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Coping with Long Term Deployment

Army Spec. Manuel Ramirez from the 647th Quartermaster Company based at Fort Bragg, N.C., hugs his wife Jessica after returning to Pope Air Force Base following a nine-month deployment to Afghanistan. AFPS photo courtesy of Donna Miles
American Military University (AMU) professor John Moore presented an interesting study on coping with long-term deployments and post-traumatic stress disorders at the Air Force Association’s 2006 Air & Space Conference and Technology Exposition last month.


Moore outlined four steps for reducing the stress of long-term deployments:
1. Develop a stress prevention plan
2. Establish healthy communications
3. Follow a routine
4. Reassess the plan – and change what isn’t working
To receive a copy of the presentation, “Long Term Deployments: Airmen Under Stress, Family in Crisis,” contact publicaffairs@apus.edu.
AMU posted a press release about the presentation. Click here to view .

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