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Military families experience deployment in different stages:
- Pre-Deployment: Preparing to leave
- Deployment: From departure through the first month of deployment
- Sustainment: The months following the first month of deployment
- Re-Deployment: The month prior to homecoming
- Post-Deployment: Arriving at the Home Station
The Emotional Cycle of Deployment: A Military Family Perspective
Describes typical reactions experienced in the five stages of deployment and offers suggestions for families about how to problem-solve issues that may arise during the deployment cycle.
Deployment Cycle Support
Focuses on these three deployment stages: pre-deployment, re-deployment, and post-deployment.
Self-Help Resources
Learn what's available to assist service members and families coping with deployment.
Deployment and Psychopathology
Mental health adaptation to stressors experienced during military service is an unfolding, dynamic process. Most reactions to deployment are normal (e.g., stress or sadness) but when prolonged periods of stress interfere with daily life, treatment for conditions like depression, anxiety, PTSD and addiction may be required.
Deployment-related Resources for Providers
Review fact sheets, videos, books and recommended web resources.