The Social Adaptation of the Military, Discharged from Military Service - Necessary or by Request

Abstract

Тo the modern globalized and dynamic world, the human is the crucial key factor, perceived as individual personality, the team and the relationships between people in this team based on self-awareness. Increasingly discussed topic is the predominantly social nature of its activity. On the agenda appears the problem of social adaptation and protection of certain groups of occupations. One of these professional groups are the social adaptation of the military at the end of their career and their preparation for proper realization in the public - private sector of economy. Moreover, unlike previous researches, refracted through the prism of the military institution social policy, with this article we aim to explore and argue our necessity of social adaptation of the military leaving the system of the armed forces of the Bulgarian Army in compliance with the scientific rationalization of social work. The need for transparency and equal treatment of users of social services and respect for the dignity of the military, presupposes the importance of the social work with them. This is supported also by the fact that hundreds of specialists from the army have been transferred to the public sector and are able to make a significant contribution to the reconstruction of Bulgarian society and add value but this is not the case in real life. There is often an impression that that their experience and knowledge is unnecessary. People who have committed themselves to military service at young age, as a rule, adapt to the conditions of civilian life with difficulty. Despite having a special military skills and knowledge they actually form a new "risk group", especially when they fall to the attention of the criminal world. There are various analyses and reports of the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy and the Ministry of Defence on this issue that are very indicative. In confirmation of this, a third of them are offered "a job" in the security departments of various private organizations, banks and / or specialized licensed private security units.

Keywords: SOCIAL WORK, SOCIAL MANAGEMENT, SOCIAL ADAPTATION OF THE MILITARY

JEL Classification: J00; J01; J08