Struggling on civvy street?

摘要

A lot has been written about ex-soldiers railing on hard times and becoming a burden on the state, but little about those who are employed and settled in civilian life. Studies about ex-service people, however, frequently remark that 'most do well'. This is good news, but why? Are there identifiable factors dictating success or failure? In search of an answer, I interviewed 50 former army NCOs and WOs, each with 22 years' service who had found themselves at the age of 40, civilians, too old to be apprentices yet too young to retire.rnConcentrating on the British Army, this sociological study researched the process of transition from military to civilian life. Study of human socialisation examines how people's perceptions, belief systems and behaviours are determined by their positions in social space. Despite increased media coverage of armed conflicts and documentary television programmes, the military exists largely unseen by most civilians who will know little of how armed forces people are trained, live, work and play.