Research + Insights
Military Teens in 2024
We joined with Bloom once again to survey military teens. Download the report to find out what we learned.
Military Teens in 2023
We joined with Bloom once again to survey military teens. Download the reports below to find out what we learned.
How are our military teens doing in 2022?
We joined with Bloom again to survey military teens for another year.
In both years, we utilized a descriptive, cross-sectional study design, providing us with a snapshot of the military teen population at two points in time using a voluntary response sample. The limitation of this sample is that it is somewhat biased; some people will inherently volunteer more readily than others. But the story they told was clear.
NMFA and BLOOM Partner on Military Teen Survey
Together with Bloom: Empowering the Military Teen, NMFA surveyed over 2,000 military teens in May 2021 using the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale (WEMWBS). This validated, 7-item scale was used to measure the well-being and psychological functioning of our military teen community ages 13 and up.
Reports + Position Papers
2022 Military Teen Food Insecurity Report
2022 Military Teen Hidden Helpers Report
The Military Teen Experience Survey 2022 Findings and Insights
The Military Teen Experience: A Snapshot of America's Military Teenagers and Future Force (2021)
Military Health System Reform: What is it and What Does it Mean for Military Families? (2020)
Archives
NMFA-Cycles-of-Deployment Report (2005)
NMFA Serving the Homefront Report (2004)
Testimony
2022
Testimony to the Disability Assistance & Memorial Affairs Subcommittee of the House Veterans Affairs Committee * February 8, 2022
2021
Statement for the Record for the Subcommittee on Personnel of the Senate Armed Services Committee * May 12, 2021
Statement to the House Committee on Rules on Food Insecurity * May 27, 2021
2020
Statement for the Subcommittee on Military Personnel of the House Armed Services Committee * February 5, 2020
Statement for the Record for the Subcommittee on Personnel of the Senate Armed Services Committee * March 24, 2020
2019
Statement for the Record before the Joint Subcommittee on Personnel & Readiness of the United States Senate Armed Services Committee * February 13, 2019
Statement for the Record for Subcommittee on Personnel of the United States Senate Armed Services Committee * February 27, 2019
Statement for the United States House Financial Services Committee * March 7, 2019
2018
Statement before the Subcommittee on Personnel of the United States Senate Armed Services Committee * February 14, 2018
2017
Statement before the United States Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on the future of the Post-9/11 GI Bill * June 15, 2017
Statement before the Subcommittee on Personnel of the United States Senate Armed Services Committee * February 14, 2017
2016
Statement before the Subcommittee on Personnel of the United States Senate Armed Services Committee * March 8, 2016
Statement for the Record before the Subcommittee on Personnel of the United States Senate Armed Services Committee on the Defense Health Care Reform * February 23, 2016
Statement before the Subcommittee on Military Personnel of the House Armed Services Committee on Protecting the Commissary Benefit * January 13, 2016
2015
Statement for the Record for the Subcommittee on Personnel before the House Armed Services Committee on SBP-DIC * December 9, 2015
Statement before the Subcommittee on Personel of the House Armed Services Committee on families' perspectives on military health care * December 3, 2015
White Paper on Our Response to the FY16 Defense Budget Proposals submitted to the professional staffers of the HASC and SASC * March 31,2015
Statement before the Subcommittee on Personnel of the House Armed Services Committee on the MCRMC Recommendations * March 25, 2015
Statement before the Subcommittee on Personnel of the Senate Armed Services Committee on MCRMC Recommendations * February 25, 2015
