Military families with special needs children face a program meant to ease permanent change-of-station moves and ensure medical and educational support, yet many describe it as a source of added stress rather than relief. Enrollment now covers roughly 105,700 service members and 136,800 family members, or about 8 to 9 percent of the force, according to the Defense Department’s latest annual report to Congress.  Still, a 2022 Defense Department-wide survey found only 43 percent of active-duty