Deployment Psychology Blog

Staff Perspective: Nepal Will Rise Again

On April 25, 2015, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake occurred nearly 80 kilometers northwest of Kathmandu, Nepal. I received the news update on my phone and understood that more pictures and video would soon tell more of the overwhelming story. For a moment, I remembered how terrified I was back in 2006, when Oahu experienced a 6.7M earthquake.

CDP News: Dec. 4, 2015

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. It’s good to be back to our normal schedule after the holiday disruption, but we’ve got lots of events to squeeze in before the next set of holidays roll around. Let’s take a look at what we’ve got!

Staff Perspective: Military. Family. Stability!?!

As military spouse with three children and a clinical psychologist who works at a military hospital, military family issues are ever-present in my mind and on my heart. So, when I read about the Military Family Stability Act of 2015, my interest was naturally piqued.  The Military Family Stability Act of 2015 was introduced to Congress by Senators Blunt (Mo.), Gillibrand (NY), Hirono (HI), and Burr (NC) as a bill “…to provide a period for the relocation of spouses and dependents of certain members of the Armed Forces undergoing a permanent change of station in order to ease and facilitate the relocation of military families.” By adding greater flexibility in key aspects of permanent change of station (PCS) moves, changes introduced by the bill would ideally mitigate some of the negative effects of relocation on military families. While the fate of this bill remains unknown, the content provides excellent material for some important conversations about military family life.

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