Transition
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This chapter addresses common elements of transition and how culture, identity, education, and re-entry into the workforce play a role in the success of service member transition from the military into the civilian sector. It offers community-based human services providers an opportunity to begin to understand cultural aspects with regard to the strengths and challenges that transitioning from the military to a civilian lifestyle can entail for Veterans. For many Veterans, the transition to civilian society creates a psychological invisibility which can be defined as a sensation of depersonalization and a feeling of being overshadowed by stereotypical assumptions and prejudices. Veterans are by the nature of their training a homogeneous group made up of common values and a military culture which guides their daily interactions. Providers need to examine the military population on a continuum, from active involvement in the military lifestyle to the wounded warriors to the Veterans transitioning into civilian society.
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Military-civilian reintegration and adjustment encompasses more than practical challenges and includes social, psychological, and cultural factors.
“For more than a decade there has been recognition that military-civilian reintegration and adjustment encompasses more than practical challenges and includes social, psychological, and cultural factors [20–27].”
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“…longitudinal approach to evaluate the transition experience for veterans over time, as the literature has suggested that transition can be more challenging in the first few years post military service (Reger et al., 2015) and that most veterans can successfully adapt over time (Coll & Weiss, 2016).”
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“Of the studies that focus on post-secondary education outcomes, transitional challenges for student veterans focus on veteran expectations related to culture [4], [5], mentoring [6-8], and professional promotional advancement [9].”
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“They find it hard, for instance, to adjust to civilian work ethics (Coll and Weiss 2016; Duel and Dirksen 2016).”
- Authors
- Coll, J. E., & Weiss, E. L.
- ORCID
- Weiss, Eugenia L.
- Venue
- Caring for the Military
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Published
- 2016-07-22
- Pages
- 10-19
- OpenAlex
- W2905246001
- Cited by
- 6
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 2
- FWCI
- 3.57
- Type
- book chapter
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Routledge eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Education › Education and Military Integration
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Military and Defense Studies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Keywords
- military culture, stereotypes and prejudice, veteran identity, wounded warriors, military-to-civilian transition, veterans' education
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