Deployment Psychology Blog

By the Numbers - Mar. 7, 2016

By Shirl Kennedy  on 07.03.2016 12:21 pm

One-third

The fraction of military members moved by the Department of Defense every year, according to a recent RAND Corporation report -- Tour Lengths, Permanent Changes of Station, and Alternatives for Savings and Improved Stability. The report looked at how much money could be saved if DoD reduced the number of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) moves by extending tours of duty.  Because a variety of alternatives were considered, the estimated annual savings range was broad -- $19 million to $84 million.

CDP News: Mar. 4, 2016

By Christopher Adams  on 04.03.2016 11:56 am

Welcome to this week’s edition of CDP News! We like to use this space to review recent happenings in and around the Center for Deployment Psychology, while also looking ahead to upcoming events. March is shaping up to be one busy month!

Research Update: Mar. 3, 2016

By Shirl Kennedy  on 03.03.2016 12:56 pm

The CDP's weekly research update contains the latest news, journal articles and useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include:

● PTSD Research Quarterly -- Forty Years After the War: How are Vietnam Veterans Doing Today?
● Federal Health Care Center: VA and DOD Need to Address Ongoing Difficulties and Better Prepare for Future Integrations. (GAO)

Staff Perspective: Homelessness - Why Are Female Veterans at Risk?

By Paula Domenici  on 02.03.2016 11:39 am

On a typical day driving in Washington, D.C., I spot two homeless men sleeping in tents beneath an underpass near the Kennedy Center and later see another disheveled man lying on a grate in front of a vacant storefront desperately trying to stay warm in Dupont Circle. The next day when I notice a person asking for change by the CVS near my apartment, I recognize his all too familiar face.  “He’s been there for weeks,” I think to myself.

Guest Perspective: Moral Injury and Moral Repair

By Amy Amidon  on 01.03.2016 11:38 am

“Die woman, die!”  These are the words of HM2 Jones (All patient material has been de-identified), a 30-year-old Navy FMF corpsman with two tours to Iraq, as he watches an Iraqi woman lay dying.  She has just killed one of his Marines during a firefight, and he has just returned fire on her.  Yet as the corpsman, his role now is to save her.  “I wanted her to die.  I was so angry.  It bothers me that it doesn’t bother me, Doc.  Is that wrong?  Am I evil?”  He continues to question his capacity for evil.

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