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Acknowledgments

The editors would like to acknowledge the help of a number of people in the
development of this book. Janice Stein, senior editor at Springer Publishing,
had the vision to see the need for this book, and provided steady support and
encouragement. Christina Tuballes of Springer also contributed outstanding
editorial work, and Catherine Essoudasse worked tirelessly to incorporate
authors’ feedback and edits into the final manuscript.
We are grateful for the support of National Defense University leaders
Laura Junor, Acting Director of the Institute for National Strategic Studies,
Phil Stockdale, Acting Director of the Center for Technology and National
Security Policy, and Mark McGuire, Chair of the Behavioral Sciences and
Strategic Leadership Department of the Eisenhower School. Our thanks also
go to Scott Aughenbaugh, Darrell Brimberry, Tony DiBella, Clark Groves,
Byron Hartle, Doug McCarthy, Rich Outzen, J. Q. Roberts, Paul Severance,
Al Sciarretta, Paul Sullivan, and Eric Weis for the reviewing various chapters.
William Elliason and Joanna Seich of the National Defense University Press
helped tremendously in moving this book through the government review and
approval process. Ronald Heifetz of Harvard University provided insightful
comments on the adaptive leadership chapter.
Our fantastic team of interns and assistants managed myriad details,
including communicating with chapter authors, proofing and editing chap-
ters, checking references, conducting literature reviews, and getting every-
thing into proper format. For this we thank Matthew Allen, Kathrynn
Barlow, Shaina Bernstein, Serena Bethala, Allie Bond, Jade Burt, Andrea
Calderon, Morgan Cohen, Frances Cooke, Kiana Cummings, Kaylah Denis,
Sarah DiGregorio, Cynthia Fioriti, Laura Golian, Mark Greenhalgh, Je Ru
Lee, Christine Leonhardt, Raechel Martin, Daniel McLaughlin, Adriana
Penafiel, Erin Pontius, Aidan Schmitt, Samuel Swisher, Margret Talbot, and
Christine Yu.
Lastly, we want to recognize military service members and families around
the world, whose service and sacrifice help to assure our shared peace and
security.

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Disclaimer

The opinions, conclusions, and recommendations expressed or implied

within are those of the contributors and do not necessarily reflect the views of
the US Department of Defense or any other agency or organization of the
Federal Government.

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Contents

1 State of Psychology in the US Armed Forces������������������������������    1

Scott L. Johnston, Christopher Robinson, Jay E. Earles,
John Via, and Eileen M. Delaney

Part I Advances in Practice, Treatment, and Prevention

2 Aeromedical Psychology����������������������������������������������������������������   19

Arlene R. Saitzyk, Tracy E. Mayfield, Lacey M. Sharkey,
and Cara E. Cox Coleman
3 Barriers to Care for the Complex Presentation
of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and Other
Post-­combat Psychological Injuries����������������������������������������������   33
David S. Riggs and Sybil Mallonee
4 Military Deployment Psychology: Psychologists
in the Forward Environment��������������������������������������������������������   45
Jeffrey Ian Bass, Chad E. Morrow, David J. Loomis,
Wayne C. Boucher, and Joseph H. Afanador
5 Training and Practice in Military Specialty Psychology������������   65
Jessica Parker, Joseph H. Afanador, Jeffrey L. Goodie,
Steven J. Porter, Genelle I. Weits, and Daniel G. Cassidy
6 Suicide Prevention in the United States Military������������������������   73
Marjan Ghahramanlou-Holloway, Margaret M. Baer,
Laura L. Neely, Viktor Koltko, and Matthew K. Nielsen
7 Psychological Adjustment After Military Operations:
The Utility of Postdeployment Decompression
for Supporting Health Readjustment������������������������������������������   89
Erik De Soir
8 Ethical Issues in Military Psychology������������������������������������������ 105
W. Brad Johnson and Kristin L. Landsinger

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9 Substance Use Disorders in the United States Military:

Current Approaches and Future Directions�������������������������������� 115
Bettina Schmid, David S. Tubman, David J. Loomis II,
Jorge E. Grandela, Michael A. Vernale III, Erick C. Messler,
and Joann Rigoglioso
10 Neuropsychology in the Military�������������������������������������������������� 137
Ryan R. Green, Daniel A. Jacobson, J. Wesley Waggoner,
and Patrick Armistead-Jehle

Part II Resilience and Health Promotion

11 Stress and Resilience in Married Military Couples�������������������� 157

Elizabeth Najera, Ryan R. Landoll, Liz Davenport Pollock,
Marissa Berman, Kathryn Ellis, Katherine M. Knies,
Dustin A. Seidler, Paul T. Bartone, and Stephen V. Bowles
12 Resilience in US Special Operations Forces�������������������������������� 177
Carroll H. Greene III and Mark A. Staal
13 The Use of Mindfulness and Acupuncture
in the American Military�������������������������������������������������������������� 193
Stephen V. Bowles, Jeffrey Millegan, Kevin G. Berry,
Christopher W. Bunt, John Byron Gassaway, Ross H. Pastel,
Deborah O. Norris, Corey Christopherson, Jeffrey C. Leggit,
Cindy Crawford, Aidan Schmitt, and Jeremy Howick
14 Well-Being in the Military������������������������������������������������������������ 213
Stephen V. Bowles, Paul T. Bartone, David Ross,
Marissa Berman, Yaron Rabinowitz, Sarah Hawley,
Denise M. Zona, Margaret Talbot, and Mark J. Bates
15 A Sleep Primer for Military Psychologists���������������������������������� 239
Justin S. Campbell, Rachel Markwald, Evan D. Chinoy,
Anne Germain, Emily Grieser, Ingrid Lim,
and Stephen V. Bowles

Part III Selection and Assessment

16 Improving Selection: Advances in the Belgian

Defence Forces�������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 261
Françoise Bertrand, Annemie Defranc, Wouter Huybens,
Vicky De Nil, Kristof Van Landeghem, Veerle Tibax,
Helga Peeters, and Jacques Mylle
17 Assessment of Elite Operational Personnel �������������������������������� 277
James J. Picano, Robert R. Roland, Thomas J. Williams,
and Paul T. Bartone
18 Selection of Police Special Operations Officers:
The Role of the Psychologist �������������������������������������������������������� 291
Bjørn Helge Johnsen
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19 Adaptive Leadership in Military and Government Settings������ 301

Stephen V. Bowles, Matthew S.A. Feely, Eric J. Weis,
Anthony DiBella, Paul T. Bartone, and Karen Kimmel

Part IV Special Topics in Military Psychology Practice

20 Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Service Members:

Clinical Practice Considerations�������������������������������������������������� 333
Michael A. Glotfelter, Randy J. Georgemiller,
and Kyle M. Bandermann
21 Understanding and Addressing Sexual Harassment
and Sexual Assault in the US Military ���������������������������������������� 357
Cynthia J. Thomsen, Valerie A. Stander, Rachel E. Foster,
and Jessica A. Gallus
22 Military Psychology at US Military Service Academies������������ 375
Michael D. Matthews and W. Brad Johnson
23 Military Psychology Students: Contributions, Pathways,
and Opportunities�������������������������������������������������������������������������� 383
Jennifer A. Barry and David M. Barry
24 Becoming and Being: The Journey of the Woman Warrior������ 399
Arlene R. Saitzyk, Sally Harvey, Ann Landes, Carla Long,
and Rebecca Porter

Part V Research Advances for Enhancing Performance

and Treatment

25 Military Research Psychology: Advancing Performance

and Practice������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ 417
Gerald P. Krueger and Joseph B. Lyons
26 Using Technology to Enhance Behavioral Health ���������������������� 437
Rick L. Campise, Julie T. Kinn, and David Cooper
27 Virtual Reality Applications for the Assessment
and Treatment of PTSD���������������������������������������������������������������� 453
Albert Rizzo, Michael J. Roy, Arno Hartholt,
Michelle Costanzo, Krista Beth Highland, Tanja Jovanovic,
Seth D. Norrholm, Chris Reist, Barbara Rothbaum,
and JoAnn Difede

Part VI International Military Psychology

28 Military Psychology in Germany�������������������������������������������������� 475

Oliver Krueckel
29 Development of Military Psychology in China���������������������������� 481
Danmin Miao, Hui Wang, Xufeng Liu, Xia Zhu, Wei Xiao,
and Shengjun Wu
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30 The Three Pillars of Australian Army Psychology:

To Serve with a Strong Foundation���������������������������������������������� 489
Kylie A. Tuppin, Laura Sinclair, and Nicole L. Sadler
31 Military Psychology in the Singapore Armed Forces ���������������� 501
Star Soh and Bernard Lim
32 Operational and Organizational Practice of Psychology
in Indian Armed Forces���������������������������������������������������������������� 509
Nidhi Maheshwari, Vineeth V. Kumar, and N.P. Singh
33 Military Psychology in Sweden���������������������������������������������������� 519
Gerry Larsson and Anne Lindqvist
34 Military Psychology Practice in Italy: From Grass Roots
to Recent Applications ������������������������������������������������������������������ 525
Isabella Lo Castro and Stefano Livi
35 “What If?” the Swiss Armed Forces’ Approach
to Military Psychology������������������������������������������������������������������ 539
Hubert Annen, Can Nakkas, and Thomas M. Gehring

Part VII Epilogue

36 Applying Military Psychology: Looking

Back, Looking Ahead�������������������������������������������������������������������� 551
Martin F. Wiskoff and Morgan T. Sammons

Author Index������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ 565

Subject Index������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ 591

About the Editors

Colonel (Retired) Paul T. Bartone, PhD is professor and senior research

fellow at the Center for Technology and National Security Policy, Institute for
National Strategic Studies at National Defense University (NDU). A Fulbright
scholar, Bartone has taught leadership at the Industrial College of the Armed
Forces (ICAF) and at the US Military Academy, West Point, where he also
served as director of the Leader Development Research Center. While on
active duty, Bartone was the senior research psychologist in the US Army and
served as research psychology consultant to the Surgeon General and as
assistant corps chief for medical allied sciences. He is a past president of the
American Psychological Association’s Society for Military Psychology, a
charter member of the Association for Psychological Science, and a life
member of the American Psychological Association. He holds an M.A. and
Ph.D. in psychology and human development from the University of Chicago.

Colonel (Retired) Stephen V. Bowles, PhD, ABPP is currently serving as a

visiting senior research fellow at the Center for Technology and National
Security Policy, Institute for National Strategic Studies at the National
Defense University and as an adjunct faculty at the Uniformed Services
University of the Health Sciences. He served for 27 years in the US Army, is
a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, and is a graduate of the Eisenhower
School at the National Defense University. He is a fellow in the American
Psychological Association and the American Academy of Clinical Health
Psychology. He is board certified by the American Board of Professional
Psychology in clinical health psychology. Dr. Bowles is the incoming
President-elect of the Society for Military Psychology, and is a past president
of the District of Columbia Psychological Association. His more recent pub-
lications and presentations are in the areas of adaptive leadership and coach-
ing, couples resilience and well-being, family fitness, mindfulness, and
organizational fitness.

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About the Contributors

Major Joseph H. Afanador, PsyD is a fellowship-trained forensic psycho­

logist. He currently serves as the chief of Campus Behavioral Health Services,
located on Fort Sam Houston, Texas, and is the forensic consultant for
Regional Health Command – Central.

Colonel Hubert Annen, PhD is the head of military psychology and mili-
tary studies at the Swiss Military Academy at ETH Zurich and the head of the
assessment centers for career officer candidates, career NCO candidates, and
general staff officer candidates. His research interests include the evaluation
and ­validation of assessment and selection procedures for military leaders,
motivational aspects in the military context, military values and virtues, and
the trainability and measurability of individual resilience.

Patrick Armistead-Jehle, PhD, ABPP-CN is the chief of the concussion

clinic at Munson Army Health Center, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He is
board certified in clinical neuropsychology and remains active in clinical
care. His research interests include traumatic brain injury, as well as perfor-
mance and symptom validity testing.

Margaret M. Baer, BA is a research associate in the Laboratory for the

Treatment of Suicide-Related Ideation and Behavior at the Uniformed Services
University of the Health Sciences. Her program of research focuses on suicidal
and non-suicidal self-injurious behaviors across the lifespan. Specific interests
include clarifying links between suicidality and non-suicidal self-injury and
understanding the role of dysregulated emotion across self-injurious behaviors,
to include eating disorders.

Lieutenant Kyle M. Bandermann, PhD is currently serving as staff psy-

chologist at the US Naval Hospital Guam and embedded mental health pro-
vider with Commander, Submarine Squadron 15. His research interests and
clinical skills focus on multicultural intersectionality, preventive interven-
tions, and population health/health psychology.

Captain David M. Barry, PhD is an active duty Army psychologist. He

attended graduate school at the Uniformed Services University of the Health
Sciences (USUHS) in Bethesda, Maryland, and later completed his clinical
internship and postdoctoral residency training at Madigan Army Medical

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Center. He recently served as the national Student Affairs Committee chair

and Membership Committee chair for the Society for Military Psychology
(Division 19 of the American Psychological Association).

Jennifer A. Barry, MA is a doctoral candidate at the American School of

Professional Psychology (Argosy University, Northern Virginia). In 2015,
she was awarded the F. Edward Hébert Armed Forces Health Professions
Scholarship by the US Army. Ms. Barry is a former chair of the Society for
Military Psychology (Division 19 of the American Psychological Association)
Student Affairs Committee.

Major Jeffrey Ian Bass, PsyD, ABPP is currently the chief of the US Army
Recruiting Command, Office of the Command Psychologist. MAJ Bass has
been deployed to both Iraq and Afghanistan as a brigade psychologist and
served as the clinical psychology residency director at Tripler Army Medical
Center. MAJ Bass is a board-certified forensic psychologist and graduate of
the Command and General Staff College.

Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) Mark J. Bates, PhD is a retired US Air

Force clinical psychologist and former pilot, who serves as the associate
director for psychological health promotion in the Deployment Health
Clinical Center at the Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological
Health and Traumatic Brain Injury. His directorate focuses on advancing the
science and practice of psychological health advocacy and early intervention.
Dr. Bates completed his doctorate at the Uniformed Services University of
the Health Sciences, a residency in clinical psychology at Malcolm Grow
Medical Center, and undergraduate degrees at the US Air Force Academy.

Marissa Berman, PhD is an organization development consultant and staff

psychologist with the VHA National Center for Organization Development
(NCOD), providing organization consulting services to VHA facilities
nationwide. She earned her doctorate (PsyD) in clinical psychology from the
University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, and completed a postdoctoral fel-
lowship in organization development consulting at VHA NCOD and a post-
doctoral residency and predoctoral internship at the University of California
at Davis Counseling and Psychological Services with an emphasis in sport
psychology. Dr. Berman is a former US Ski Team athlete and a national
champion and World Cup medalist in the sport of inverted aerials. She is also
a military spouse.

Captain (Retired) Kevin G. Berry, MD is the vice president for operations

at Thought Leadership and Innovation Foundation assisting organizations in
applying good science to the creation of well-being, fitness, and resilience. A
graduate of Georgetown School of Medicine and a general pediatrician by
residency training, Dr. Berry’s 30-year activity consists of duty career combat
deployments and a full range of leadership experiences. His research interests
rally around how readiness happens.
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Françoise Bertrand, PhD holds a PhD in work and organizational psychol-

ogy at the University of Liège and works as a research psychologist at the
recruitment center of the Belgian Defense. Her current projects focus on the
assessment of competencies, skills, and behaviors. Her research interests
include military commitment, attrition during military training, psychologi-
cal contract, competency measures, and situational judgment test. As the per-
son responsible for scientific projects, she established collaboration with
various universities.

Commander Wayne C. Boucher, PsyD, ABPP is assigned to the 5th

Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, where he serves as the Operational
Stress Control and Readiness (OSCAR) psychologist. CDR Boucher has five
combat deployments: OIF-1 (USS Nimitz), OIF-6/7 (7th Marines), OIF-9
(6th Marines), and OEF-11/12 (5th Marines). His research interests include
acute stress disorder, PTSD, and the impact of combat trauma.

Lieutenant Colonel (Reserves) Christopher W. Bunt, MD, FAAFP is an

associate professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the Medical
University of South Carolina, where he works in undergraduate medical edu-
cation and is the College of Medicine’s military medical advisor. He is a
board-certified family medicine physician, a battlefield acupuncture instructor,
and a lieutenant colonel in the US Air Force Reserve.

Lieutenant Commander Justin S. Campbell, PhD, MBA is a lieutenant

commander in the US Navy Medical Service Corps. He is a designated aero-
space experimental and research psychologist and has worked to address
issues of sleep and fatigue in several operational military contexts including
aviation human factors; combat and operational stress control during deploy-
ments to Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo Bay; and a global health deploy-
ment at sea to the Western Pacific.

Colonel (Retired) Rick L. Campise, PhD, ABPP is a pediatric psycholo-

gist who earned his PhD from the University of Kansas and completed a
postdoctoral fellowship in pediatric psychology at Harvard. Dr. Campise
served for 28 years as a US Air Force psychologist, during which time he
served as a group commander, squadron commander, chief of Air Force
deployment psychology, and chief of the Air Force Suicide Prevention
Program, and retired in 2015 as the director of the Department of Defense
National Center for Telehealth and Technology. Dr. Campise has deployed to
Iraq and Saudi Arabia and published 20 professional journal articles and book
chapters on military mental health topics.

Major Daniel G. Cassidy, PhD is a clinical health psychologist at Wilford

Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, where he
currently is the associate program director for the APA-accredited clinical
health psychology postdoctoral fellowship. Maj or Cassidy’s research con-
cerns motivational interviewing and habit formation as it pertains to health
behavior change.
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Major Cara E. Cox Coleman, PsyD is currently the director of the

Aeromedical Psychology Training Course at the US Army School of Aviation
Medicine in Fort Rucker, Alabama. She has been deployed to Afghanistan in
support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Her professional interests include
aeromedical psychology, clinical health psychology, and the integration of
behavioral health and aviation medicine.

Michelle Costanzo, PhD is a research assistant professor of medicine at the

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and a research neuro-
scientist in the War Related Illness and Injury Study Center at the Washington,
DC, VA Medical Center. Her research applies psychophysiology and neuro-
imaging methods to examine cognitive and emotive processes in military ser-
vice members, elite athletes, and physicians. Her current research focuses on
PTSD and mTBI utilizing fear conditioning, combat-related virtual reality,
affective Stroop, and telemedicine to reveal insight into the etiology of persis-
tent symptoms in order to inform the next generation of rehabilitation and
treatment.

Evan D. Chinoy, PhD is a sleep research scientist with Leidos working at

the Naval Health Research Center in San Diego, California. His research
focuses on sleep and circadian rhythms, aiming to understand how these sys-
tems are affected by various stimuli, work/sleep schedules, and stress, and
their ultimate impact on performance and health. Dr. Chinoy also investigates
ways that sleep can be examined with novel devices.

Major (Retired) Corey Christopherson, MSW was a US Air Force officer

deployed with the US Army in Afghanistan in 2008/2009, during which time
he provided resilience training using a new treatment model blending mind-
fulness, positive psychology, and CBT into “positive mindfulness-based cog-
nitive therapy (positive MBCT).” He is currently in private practice in
Arizona.

David Cooper, PsyD currently works as the mobile apps lead at the National
Center for Telehealth and Technology. His work focuses on how to leverage
technology for behavioral health to benefit US service members and veterans.
Specifically, Dr. Cooper leads teams of designers and developers in the cre-
ation, dissemination, and implementation of mobile applications and other
innovative technologies.

Cindy Crawford, BA is a senior program manager at Thought Leadership

and Innovation Foundation where she directs the SEaRCH services for bring-
ing good evidence into practice. She is an expert in research methodology and
has authored more than 30 peer-reviewed systematic reviews on topics related
to complementary and integrative health and patient-centered care.

Annemie Defranc, MA attained her master’s degree in psychology at the

KU Leuven and works as a research psychologist at the recruitment center of
the Belgian Defense. Her projects focus on the predictive validity of selection
instruments, cognitive and psychomotor tests, and classification models.
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Eileen M. Delaney, PhD is a clinical research psychologist at the Naval

Center for Combat and Operational Stress Control (NCCOSC). In her role at
NCCOSC, she assists with science and analytics related to research studies
and program evaluations focusing on military combat and operational stress
control and resilience building.

Commander Vicky De Nil, MSc is a research psychologist at the Belgian

Armed Forces Centre for Recruitment and Selection. She worked from 2003
until 2010 as a selection psychologist in the Belgian Defense Selection Centre
and since 2011 as research staff member at the research and development
department of the Centre for Recruitment and Selection.

Major Erik De Soir, PhD is a crisis and operational psychologist and asso-
ciate professor at the Department of Behavioral Sciences of the Royal Military
Academy, and research manager in human factors and medicine at the Royal
Higher Institute for Defence, Brussels. As a crisis psychologist in the Belgian
military, he regularly deployed in peace support operations in Somalia,
Croatia, and Bosnia to study the different problems of deployed soldiers and
their families. He received his PhD from Utrecht University and lives in
Leopoldsburg, Belgium.

Anthony DiBella, PhD is a professor of strategic leadership at the National

Defense University in Washington, DC. His focus is organizational effective-
ness with expertise in managing across cultural boundaries. His PhD is from
the Sloan School at MIT. He has also taught at Boston College, the Thunderbird
School of Global Management, and the US Naval War College and is the
author of three books – How Organizations Learn, Learning Practices, and
Systemic Change Management.

JoAnn Difede, PhD is a professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Weill

Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, an attending psychologist at
the New York-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center, and the director of
the Program for Anxiety and Traumatic Stress Studies (PATSS). Dr. Difede
has served as the PI of several DoD- and NIH-funded treatment studies con-
cerning the development of innovative treatments for PTSD. She is an inter-
nationally recognized expert in the assessment and treatment of post-traumatic
stress disorder (PTSD) and a pioneer in the application of virtual reality tech-
nology to the treatment of PTSD.

Colonel Jay E. Earles, PsyD is the chief of the Department of Behavioral

Health at Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Fort Gordon, Georgia.
He has been an Army psychologist for 23 years and is the former psychology
consultant to the Army Surgeon General. His clinical focus is in clinical
health psychology.

Kathryn Ellis, OTR/L is an occupational therapist at Walter Reed National

Military Medical Center at Bethesda since 2011. She is the department subject
matter expert and program developer for sex and intimacy occupational ther-
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apy. Her research focuses on the impact of occupational therapy intervention

for sex and intimacy for improving quality of life and occupational therapy’s
role in healthy sex and intimacy promotion and its impact on service members
and their families. She has experience providing trainings to the military medi-
cal community and coauthored Sex and Intimacy for Wounded Veterans:
A Guide to Embracing Change published in 2015.

Captain (Retired) Matthew S.A. Feely, PhD retired from Naval service in
2013. He has taught economics at the US Naval Academy and the Naval
Postgraduate School and leadership at the National Defense University and
Columbia University. He continues to lecture at Columbia while providing
leadership and economics advice to businesses and political entities. Dr.
Feely is a graduate of the US Naval Academy, earned an MBA and PhD at the
University of Pennsylvania, and is a distinguished graduate of the National
Defense University.

Lieutenant Colonel Rachel E. Foster, PhD currently serves as the research

liaison to the Office of the Secretary of Defense Family Advocacy Program
and as an augmentee from the Office of the Air Force Surgeon General. She
earned her PhD in social work from the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill. Her research and clinical skills primarily focus on the preven-
tion, response, and phenomena of family maltreatment and sexual assault.

Jessica A. Gallus, PhD is the research program manager for the U.S. Army
Sexual Harassment/Assault Response and Prevention (SHARP) Office; her
research foci include sexual harassment and assault prevention and under-
standing the sexual assault of male service members. She has a PhD in indus-
trial/organizational psychology and has published on various aspects of
workplace mistreatment (e.g., sexual harassment, toxic leadership, workplace
incivility).

John Byron Gassaway, PsyD is a clinical sport psychologist at Luke AFB

and the official sport psychologist for Region 1 Gymnastics and provides
relaxation training at HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital. He travels around
the country providing performance enhancement training for athletes ranging
from recreational children to professional adults. Dr. Gassaway has presented
at professional organizations and facilities and published articles related to
mental toughness and life skills.

Thomas M. Gehring, PhD is associate professor of clinical psychology at

the University of Basel, Switzerland, and head of the Department of
Psychology of the Swiss Armed Forces Joint Staff. He is the author of the
Family System Test (FAST).

Randy J. Georgemiller, PhD, ABPP is a clinical psychologist specializing

in adult clinical neuropsychology at Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical
Center where he has been appointed the program leader of the Transgender
Care Team. Much of his professional career has been devoted to LGBT issues
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and advocacy which includes serving as a past president of the Society for the
Psychological Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues
(Division 44 of the American Psychological Association).

Anne Germain, PhD is associate professor of psychiatry at the University

of Pittsburgh and is director of the Sleep and Behavioral Neuroscience
Laboratory. Her federally funded research program focuses on the neurobio-
logical underpinnings of stress-related sleep disturbances, on the impact of
acute and chronic sleep loss of mental health and performance, and on the
treatment of sleep disorders comorbid with post-traumatic stress disorder.

Marjan Ghahramanlou-Holloway, PhD is an associate professor of medi-

cal and clinical psychology and psychiatry at the Uniformed Services
University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) and the chair of the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Task Group on Military Suicide. She
has previously served as a member of the Defense Health Board Task Force
on the Prevention of Suicide by Members of the Armed Forces. Dr. Holloway’s
Laboratory for the Treatment of Suicide-Related Ideation and Behavior at
USUHS focuses on military suicide prevention and the development of
empirically based suicide prevention programs.

Major Michael A. Glotfelter, PsyD is a clinical health psychologist serving

as faculty for clinical psychology residency and the director of clinical health
psychology at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. In addition to interests in health-
related behavior change and self-management of chronic medical conditions,
she has interests in healthcare providers’ attitudes toward sexual minorities
and the impact of gender self-esteem on attitudes toward gender and sexual
minorities.

Captain Jeffrey L. Goodie, PhD, ABPP is a board-certified clinical health

psychologist and an associate professor of medical and clinical psychology
and family medicine at the Uniformed Services University (USU). He cur-
rently serves as the director of clinical training of the clinical psychology
program at USU. CAPT Goodie served for 9 years in the US Air Force before
transitioning to US Public Health Service. He is a fellow of the American
Psychological Association and the Society of Behavioral Medicine.

Jorge E. Grandela, PsyD is a licensed professional counselor at Bright

Horizons Counseling Services and has over 20 years of experience with men-
tal health and substance abuse. He is also affiliated with the US Army
Substance Abuse Program at Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

Captain Ryan R. Green, PhD, ABPP is a board-certified clinical psy-

chologist and active duty Army officer who is completing his fellowship in
neuropsychology at Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. His
primary areas of interest are in the philosophy of neuropsychology, the
relationship between neurology and psychology, and the intersection of
cognition and personality.
xxiv About the Contributors

Colonel (Retired) Carroll H. Greene III, PhD, ABPP is currently the

command psychologist at the Marine Special Operations School. During
deployments for Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom, he sup-
ported joint and combined special operations task forces. For over 20 years,
he has developed and managed diverse programs for the selection, training,
and support of elite military special operations forces.

Major Emily Grieser, PhD is currently the chief of psychological applica-

tions at the 26th Special Tactics Squadron. She earned her PhD in behavioral
medicine from the University of North Texas and completed a postdoctoral
fellowship in health psychology at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center.
Her research interests include behavioral sleep medicine and the impact of
fatigue on human performance.

Arno Hartholt, MSc is the director of research and development integration

at the University of Southern California Institute for Creative Technologies
where he leads the virtual human integration and central asset production and
pipeline group. He is responsible for much of the technology, art, and
­processes related to virtual humans and related systems, in particular at the
interchange between research and industry capabilities. He has a leading role
on a wide variety of research prototypes and applications, ranging from medi-
cal education to military training and treatment.

Colonel (Retired) Sally Harvey, PhD is currently serving as the staff psy-
chologist for the Integrated Disability Evaluation System at Fort Hood, Texas.
Prior to her retirement in 2016, she served as command psychologist for the
Intelligence and Security Command, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, with previous tours
at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany; Womack Army Medical
Center, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu,
Hawaii; and William Beaumont Army Medical Center, Fort Bliss, Texas. In
addition to an interest in operational psychology, she has been increasingly
involved as an advocate for military psychology within her professional
organizations.

Staff Sergeant Sarah Hawley, MS is currently serving on active duty with

the US Army. She has worked as a research assistant for many years on a
variety of topics, including post-traumatic stress disorder in service members,
resiliency and well-being in service members and their spouses, and com-
munication in romantic couples. SSG Hawley will be starting medical school
in the fall of 2017 and plans to continue serving in the Army as a physician.

Krista Beth Highland, PhD is a senior clinical scientist at the Defense and
Veterans Center for Integrative Pain Management at the Uniformed Services
University of the Health Sciences. Her research focuses on the prevention and
treatment of chronic pain and PTSD through enhanced biopsychosocial
assessment and integrative treatment modalities.