Four other couples were approached but declined to participate in the study. Their general concern was a desire to maintain family privacy in an institution as small as the Irish Defence Forces. This limitation suggests a challenge in undertaking research in organizations such as the Military or the Defence Forces, due to the size of the organization and the concern that partaking in such research could prove detrimental to career progression in the future. However, the six military personnel (and their respective spouses) that engaged in this study did so comprehensively and provided a rich set of findings.