Ninety-Five British Gulf War Health Professionals’ Met and Unmet Expectations of Re-Entry to Civilian Life Following Military Deployment

Volume 1 - Issue 5

Deidre Wild*

Received:September 25, 2019;   Published: October 02, 2019

DOI: 10.26717/CTBB.MS.ID.000122

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Abstract

Ninety-five British ex-Army Reserve and Voluntary Services (predominantly Territorial Army) health professional veterans (HPVs) of the 1991 Gulf War (GW) gave their reactions towards notice of embarkation for the return home and thence to the subsequent events of demobilization, reunion, and their return to civilian work. Collectively these events mark the transition from the role of soldier back to that of civilian. Postal survey data were collected six months after participants had returned home from the Gulf. The findings show that although the war was short and with few Coalition casualties, a sizeable number of the HPVs were dissatisfied with their embarkation,demobilisation and homecoming as reality did not meet their pre-event expectations. The findings are discussed in relation to the related knowledgebase from other wars preceding and succeeding the GW.

Keywords: Gulf War; Non-regular services health professionals; Homecoming; Met and unmet expectations

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