Army Spouses-Making your Voices Heard

The U.S. Army recently sent out the 2010 Survey of Army Families VI to a random selection of civilian Active Army spouses in order to assess the support provided to families and Soldiers during these past nine years of persistent conflict.
“This survey is your chance to tell the Army leadership what it’s like during this difficult period with so many of our Soldiers deployed,” Lt. Gen. Rick Lynch, IMCOM commander told 75,000 civilian spouses of Active Soldiers in a letter introducing the 2010 Survey of Army Families VI.
Every four years, this valuable information gives the Army a grassroots view of how family’s opinions and attitudes have changed, and provides an opportunity to evaluate the effects of programs on families. The survey also tracks trends regarding the characteristics of Army families, identifies new and emerging family issues, and supplements other studies on Army families.
Army leadership will use the survey results to plan, formulate, and improve policies and programs which benefit Army families. For example, results from previous surveys of Army families have helped the Army design Family Readiness Groups and improve Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation programs.
The Survey of Army families was institutionalized to meet DoD’s requirement for military departments to perform family research and program evaluation, and an Army requirement (through a 1983 CSA White Paper) to conduct research on the role of Army families and the effect of Army life on families.
For more information on the survey, visit saf.armymwr.com.
Active-Army spouses, we want to hear from YOU! What do you think about the current Army Family/Spouses programs in place? Leave us your thoughts, comments, or concerns.
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MultiCam in Afghanistan. Photo by: PEOSoldier
MultiCam in Afghanistan. Photo by: PEOSoldier
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