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Military.com on Capitol Hill for Release of Military Lifestyle Survey

September 23, 2010, in Miscellaneous by

Military.com was on Capitol Hill yesterday for the release of the results from theBlue Star Family 2010 Military Lifestyle Survey, which was taken by3,634 military families. One fantastic fact is that 68% of respondents claimed to participate in some form of volunteer activity. For comparison, the percentage for the civilian population is just under 27%. This statistic doesn't surprise me. We should be proud that our volunteer efforts contribute to our communities and build and maintain support networks vital to military families.

As a part of the Military.com family, we were thrilled to see that Military.com is ranked as one of the top three sites for military families seeking news and information. The other two being Military OneSource and MilSpouse Magazine.

As for social media:

As with the civilian community, social media use is prevalent throughout military families, with nearly ninety percent of respondents reporting some type of use. Of those who use social media, eighty-eight percent do so at least once a week. Military families reply heavily on social and online media during deployments, with eighty-nine percent using email to communicate with their service member.

A few findings were of particular interest to me, and I plan over the coming weeks to weave them into a post or two. You can pour over the full survey here.

Below, my Military.com colleague Bryant Johnson interviews Vivian Greentree about the survey findings.

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About Andi

Andi is married to an active-duty soldier and is the founder and former editor of SpouseBUZZ.

She is the founder of the Annual MilBlog Conference. The MilBlog Conference is the premiere event of the year for military bloggers. President George W. Bush, U.S. Representative Adam Smith, GEN David Petraeus, LTG Mike Oates, LTG William Caldwell, RADM Mark Fox, MG Kevin Bergner, MG David Hogg and The Honorable Pete Geren have addressed previous conferences.

While living in Washington, DC, Andi was the Ambassador to Walter Reed Army Medical Center for Sew Much Comfort, a non-profit organization which makes and delivers, free of charge, special adaptive clothing for wounded service members. Andi has worked with several non-profits to help our wounded heroes and their families. She finds that work to be the most rewarding and meaningful of all.

Andi strives to find humor in the good, bad and ugly of life and is a firm believer that laughter has the ability to cure most ills.

Comments

  1. Stephanie says:
    September 23, 2010 at 8:57 am

    Hi! My name is Stephanie, and I am working on an upcoming Veteran's Day event. I was hoping to get a name and email address to send you the press release once we finalize the details of this nationwaide event. Please contact me at the email address listed.