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Secretary of Defense Announces Seven New Initiatives to Enhance Well-Being of Military Force and Their Families
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III announced seven initiatives to improve the quality of life for Service members and their families today. These actions build on the extensive and unprecedented actions that Department of Defense (DoD) leaders have taken over the past four years as part of Austin's Taking Care of People initiative.
2023 Spring Newsletter
We are pleased to share with you our most recent Millennium Cohort Program updates. This newsletter includes brief summaries of new scientific publications released in recent months.
2023 Winter Newsletter
We are pleased to share our most recent program updates. This newsletter includes new scientific publications that the research team has recently published.
2022 Fall Newsletter
We are pleased to share our most recent program updates. This newsletter includes new scientific publications that the research team has recently published.
2022 Spring Newsletter
We are pleased to share our most recent program updates. This newsletter includes new scientific publications that the research team has recently published.
2022 Winter Newsletter
We are pleased to share our most recent program updates. This newsletter includes new scientific publications that the research team has recently published.
Millennium Cohort Family Study Launches New Survey
Both the Millennium Cohort Study and the Millennium Cohort Family Study are inviting new participants to join these unique studies, which are the largest long-term surveys of service members and their spouses. Spouses who are invited to take part in the family study will have the opportunity to share their perspectives of the impact of military life on their careers, stress, well-being, health, and adjustment.
Understanding the Military Family - Researching the Impact of Military Life
The overarching goal of the Family Study is to understand how military service impacts family members, spouses and children alike. This study, the first of its kind, seeks to get a better understanding of the long-term association between military experiences and deployments and the health and well-being of families.
DoD's Largest longitudinal military study receives endorsements from the Army Surgeon General
The Department of Defense's largest longitudinal study in military history received an endorsement from the Army's surgeon general Sept. 19, emphasizing the importance of the Navy-led study across the military services.
Military Spouse Input Needed
The Naval Health Research Center is looking to enroll more than 10,000 military spouses in a new study of military family health. The Department of Defense Millennium Cohort Family Study aims for a more comprehensive understanding of how military families are coping with military life after nearly a decade at war.
NHRC Launches Next Survey Cycle of Largest DoD Population-Based Military Health Study
Beginning in May 2011, the Millennium Cohort Study, which is conducted at the Naval Health Research, began enrolling new volunteers into this DoD-wide study. (This document is a PDF)
Navy Medicine Study Seeks New Participants
Navy Medicine's Millennium Cohort Study (MCS) research team announced June 14, it expects to expand its number of study participants by 50,000 this year and is currently seeking new volunteers to participate...
First Conference on Military Families Held
The USC School of Social Work convened its first military social work conference for more than 25 multidisciplinary scholars at the USC San Diego Academic Center on March 4 to explore collaborative military family-themed research opportunities
What We Can Learn in 21 Years
The DoD and VA have formed an aggressive partnership to care for Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom service members who have become wounded, ill or injured.
Military Study Expands to Include Families
A Defense Department study that explores the long-term health effects of military service, including deployments, will expand its scope to military families starting in June
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