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Operation ME Investigators Contribute to New Book

Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth, distinguished professor and director of the Military Family Research Insitute at Purdue University, has partnered with four investigators from MFRI’s Operation Military Experience study to co-author a chapter in the book, “Parent-Child Separation: Causes, Consequences, and Pathways to Resilience.” The chapter, “Parental Deployment and Military Children: A Century of Research,” puts into […]

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MFRI Honors OpME Logo Design Contest Winner

In 2019, MFRI and the Military Child Education Coalition (MCEC) invited youth in sixth to 12th grades to compete in a logo contest for Operation Military Experience. The winning logo was designed by military child John Ruedisueli, who, along with one of his parents, received transportation and lodging for a four-day, three-night trip to Washington, D.C. […]

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