"A veteran is a person who has significant experience (and is usually adept and esteemed) and expertise in an occupation or field."
This subfield examines the experiences, needs, and issues facing military veterans and how they adjust to civilian life.
Military Culture: This refers to the unique language, norms, values, beliefs, and customs of military personnel, which are shaped by their experiences, training, and mission. Understanding military culture is essential for military anthropologists to effectively communicate with and understand veterans.
Combat Trauma: Combat trauma or Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition that can develop in soldiers who experience or witness traumatic events during deployment. Military anthropologists need to have an understanding of this condition to better understand veteran experiences and help them readjust to civilian life.
Military History: Military history focuses on the study of past military conflicts and their impact on societies. Understanding military history provides context to military culture and can help military anthropologists understand veterans' experiences better.
Anthropology of War: This branch of anthropology studies the relationship between war and society, including the cultural, social, economic, and political impacts of war on communities. Understanding the anthropology of war provides valuable insights into the experiences of veterans and their communities.
Military Medicine: Military medicine studies the healthcare systems and practices used in military settings, including triage, evacuation, and rehabilitation. Military anthropologists need to understand military medicine to provide valuable insights into the healthcare experiences of veterans.
Military Sociology: Military sociology studies the social structures, institutions, and relationships within the military. It focuses on the socialization, organization, and management of military personnel. Understanding military sociology provides insights into the organization and culture of military institutions.
Military Psychology: Military psychology studies the psychological factors that impact the behaviors and experiences of soldiers. It includes topics such as leadership, decision-making, and morale. Understanding military psychology provides valuable insights into the psychological experiences of veterans.
Military Ethics: Military ethics deal with the moral principles and values that guide the decision-making and behaviors of military personnel. It includes topics such as the just war theory and the military's responsibility to protect civilians. Understanding military ethics provides insights into the values and beliefs that shape military culture.
Military Families: Military families are those who have members serving in the military. They face unique challenges, such as frequent relocation, separation, and the impact of war on their loved ones. Understanding the experiences and needs of military families is essential for military anthropologists to provide effective support services to veterans.
Gender and the Military: The role of gender in the military is a critical area of study, including the experiences of women in the military and the impact of gender norms on military culture. Understanding the role of gender in the military is essential for military anthropologists to provide insights into the experiences of female veterans.
Combat Anthropology: Deals with the empirical and conceptual study of the military and combative phenomena, as well as the socio-cultural context in which military operations take place.
Veteran Anthropology: Focuses on the experiences, identities, and cultural backgrounds of veterans of different military organizations.
Military Medical Anthropology: Explores the experiences of military personnel in contact with medical practice and addresses the cultural nuances of military medical care.
Military Family Anthropology: Looks at the structure and function of military families and how it relates to military service.
Anthropology of Military Transition: Provides insights on the ways ex-military personnel integrate back into civilian society, the social and psychological adjustments they make, and the tensions that arise.
Military Planning Anthropology: Deals with the analysis of the socio-cultural background of military engagements in both their immediate and far-reaching contexts, with specific attention to the variability of the cultural contexts where they take place.
Military ethic Anthropology: Category of military anthropology that deals with the application of ethical principles in all circumstances related to military action.
"A military veteran is a person who is no longer in a military."
"A military veteran that has served directly in combat in a war is further defined as a war veteran."
"Not all military conflicts, or areas in which armed combat took place, are necessarily referred to as wars."
"Military veterans are unique as a group as their lived experience is so strongly connected to the conduct of war in general and application of professional violence in particular."
"Griffith with colleagues provides an overview of this research field that addresses veterans' general health, transition from military service to civilian life, homelessness, veteran employment, civic engagement, and veteran identity as recurrent investigative topics in the field."
"General health" is a recurrent investigative topic in the field of studying veterans.
"The transition from military service to civilian life" is a recurrent investigative topic in the field of studying veterans.
"Homelessness" is a recurrent investigative topic in the field of studying veterans.
"Veteran employment" is a recurrent investigative topic in the field of studying veterans.
"Civic engagement" is a recurrent investigative topic in the field of studying veterans.
"Veteran identity" is a recurrent investigative topic in the field of studying veterans.
"The term 'veteran' originates from the Latin word 'vetus' meaning 'old'."
"A veteran is a person who has significant experience (and is usually adept and esteemed) and expertise in an occupation or field."
"Their lived experience is so strongly connected to the conduct of war in general and application of professional violence in particular."
"There are a large body of knowledge developed through centuries of scholarly studies..."
"...that seek to describe, understand and explain their lived experience in and out of service."
"...veterans' general health..."
"...transition from military service to civilian life..."
"...veteran identity..."