Staff Voices - Looking at Deployment in a New Light
Do you notice anything unusual about this statement?
“Despite the stresses of deployments, many soldiers find their deployment experiences rewarding.”
During a recent talk I attended by retired Air Force psychologist Carroll Greene, these types of statements, which are often found in a pre-deployment briefing, predispose both Service Members and healthcare providers to automatically think about deployments negatively. What if the statement was turned to “Because of the stresses of deployments, many soldiers find their deployment experiences rewarding”?
