Non-serving partners of personnel in the British military endure numerous challenges due to their association with the Armed Forces and complex systems of support exist to mitigate some disadvantages they might experience. Military research suggests that support-seeking can be stigmatised, limiting the effectiveness of existing support systems. However, it seldom engages with how stigma is produced, often obscuring reflection on normative and disciplinary power, rendering discussions politically anesthetised. Through the thematic analysis of welfare policy and provision, interviews with welfare-providers and military partners, this article develops understandings of stigma as a barrier to support-seeking, considering how it is produced and how it is productive of gendered militarised neoliberalism.

英国军队人员的非服役伙伴由于与武装部队的联系而面临许多挑战，并且存在复杂的支持系统以减轻他们可能遇到的一些不利条件。军事研究表明，寻求支持可能会被污名化，从而限制了现有支持系统的有效性。然而，它很少涉及污名是如何产生的，常常掩盖了对规范和纪律权力的反思，使讨论在政治上被麻醉。通过对福利政策和供给的专题分析、对福利提供者和军事伙伴的采访，本文深入理解污名是寻求支持的障碍，考虑它是如何产生的，以及它如何产生性别军事化的新自由主义。