MILITARY LIFE

LIVE AND LEARN: Incidental learning can happen when we grasp something new from reading a novel, watching a movie, going shopping, chatting with a friend, playing a video game, doing household chores, playing sports, taking a hike, or traveling somewhere near or far.

LIVE AND LEARN: Incidental learning can happen when we grasp something new from reading a novel, watching a movie, going shopping, chatting with a friend, playing a video game, doing household chores, playing sports, taking a hike, or traveling somewhere near or far.

LIVE AND LEARN: Incidental learning can happen when we grasp something new from reading a novel, watching a movie, going shopping, chatting with a friend, playing a video game, doing household chores, playing sports, taking a hike, or traveling somewhere near or far.

EMBEDDING INCIDENTAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN YOUR PERMANENT CHANGE OF STATION

BY ANGELA SHAW

Mindful focus upon incidental learning can ease the stress of PCS occurrences. Families who are military-connected are greatly similar to their civilian counterparts, however, those in the family of the service member have unique perspectives, adventures and challenges.

Due to the practice of regularly scheduled duty transfers across the map or around the globe, military connected kids are a highly mobile group, experiencing frequent moves across our nation or worldwide. These recurrent duty transfers from one post or base to the next, termed a permanent change of station (PCS), may occur every two to four years, relative to assignment. The PCSing of families in the military is linked to increased incidence of school transitions and numerous changes in hometowns that may differ intensely rel