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Title:We are different now? The effect of military service on youth reintegration and employment in South Africa
Authors:Kramm, Neil
Heinecken, Lindy
Year:2015
Periodical:African Security Review (ISSN 2154-0128)
Volume:24
Issue:2
Pages:122-137
Language:English
Geographic term:South Africa
Subjects:military service
veterans
reintegration
employment
External link:https://doi.org/10.1080/10246029.2015.1028417
Abstract:This study examines how young people who have joined the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) on the two-year Military Skills Development System (MSDS) contract experience military service, and the effect this has on their ability to readapt to civilian life. The first part of the study examines the theoretical debates associated with military socialisation and reintegration into civilian life. Hereafter, the findings are presented in terms of the experiences of MSDS privates serving in the infantry, those that have left, and the perceptions of employment agencies in terms of the marketability of military skills. The conclusion is reached that MSDS members experience their two years in the SANDF as life-changing, that this affects their ability to reintegrate back into civilian society, and that the skills acquired during military training is of limited market value. The conclusion is reached that more needs to be done to assist these young military veterans to adapt to civilian life and to augment their military experience with more marketable skills to enable them to find gainful employment. Notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract]
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