The 5 Love Languages Military Edition: The Secret to Love That Lasts
Chapman, Gary & Green, Jocelyn
Praise for The 5 Love Languages Military Edition
In our 39 years in the Army and especially in the years since 9/11/01, Paula and I have witnessed firsthand the extreme stress on many military marriages and the need for couples to build “emotional love resilience.” As long-time practitioners of The 5 Love Languages, we are thrilled that military couples will now have a targeted version that speaks “their own language” and will help them renew their love for each other. You can have a successful military career and a healthy marriage—The 5 Love Languages Military Edition will help show you the way!
~LTG (RET.) R. L. VANANTWERP, U.S. Army
A healthy military marriage is a tall order even in peacetime. Two wars and their aftermath have exacted an immeasurable toll on millions of service members and their spouses since 09-11-01. Chapman and Green’s proven insights can help emotionally wounded military couples to speak the language of love even on the chaotic journey that is post-traumatic stress.
~MARSHELE CARTER WADDELL, veteran Navy SEAL spouse and coauthor of Wounded Warrior, Wounded Home: Hope and Healing for Families Living with PTSD and TBI
When Barb and I learned that our two friends Jocelyn Green and Gary Chapman had teamed up to bring The 5 Love Languages to military marriages, we knew it was going to be a “1-2 punch”! And it is! The life message that Gary brings on the love languages through the experience and filter of Jocelyn Green, a star in the field of ministering to military families, offers the reader a powerful insight into strengthening their military home! Having ministered to military marriages ourselves, we know some of the unique needs of these heroic families. And we guarantee the reader this resource will further equip you to “crack the code” and learn how to better connect with your spouse! Read it and give it to every military family you know!
~DR. GARY AND BARB ROSBERG, America’s Family Coaches, authors, 6 Secrets to a Lasting Love, radio broadcasters, speakers, and passionate military marriage advocates
For years, our family has communicated using The 5 Love Languages and found the results to be incredibly successful. Now, with the military version of this book, we are able to express love in an effective, encouraging, and empathetic manner that helps our military members and their families know how much we truly care about them. As the wife of a fighter pilot and mom to sons in the Marines, Air Force, and Army, I’m delighted to recommend this critical resource to the many military groups I address on a regular basis. Buy this book for your favorite military family as a way of thanking them for their service.
~ELLIE KAY, author of the bestselling Heroes at Home, “America’s Military Family Expert”?
I have used The 5 Love Languages over the past 12 years to conduct numerous marriage enrichment weekend events, in formal counseling with couples, informal counseling as I walk about ministering to people, and in dealing with leaders. The adaptation of the original 5 Love Languages to a military focus will only enhance the positive effects this book produces. I firmly believe that this is not only one of the best books for relationship improvement, it is also one of the best leadership books on the market today. The ability to understand subordinate, peer, and senior love language needs improves every organization’s relationships as leaders meet these needs. Thank you Dr. Chapman and Jocelyn Green for improving on a great book so that we might reach more effectively those Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen to whom so many of our great ministers of faith have been called.
~CH (MAJ) SCOTT BROWN, U.S. Army
As an Army wife of more than 25 years, I have lived the roller-coaster life of constant moves and separations. During my quest to find resources to help sustain a loving marriage I came across a lot of valuable research and advice, but it wasn’t applicable for couples who face the stress of deployments and redeployments along with the fast tempo and demands of military life. FINALLY, Dr. Chapman’s reputable work with The 5 Love Languages and Jocelyn Green’s insight into military life have produced the perfect combination to help military couples see that a healthy, loving marriage and a successful military career are both possible. This is the book we have been seeking. What a treasured gift for our military families.