“…Predeployment attributes have also been shown to contribute to the mental health outcome of deployment (Cabrera, Hoge, Bliese, Castro, & Messer, 2007; Michel, Lundin, & Larsson, 2005). Particularly, maltreatment‐related adverse childhood experiences (ACEs; e.g., sexual abuse, physical abuse, neglect) have been widely acknowledged as risk factors for producing emotional and physical health problems in adulthood (Afifi et al, 2008; Felitti, 2009; Li, D'Arcy, & Meng, 2016; McLaughlin et al, 2017; Teicher, Samson, Anderson, & Ohashi, 2016; Wang et al, 2018; Xue et al, 2015), specifically contributing to the vulnerability to the toxic effects of deployment stress (Clancy et al, 2006; Dedert et al, 2009; Xue et al, 2015; Youssef et al, 2013).…”