Introduction: Subject, audience, and voice / Margaret C. Harrell -- Peacekeepers and politics : experience and political representation among U.S. military officers / Robert A. Rubinstein -- Medical risks and the volunteer army / Jeanne Guillemin -- Guardians of the golden age : custodians of U.S. military culture / Pamela R. Frese -- Gender- and class-based role expectations for army spouses / Margaret C. Harrell -- Weight control and physical readiness among Navy personnel / Joshua Linford-Steinfeld -- The military advisor as warrior-king and other "going native" temptations / Anna Simons -- Integrating diversity and understanding the other at the U.S. Naval Academy / Clementine Fujimura -- Conclusion : Anthropology and the U.S. military / Pamela R. Frese.