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Spurgeon, B., “The Service Family: Problems and Prospects”,in Smith, H. (Ed), The Service Family: Problems andProspects, Department of Government, Faculty of MilitaryStudies, University of New South Wales, Canberra, 1982,p.l5.30. Smith, H., “Introduction”, in Smith, H. (Ed), ibid, 1982, p. iii.31. Frowen, D.M., Military Family Support Issues in TTCPMember Nations, Technical Panel UTP-3, The TechnicalCooperation Program, November 1995, p.2.32. Jans, N.A., Careers in Conflict: Service Officers’ Careers andFamilies in Peace Time, Canberra College of AdvancedEducation, Canberra, 1988, p.l8.33. Downes, C., op cit, 1988, p.30.34. Commonwealth Parliament, op cit, November 1988, p.217.35. Downes, C., op cit, 1988, p.34.36. Indeed the Final Report of the ADF Families and DislocationStudy – Stage Two (Snider, G., Australian Institute of FamilyStudies, November 1993, p.xiii) reports general satisfaction ofthe typical ADF family with service life.37. Frowen, D.M, op cit, 1995, p.2.38. Segal, M.W., ‘The Military and the Family as GreedyInstitutions, Armed Forces and Society, Vol 13, No 1, 1986, 9-38.39. Ibid, p.l5.40. Jans, N.A., op cit, 1988.41. Jans, N.A. op cit, 1988, p.303.42. Bollen, l.D., Other Ranks Discharge Survey – The First Year,Research Note 3/88, 1st Psychological Research Unit,Department of Defence, Canberra, March 1989, p.10.43. Vernez, G.& Zellman, G.L., Families and Mission: A Reviewof the Effects of Family Factors in Army Attrition, Retentionand Readiness, Rand Corporation, Santa Monica, August1987, p.xi.44. Jans, N.A., “Issues in Australian Service Family Life – AnEmpirical Study”, in Smith, H. (Ed), Perspectives on theMilitary Career, Department of Government, Faculty ofMilitary Studies, University of New South Wales, Canberra,1985, s 80-81.45. Spurgeon, B., op cit, 1982, p.l746. Snider, G., op cit, November 1993, p.xiii.47. Segal, M.W., op cit, 1986, p.34.48. Frowen, D.M., op cit, 1995, p.2.49. Frowen, D.M., op cit, 1995, s 2-3.50. McAllister, I. & Smith, H., ‘Selecting the Guardians:Recruitment and Military Values in the Australian OfficerCorps’, Journal of Political and Military Sociology, Vol 17(Spring), 1989, 27-42, p.32.51. Vernez, G. & Zellman, G.L., op cit, August 1987, p.61.52. Downes, C.A., op cit. 1988, p.29.53. McAllister, I. & Smith, H., op cit, 1989, p.33.54. Wrigley notes that only 5-6% of the Australian Army Reservehas prior full-time military service, compared to 50-60% in theUS Army Reserve (Wrigley, A.K., The Defence Force and theCommunity, Report to the Minister for Defence, AGPS,Canberra, June 1990, p.330). More recently, and as reportedby Sigma Consultancy, only 25% of surveyed full-time Armypersonnel indicated that they would “probably” or “definitely”join the Reserve. The consultants had been asked to researchthis issue following concern regarding the low rate of transferto the Reserve. (Sigma Consultancy, Army Manpower ControlMechanisms Project – Stage III, March 1996, p.41. )55. 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