Armed Forces & Society Journal

Check out this new article in #OnlineFirst! Gender on the Front Line: Representations of Female Military Personnel on Ukrainian Social Media - Nadia Iermakov, Nehemia Stern, Uzi Ben-Shalom, 2025 #OpenAccess journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

From our #mostcited articles: Nigerian Troops in the War Against Boko Haram: The Civilian–Military Leadership Interest Convergence Thesis - Temitope B. Oriola, 2023 #OpenAccess journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

From our #mostcited articles: Boko Haram, security architecture and counterinsurgency in North-East, Nigeria - Nsemba Edward Lenshie, Chikodiri Nwangwu, Christian Ezeibe, Louie Marie A. Ifem, Godwin O. Okafor, 2024 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

From our #mostcited articles: Domestic Military Deployments in Response to COVID-19 - Peter Erickson, Marko Kljajić, Nadav Shelef, 2023 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

From our #mostcited articles: Military Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic Crisis in Latin America: Military Presence, Autonomy, and Human Rights Violations - Igor Acacio (@igoracacio.bsky.social), Anaís M. Passos, David Pion-Berlin (@pdbones.bsky.social), 2023 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Check out the most-cited AF&S articles from the last 3 years! Thank you to all the authors for their incredible scholarship! journals.sagepub.com/action/showM...

New article in #OnlineFirst! “Becoming or Getting by”: Youths’ Inclination to Join a Military Career in Times of Crisis in Brazil - Andreza de Souza Santos, Valeria de Oliveira, Dalson Filho, Antonio dos Santos, Adson Amorim, Gabriel Feltran #OpenAccess journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

From our new issue: Access and Equity Among Veterans During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Research Note - Christos A. Makridis, Gil Alterovitz, Michael Darden, 2025 #NewIssue journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

From our new issue: Declining Mental Health Without Diminished Military Service Motivation in Norwegian Adolescents From 2009 to 2022: A Research Note - Morten Nordmo, Lasse Bang, Anders Øvergaard, Ole Christian Lang-Ree, 2025 #OpenAccess #NewIssue journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Check out this article from our new issue: Do Elections Cause Military Spending to Go Up or Down? New International Evidence - Jeroen Klomp, Jakob de Haan, 2025 #NewIssue journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Scholar spotlight: Brenda L. Moore, an AF&S board member and sitting Secretary of the IUS, has been a pillar of our community and has been widely recognized for her extensive contributions to AF&S and the IUS, her community and university, and to our field. Thank you, Brenda, for all you’ve done!

Check out this article from our new issue: Public Attitudes Toward Diversity, Promotion, and Leadership in the U.S. Military - Robert Ralston (@robertralston.bsky.social), Jennifer Spindel (@spindel.bsky.social), 2025 #NewIssue journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Check out this article from our new issue: Characterizing Excellence: Lessons From Awarded Military-Technological Leaders - Oshri Bar-Gil, 2025 #NewIssue journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

From our new issue: Something to Take Home: A Two-Wave Study of Work–Family Facilitation and Well-Being Among Brazilian Soldiers Prior to and During a Humanitarian Mission - Alda Santos, Beatriz Aguiar, Maria Chambel, Carolina Rodrigues-Silveira #NewIssue journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

From our #trending articles: Concordance Theory: A Retrospective on the Creation of New Civil–Military Relations Theory - Rebecca L. Schiff, 2025 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

From our #trending articles: Civil-Military Relations Reconsidered: A Theory of Concordance - Rebecca L. Schiff, 1995 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

From our #trending articles: The Impact of Perceived Toxic Leadership on Cynicism in Officer Candidates - James M. Dobbs, James J. Do, 2019 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

From our #trending articles: The Military As a Non-Caring Institution: A Case Study of Nigerian Military Widows of the Boko Haram Conflict - Fisayo Ajala, Lindy Heinecken, 2024 #OpenAccess journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

From our #trending articles: The Varieties of Civilian Praetorianism: Evidence From Sudan’s Coup Politics - Salah Ben Hammou (@salahbhpolisci.bsky.social), 2024 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Check out the #trending AF&S articles from the past couple of months! journals.sagepub.com/home/AFS

Check out this article from our new issue: How Does Military Experience Affect Employment: Evidence From China - Dongni Li, 2025 #NewIssue journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

New publication by @ronaldschleehauf.bsky.social, @judithreinbold.bsky.social, @mariusfroehle.bsky.social, @kirareneekurz.bsky.social and Sebastian Jäckle:

CALL OF DUTY? German Public Opinion on Compulsory Service in Post-Zeitenwende Times

In @afssage.bsky.social

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#compulsoryservice #wehrdienst

Check out this article from our new issue: Building a National Army: The Paradoxes of Civil–Military Relations in Ethiopia - Yonas Tariku, Asnake Kefale, 2025 #NewIssue journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Check out this article from our new issue: Risk Factors for Homelessness Among Post-9/11 Era Veterans - Stephen Metraux, Claire A. Kolaja, Baylee Crone, Thomas Byrne, Rudolph P. Rull, Ben Porter, 2025 #NewIssue journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Scholar spotlight: Terence Lee (@terenceleepols.bsky.social), one of our editorial board members, is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the National University of Singapore and first published with AF&S 20 years ago! Thank you for all your contributions and scholarship!

Check out this article from our new issue: The Military Academy as a Civilizing Institution: A Historical Sociology of the Academization of Officer Education in Sweden - Sebastian Larsson (@olovsebastian.bsky.social), 2025 #NewIssue #OpenAccess journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

As we see a rise in coups across Africa, Salah Ben Hammou (@salahbhpolisci.bsky.social) and Jonathan Powell (@drpowell.bsky.social) have been making significant contributions to conversations about coups around the world, including in AF&S! Find their articles here: journals.sagepub.com/home/afs

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Second, and with the same team, in @afssage.bsky.social: "US Combat Medicine and Military Morale"

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As I get ready for the first and last panel of the third day of IUS--which is the biggest/oldest civil-military conference/association in the US--I can't help but marvel how amazing this community is. The folks are sharp, kind, generous, funny, silly, and welcoming. 1/

Judging by the audience, @heidiurben.bsky.social & @proflupton.bsky.social panel is going to be 🔥

#civmilsky #IUS2025