Need to know for military families

The Penn Positive Psychology Center has been providing resilience training to U.S. Army Soldiers. Following is information and press coverage: Overview of Comprehensive Soldier Fitness Program: Army Home Page for Comprehensive Soldier Fitness Program (CSF) Overview of Comprehensive Soldier Fitness Program on Authentic Happiness Website Scholarly Articles on Comprehensive Soldier Fitness: Harvard Business Review, Building Resilience, April 2011 American Psychologist Special Issue on Comprehensive Soldier Fitness, January 2011 MRT in the U.S.

Links to useful information about resilience for the family member

Camp Koala is a camp for grieving children, ages 7-12, who have experienced the loss of a parent or sibling. Our office is located in Carlisle, PA and the camp is at the Carlisle YMCA's Camp Thompson. We will be starting a family camp very soon. We are a 501c3 non-profit.

financial and military information

army news and information

Site that will be launched fully in November 2011. It will help veterans transfer their military skills into an electronic resume suited for the civilian world.

Good ideas for how to help military children and families get through a deployment

This is a great web site with many resources for families and deployments.

Official DOD site

This link contains a wide variety of information that is useful to the military wife.

spouse buzz podcast.

Interesting site for information about military leave for family members of soldiers.

This is a great place to start for almost any question or information you are seeking. Lots of information and resources. This site can be viewed in a number of languages, make your choice from the drop down tab in the lower right corner of the screen.

Another great comprehensive place to start when trying to find information or answers to specific questions. Available 24/7.

Interesting collection of a wide variety of links to military bloggers from various countries.

List of books/PDF's and digital resources to download or to order. Resources compiled as part of military spouse projects at Carlisle War College

List of links to a wide variety of resources for families, wounded warriors, caregivers and supervisors. Useful for wounded warriors seeking information but also for all family members.

Great for information on pay, benefits and entitlements. Site contains a resource library, resource locator and the ability to search by component. Site is available in Spanish.