effects of deployment on families and soldiers
Effects of Deployments on Families and Soldiers Deployments in the National Guard affect both the soldier and their families during this hard time. Nevertheless most families make it through the tour stronger then ever. Service members who have children at the time of deployment may be affected more by missing out on some of the most important times in their lives. Also, being miles apart can put a lot of tension on the soldier’s family and jobs. During these hard times both the soldier and the spouse need to keep positive communication from the beginning to the end of the deployment without making it stressful for either spouse. That could mean keeping the soldier up to date on their child’s progress through the year. Many of the soldier’s in today’s army have children and some of those have grown up with their father or mother gone for long periods of time. Tours for some military families are a routine part of life for them. So when the time comes for that solider to deploy the spouse knows what to do. So that being said it is on the spouse back home to take care of the kids and everything else that was left behind. Sometimes the soldier has to leave their new born baby or maybe even before the birth. These milestones that have been missed can never be given back. The deployed child’s parents may be gone to miss these precious moments in a parent’s life that only comes around so often. Like the babies first steps or first words are two of the most major events for a newborn. On the other hand, they won’t be missing all the dirty diaper changing’s and constant crying in the middle of the night, but there is always payback when they get home. As of now though, they are miles apart from one another and need to be there for one another no matter what. Being so far apart from their significant other can put a lot of stress on a relationship. Now that the soldier is away, the spouse back home now has to take on double the work load as before the deployment.