Challenges Faced by Military Families: Perceptions of United States Marine Corps School Liaisons

Children of Service members must navigate many stressors and transitions, which prompted the U.S. Marine Corp to develop the school liaison program to promote academic success among children of Marines. A survey of Marine school liaisons regarding severity, frequency, and content of stressors experienced by Marine children and families suggests that school liaisons help children and families cope with a very broad range of stressors (e.g., academic, deployment-related, social, behavioral, emotional).