2024 Military Marriage Study
The 2024 survey results are in! We are using your feedback to better understand and support our service couples.
Meet Our Research Lead
Candace Guelzo is leading the charge on our MMD research. Annually we are looking at the lived experiences of our service couples relationships. This helps us understand the realities of our unique challenges and provide insight on how we can better support one another. Candace shares a few big takeaways from our 2024 Marriage Survey.
PAST STUDIES
2020 Military Marriage Survey Comprehensive Report
The 2020 Military Marriage Survey provides a comprehensive understanding of service couples relationships and challenges encountered by our active duty, reserve, guard and retired veterans. With a participant size of 512 participants, the survey provides insight into service marriages from Army, Air Force, Coast Guard, Marines, Navy and National Guard.
Hear more about the 2020 Military Marriage Survey and it’s findings with Bree Carroll on Hearts & Stripes podcast episode 97!
Military Marriage Survey
The 2020 Military Marriage Survey presents an opportunity to increase dialogue within the military community regarding internal and external challenges that service couples face. Acknowledgement of these factors allows for better resource funding and development, an informed mission impact and a proactive responsibility to the service couple. The desired outcome is a focussed approach to lessening relationship ending impacts. By highlighting areas for improvement and offering solutions to lessen relationship ending cycles, the survey’s findings will be used to strengthen the service community through healthy and sustainable marriages.
“Successful and functioning marriages play a significant part in mission success. This research has exposed several areas and challenges that have been going on for many years within military families..”
— Dr. Tanoa Williams
Are you willing to tell your story?
We are looking to conduct interviews with military spouses to better understand their lived experience for our qualitative study.
Military Marriage Day
Intentionality is a leading value for Military Marriage Day. More than just a holiday, the celebration acts as a springboard to launch additional efforts to support the military marriage relationship. Through strengthening these marriages our military families are bolstered with greater stability. Most importantly this ripple effect builds up or Armed Forces and strengthens our national security.