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1 INTRODUCTION
Pages 13-16

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From page 13...
... OEF and OIF have many unique features with regard to the military force being sent to fight. The all-volunteer military has experienced multiple redeployments to the war zone, increased use of the reserve components of the military and National Guard, increased numbers of deployed women and parents of young children, and increases in the number of military personnel surviving severe injuries that in previous wars would have resulted in death (see Chapter 2 for a detailed discussion of the demographics of those deployed to OEF and OIF)
From page 14...
... The committee members have expertise in sociology, psychiatry, rehabilitation, neurology, economics, epidemiology, survey research, and health policy and management. At its first meeting, the committee decided that its approach to gathering information would include considering data from the peerreviewed literature; gathering data directly from DOD and VA; reviewing government articles, reports, and testimony presented to Congress; reviewing recent IOM reports on PTSD, TBI, and physiologic, psychologic, and psychosocial effects of deployment-related stress; and seeking input from the affected groups and communities.
From page 15...
... The committee examined the basic demographic data that DOD and VA provided on the active-duty forces, the reserve components of the military, and the National Guard, such as the number of troops deployed and redeployed, the length of dwell time, marital status, the numbers of women deployed, the types of injuries reported, and health-care use by OEF and OIF veterans. DOD data were provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center and the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center.
From page 16...
... The report has two appendixes: Appendix A is a copy of the legislation directing the committee's work, and Appendix B summarizes some of the issues raised at its meetings around the country. REFERENCES American Psychological Association Presidential Task Force on Military Deployment Services for Youth, Families, and Servicemembers.


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