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Telephone Use by Peacekeeping Troops in the Sinai

Medical Service Corps, is a social work instructor, Behavioral Science Division, Academy of Health Sciences, Ft. Sam Houston, Texas.

David R. Segal

University of Maryland, College Park.

Clinical observations by the mental health officer attached to a U.S. infantry battalion assigned to the Multinational Force and Observors in the Sinai seemed to confirm earlier suggestions regarding adverse consequences of telephone contact between forward-deployed troops and family members at home. A self-administered survey was conducted to measure soldiers' attitudes and perceptions regarding telephone availability. The results suggest that telephone availability is a mixed blessing. Although most soldiers view the telephone as a positive link to family members, a minority expressed strong negative responses. As telephones increasingly come to complement the mail as a means of maintaining contact between forward-deployed troops and the home front, the characteristics of these means of communication, which have implications for troop morale, will require increased attention.

Armed Forces & Society, Vol. 17, No. 1, 117-126 (1990)
DOI: 10.1177/0095327X9001700106


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