Military Families

I had the opportunity to work with Maurice as part of the command team of Bravo Battery 3-6 ADA. As a Battery Commander, Maurice was keenly aware of the importance of his mission to train the future Soldiers of the United States Army and Air Defense Artillery. Although the mission was always first, Maurice made a point of ensuring that the Soldiers under his command understood the importance of their contribution to the organization.

Military children learn to give up things starting at a young age, but it makes them strong. The boys become the men of the house, while their fathers are away and the girls become women. They learn to adapt to all the different situations that they may come across, but "at the same time, these kids have a sense of overwhelming pride" (Reese, 2004, p. 2).

He was the Joint Chief of Staff from 1989 to 1993. He was the first and only African American to hold that position.

Then, he was a curb boy at Gibson's Drive Inn and at Britt's Drive Inn. He worked at Christopher's Grocery driving a delivery truck, and his junior year he worked in the parts department of a Mercury dealership. His first job after graduation was selling produce for a banana company. December 8, 1958, he started his first full-time job at Coker Trading Post, and he worked there for exactly three years, quitting on December 8, 1961. On December 12, 1961, he started working at Dufour International, selling trucks, but on December 19, 1973, he quit his job and started working full-time for the Air National Guard.

There is a large amount of military families around the world. About Forty- three percent of active military members have children (Website). These children face so many challenges and struggles in their life while having a parent in the military. Children of Active duty military members exhibit anxiety, depression and stress just as much as the service members and spouses experience. For instance the children experience going through multiple deployments, long separations, frequent moves and awkward reunions when their parents return home from deployment. Even more so if the parent has been physically or mentally traumatized from overseas.

His team was the only team available that was fully trained and was always ready to go out and accomplish the mission. He was an example of the Mission First, can-do attitude by sacrificing his leave to help others when the Battalion needed a full honors team during block leave.

Still committed to serve, he joined the Montana National Guard and continued to work as a mechanic. Later he branch transferred to Military Police, was promoted to Sergeant and became a Military Police Investigator. In March, 2003 his unit was activated in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom where he patrolled the streets of Baghdad for fourteen months. Prior to re-deploying he had the

One thing that all military installations offer to families is a mock deployment line. A mock deployment line is a wonderful thing for a child to experience. During a mock deployment line, the child will go through all of the steps their parent does when preparing to deploy. It cannot be stressed enough to parents the importance of informing their children’s caregivers and teachers that a parent will be deploying. Doing so is a vital step in helping the child cope with the upcoming separation. The child’s teacher, once informed of an upcoming deployment will help the child cope by incorporating activities such as reading books where a family member is taking a long trip, or talking with all the children about how they feel and why they feel the way they do into their lesson plans. Parents need to make sure they do not put off telling children of the deployment, letting their children know about the deployment as soon as possible will provide them the opportunity to become involved in preparing for the separation. Children will want to have many conversations with their parents about the deployment; parents need to make sure that they keep the discussions honest, straightforward, and factual (Clash, 2008).

At the age of 20 he travelled to Italy and Milan working for Romeo Gigli, before that he also spent some time working for Koji Tatsuno.

None of us knew what his day job really was, but it must have been important because he would only train his clients in the evening. According to rumor, he was law enforcement, or in hushed afterthought, a federal agent.

He went on to establish himself as a successful account executive with multiple local television stations in Kansas, Missouri, and Texas. Currently residing in Leawood, Kansas, he serves as general sales manager with the CBS affiliate KCTV in nearby Fairway.

He served as chairman and CEO of Fox Sports Media Group,while at Fox, during which he oversaw the integration of new technologies and multi platform services across the U.S.He contributed to hundreds of Emmy nominations and awards for the network.

One way to accomplish this is through answering research questions related to military family life, such as “How do multiple deployments, multiple moves and other military lifestyle factors affect the development of attachment in military children?” and “What is the long-term impact on military children who have experienced multiple deployments, relocations and other life-disrupting events associated with military life?” As America continues to send service members to the Middle East in the midst of the longest military conflict in its history, gaining an understanding of the long-term impact on this generation of military children is crucial to aid in the development of programs and resources with the hope of ameliorating the challenges they have encountered. Additionally, the answers to these research questions may assist in identifying protective and risk factors and increase positive outcomes for these children as they grow into

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