Military spouses remain effectively on call even when partners are not deployed

Evidence

Whether or not a service member is deployed, spouses bear much of the psychological and social burden of having a partner in an unusually stressful and all-consuming career. As the base expert Catherine Lutz explains, spouses, like the troops themselves, “are effectively on call to the military.” — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 457

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the broader literature on military families as ‘hidden casualties’ and to how total institutions (Goffman-style) absorb the families of members. — connects to: Spouses of service members are effectively on call to the military.; Military deployments make spouses function as single parents and strain families — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 453; Military power shapes nearly every aspect of spouses’ lives on overseas bases — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 464 (+1 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Spouses of service members are effectively on call to the military.; Military deployments make spouses function as single parents and strain families — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 453; Military power shapes nearly every aspect of spouses’ lives on overseas bases — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 464 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Spouses of service members are effectively on call to the military. #expands (0.96)
• Military deployments make spouses function as single parents and strain families #complicates (0.78) — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 453