Evaluation of the Military Spouse Employment Partnership: Progress Report on First Stage of Analysis

In the United States, there are over one million military spouses. Frequent geographical relocations, the psychological stress and anxiety associated with spousal deployments, and supporting their children as the only parent while their active duty spouse is away leave military spouses disproportionately accountable for all family obligations. Ultimately, these inequities create barriers for military spouses and their employment and educational pursuits. Despite similarities in lifestyle to active duty service members, military spouses are not categorized as an at-risk population and have not been studied in depth. This chapter utilized the source, survey, synthesize method to address the literature gap surrounding the barriers to military spouse education and employment. Findings from the existing literature were synthesized to present the key themes for studies that investigated the military culture, barriers to military spouses' pursuits of higher education, employment, and career advancement and earnings.

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“Honey, I Want to Be a Surrogate”: How Military Spouses Negotiate and Navigate Surrogacy With Their Service Member Husbands

Journal of Family Issues ◽

10.1177/0192513x19862843 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 40 (18) ◽

pp. 2774-2800 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Elizabeth Ziff

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Service Member ◽

Military Spouses ◽

Structural Constraints ◽

Collaborative Approach ◽

Military Spouse ◽

Everyday Lives ◽

Military Marriages ◽

The Military ◽

Depth Interviews

This article examines how military spouses negotiate the decision to become a surrogate with their service member husband and how the two navigate surrogacy together. It is speculated that military spouses are ideal candidates for surrogacy due to their particular status as a military spouse; however, military spouses face structural constraints in their everyday lives which in turn would prove challenging to their desire to become a surrogate. Based on in-depth interviews with 33 military spouses who had been surrogates, this article examines how military spouses discuss, negotiate, and experience surrogacy with their spouses all the while navigating the structural demands of the military and the contractual demands of surrogacy. Findings highlight egalitarian decision making between the spouses, and a mostly collaborative approach to the surrogacy process. Ultimately, this work illuminates how surrogacy is experienced by the women who participate in the practice and provides insight as to how military marriages function.

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A Critical Review of Barriers to United States Military Spouse Education and Employment

Socioeconomics, Diversity, and the Politics of Online Education - Advances in Mobile and Distance Learning ◽

10.4018/978-1-7998-3583-7.ch012 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 193-215

Author(s):

Crystal Lewis

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

The United States ◽

Active Duty ◽

Military Spouses ◽

United States Military ◽

Military Spouse ◽

Family Obligations ◽

Education And Employment ◽

The Military ◽

Educational Pursuits

In the United States, there are over one million military spouses. Frequent geographical relocations, the psychological stress and anxiety associated with spousal deployments, and supporting their children as the only parent while their active duty spouse is away leave military spouses disproportionately accountable for all family obligations. Ultimately, these inequities create barriers for military spouses and their employment and educational pursuits. Despite similarities in lifestyle to active duty service members, military spouses are not categorized as an at-risk population and have not been studied in depth. This chapter utilized the source, survey, synthesize method to address the literature gap surrounding the barriers to military spouse education and employment. Findings from the existing literature were synthesized to present the key themes for studies that investigated the military culture, barriers to military spouses' pursuits of higher education, employment, and career advancement and earnings.

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The Military Spouse Education and Career Opportunities Program: Recommendations for an Internal Monitoring System

10.7249/rr1013 ◽

2016 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Gabriella Gonzalez ◽

Laura Miller ◽

Thomas Trail

Keyword(s):

Monitoring System ◽

Military Spouse ◽

Career Opportunities ◽

Career Opportunities Program ◽

The Military

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Understanding the military spouse learner using theory and personal narratives

New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education ◽

10.1002/ace.20037 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 2012 (136) ◽

pp. 77-88 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Ashley Gleiman ◽

Stacy Swearengen

Keyword(s):

Personal Narratives ◽

Military Spouse ◽

The Military

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Finding and Creating Opportunity: Nurses Married to Members of the Military

Creative Nursing ◽

10.1891/1078-4535.23.3.172 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 23 (3) ◽

pp. 172-175

Author(s):

Brenda Elliott

Keyword(s):

Military Service ◽

Service Members ◽

Personal Perspective ◽

Military Spouse ◽

Practice Nurses ◽

Military Service Members ◽

The Military

Nursing is a profession that affords many avenues in which to practice. Nurses who are married to military service members have unique challenges as they progress through their careers. A military spouse shares a personal perspective of challenges and insight on how to overcome and persevere that may be relevant to others within the greater nursing community.

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