(Online Course) Military Cultural Competence

75 minutes

Description

This interactive online training course provides an overview of military culture to include organizational structure, rank, branches of service, core values, and demographics as well as similarities and differences between the Active and Reserve components. It is intended to assist civilian mental health providers in better understanding, communicating and effectively interacting with Service members and their families.

Outline

  1. Introduction to military culture

  2. Military rank structure

    1. Enlisted Service members

    2. Warrant Officers

    3. Commissioned Officers

  3. Branches of Service: Missions, structure, and core values

    1. Army

    2. Navy

    3. Marine Corps

    4. Air Force

  4. Active vs. Reserve Component

    1. Active Component (AC)

      1. Benefits and common stressors for AC Service members and their families.

    2. b.    Reserve Component (RC)

      1. National Guard vs. Reserves

      2. Benefits for RC Service members and their families

      3. Common stressors for RC Service members and their families

  5. Demographic characteristics

    1. Age

    2. Gender (AC vs. RC and by Rank)

    3. Marital dissolution

    4. Ethno-Racial diversity

    5. Occupation (Enlisted, Officer)

  6. General and deployment related terms

Learning Objectives

  1. To explain the military rank structure and organization and distinguish the primary mission and core values of each branch of service.

  2. To describe differences and similarities between Active and Reserve components.

  3. To discuss demographic characteristics of Service members.

  4. To recognize general and deployment-related military terms.

Notes

This course provides 1.25 Continuing Education credit hours