The purpose of the PATH Project is to learn about the day-to-day lives and experiences of military personnel. There are two opportunities for active duty military personnel to voluntarily participate in: 1) the PATH Interview and 2) the PATH Questionnaire.

Across the PATH Project, we hope to learn about service members’ social interactions and relationships both inside and outside of the military. We will investigate how social experiences may differ for different types of service members (e.g., Army vs. Air Force), and also assess the connections between social experiences and health, performance, and readiness. Finally, we are interested in learning about deployments and Permanent Change of Stations, and how service members’ social relationships are affected by these military transitions.

We hope that the information obtained from the PATH Project will be used to inform policies and practices to improve the experiences and quality of life of all service members.