Family & Relationships
Family relationships and one’s larger social environment are crucial to Warfighter health and performance. If you can't find the answer to your Family & Relationships question in our resources, click the button below.
Family & Relationships Resources
Relationship Skills
Skills for keeping your relationships strong. This section describes the latest research and information on evidence based strategies for relationship enhancement/optimization.
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Military Family Skills/Resources
The military family deals with unique challenges requiring special skills that contribute to Warfighter resilience.
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Interactive Tools: Assessments & Online Workshops
Family relationships can contribute to an individual’s ability to rebound quickly from stress. Online assessments and workshops can help identify factors that can either diminish or build resilience.
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Family Physical Fitness
The spouses, children, parents, and other loved ones of Warfighters have physical fitness requirements for their own individual and/or family missions.
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Family Support Organizations
Military Family organizations and resources that serve Warfighters and their families.
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Survival tips for couples during the holidays #3: Repair
When tensions arise between you and a loved one or friend, here are some tips to help you defuse and repair the situation.
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Family & Relationships News
Survival tips for couples during the holidays #3: Repair
When tensions arise between you and a loved one or friend, here are some tips to help you defuse and repair the situation.
Survival tips for couples during the holidays #2: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
The “Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse” are characteristics that when present in communicating can destroy relationship satisfaction over time.
Survival tips for couples during the holidays #1: Positive versus negative
Learn how many positive behaviors you need to make up for one negative behavior in your relationship with your partner.
Pick the battles you both can win
The majority of problems among couples actually are not solvable, but they can be dealt with through discussion.
Learn how to cope with rejection
According to one expert, “our bodies respond to rejection like they do to physical pain; the pain should be taken seriously." It’s important to get support.
The latest development in the Total Force Fitness Movement: the Chairman's CJCSI
Next step in the development of the Total Force Fitness movement recently was issued in the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Instruction on the Chairman’s Total Force Fitness Framework.
Challenges facing service members caring for their aging parents
Military service members with aging parents are often concerned due to geographic separation and an already heavy load of other demanding responsibilities. However, through various forms of communication, family involvement, and a parent-care plan, worry can be reduced and emotional bonds can be strengthened.
Deployments, reunions, and family roles
Deployments and reunions can cause military families to experience stress and uncertainty about family roles. Confusion can occur when family members have to take on their service member’s pre-deployment roles and responsibilities in addition to their own. Once reunited, both the service member and his or her family members should communicate openly when re-establishing previous tasks or assigning new ones.
How families can benefit from the USDA’s switch to MyPlate
The USDA’s new MyPlate program is designed to make learning about and practicing healthy eating habits more appealing and more fun for all members of the family.
The Military Family Fitness Model
The Warfighter’s greatest support usually comes from his or her family, yet families also have to deal with the stress of military life. The Joint Services and the DoD have teamed up to develop a framework for additional support and resources to help families cope with the increased pace of deployment.
Survival tips for couples during the holidays #3: Repair
When tensions arise between you and a loved one or friend, here are some tips to help you defuse and repair the situation.
Survival tips for couples during the holidays #2: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
The “Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse” are characteristics that when present in communicating can destroy relationship satisfaction over time.
Survival tips for couples during the holidays #1: Positive versus negative
Learn how many positive behaviors you need to make up for one negative behavior in your relationship with your partner.
Pick the battles you both can win
The majority of problems among couples actually are not solvable, but they can be dealt with through discussion.
Learn how to cope with rejection
According to one expert, “our bodies respond to rejection like they do to physical pain; the pain should be taken seriously." It’s important to get support.
HPRC at the DoD/USDA Family Resilience Conference
Representatives of the HPRC, DCoE, and USUHS presented a workshop on a new model for military family fitness at a conference in April.
Military Spouse Appreciation Day
Military spouses are adaptable, committed, courageous, the backbone of the military family and the key to the success of the Warfighter's military performance.
White House initiatives to support military families
The White House has announced new initiatives to support military families in four key areas: overall well-being, education and development of military children, career advancement opportunities for military spouses, and improved childcare.
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