Part I: Interview an individual who is active military or separated from the military.

• Part 1: Ask a Military Personnel 5 of these questions then create 5 of your own question.
• Can you please identify your affiliation: branch, rank, and job? 
• Can you please summarize your permanent change of station (PCS) and deployment experience? 
• Why did you join the military? 
• Why did you separate? 
• How would you characterize your experience in the military? 
• How did/does your military experience affect your family? 
• Identify some positive and negative aspects of your military experience. 
• How would you describe military culture in general? 
• What are some memorable experiences about your military life? 
• How did your experience in the military help form or influence your identity? 
• Consider someone who wants to work in a professional capacity with military personnel, active, retired, or reserves. What is especially important for this individual to know about military culture? Why is this especially important? 
• How can helping professionals help support military personnel and their families?
• Part2:
• What information did you gain as a result of this interview? 
• What information might be missing? 
• How does the information you have gathered inform your professional role? 
• Did this interview change your perspective on military culture? If so, how? 
• Did you learn anything about yourself through this interview? What misconceptions did you discover? What stood out for you in terms of military culture? Provide specific examples. 
• What skills or sensitivities do you think you might need to expand upon? Why are these skills or sensitivities especially relevant to your work with military personnel and their families? 
• What is your experience with military culture? 
• What do you believe are the strengths and limitations of the culture? 
• How has the military culture informed your identity, if at all? 
• What do you think helping professionals who want to work with military personnel should know about military culture? 
• What do you suggest as ways for helping professionals to advocate for and provide support to military personnel and their families?