A Leader's Guide to Trauma in the Unit - US Army War College

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This document utilizes a variety of resources. Our team visited countless web pages and
read many books, all of which are listed in the Resource Section. We also took ideas and
information from previous Spouse Projects such as “The Battle Book,” “Choices and
Challenges” and “It Takes A Team.” This manual incorporates information from courses
such as the AFTB “Crisis and Coping” course and the Ft. Benning Leadership Seminar
Module, “Trauma in the Unit.” Thanks are due to a group of Operation Ready volunteers
at Ft. Drum, New York, who, in May of 2003, put together several documents that are in
our Appendix. This handbook relies principally on the lessons each of the members of
our team learned in dealing with trauma in their respective units over the years.