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The Army National Guard: Recruitment, Retention, And The Balance Of Life, Stephanie N. Ashwell
The Army National Guard: Recruitment, Retention, And The Balance Of Life, Stephanie N. Ashwell
Senior Honors Projects, 2020-current
The National Guard is an institution with a history older than the United States. Members are drawn to Guard service for a variety of reasons, and they face a range of difficulties as they manage their experiences in the Guard and in their civilian lives. This project offers a small case study, based on semi-structured, in-depth interviews, with six current or former Guard members. Findings highlight that these members experienced a range of frustrations that clustered around issues of recruitment, retention, and the balance of life. The purpose of this study was to gain a better idea of what are …