The loss of a loved one is always a difficult and traumatic time that every person in their life must go through. People go through many stages of grief and react differently to death. Some people tend to have a flat spot, while others seek to miss that loved one. Many people feel intense sadness or loss when a loved one dies. This affects how they react to others, their physical and mental health are challenged as well as the length of time they need to heal to overcome this devastating time. In this article, I will discuss the effects of military death and how families react to the loss of their loved ones. Serving your country is one of the best things an individual can do. It gives a sense of security to know that you are capable of fighting for the rights of others and maintaining that great level of freedom that our fathers, our uncles and our brothers fought for during the war. Since 2001, thousands of soldiers have been sent to Iraq and Afghanistan, where they were killed during combat operations, where their families will never see them again. Families who lose individuals during war face the same grievances as other families. There are some unique aspects of losing a military family that people should be aware of. One of them is that “wartime military deaths are part of public events, which diminishes the privacy families usually have while grieving.” Lack of privacy can make it more difficult for family members and other caring adults to protect children from unexpected or unwanted intrusions into family grief. A family may prefer to keep the death private” (Retrieved from http://nctsn.org/sites/default/files/assets/pdfs/military_grief_medical.pdf). The only emotional experience middle of paper. As people we tend to learn over time, it gets better. 66, No.3 (August 2004) (p. 551-566) Number of pages: 16Corr, C & Corr, D "Death & Dying Life & Living" (seventh edition) 2009*Part four - Bereavement (grief, mourning and families p. 267)*Traumatic loss and death p. 271Lieberman, EJ "American Families and the Vietnam War" Journal of Marriage and Family Vol. 33, No. 4, Special Double Issue: Violence and Family and Sexism in Family Studies, Part 2 (November 1971) (pp. 709-721) Number of pages: 13 Traumatic grief in military children: Information for military medical providers country Children's Traumatic Stress Network www.NCTSN.org http://nctsn.org/sites/default/files/assets/pdfs/military_grief_medical.pdf