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Summary
The article discusses the factors that affect U.S. military families during deployments under Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) in Iraq and the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT). It notes that the Family Readiness Group (FRG) support group aims to keep families aware and updated about deployed family members. It cites the categories of the stress factors that were experienced by military families involved in Operation Desert Storm/Shield such as emotional, deployment-related and general life events.
Citation
Di Nola, G. M. (2008). Stressors afflicting families during military deployment. Military Medicine, 173(5), v.