Soldiers' Divorce Rates Up

[Modem Butterfly]

Turns out, Bush's foreign policy is anti-family.

http://www.military.com/NewsContent/0,13319,FL_divorce_060805,00.html

The number of active-duty soldiers getting divorced has been rising sharply with deployments to Afghanistan and Iraq.

The trend is severest among officers. Last year, 3,325 Army officers' marriages ended in divorce -- up 78% from 2003, the year of the Iraq invasion, and more than 31/2 times the number in 2000, before the Afghan operation, Army figures show. For enlisted personnel, the 7,152 divorces last year were 28% more than in 2003 and up 53% from 2000. During that time, the number of soldiers has changed little.

The stress of combat, long separations and difficulty readjusting to family life are key reasons for the surge, Army officials say.

"Rising through the ranks, every subsequent job gets more difficult, more intense and more demanding," says Col. Pamela Hart, an Army spokeswoman. "So the stressors are extreme in the officer corps, especially when we're at war, and officers have an overwhelming responsibility to take care of their soldiers as well as the soldiers' families. There's a lot of responsibility on the leaders' shoulders, which, I can assure you, takes away from the home life."

[Deja Q]

1. Thx for the link.

I ranted on this yesterday after (inadvertantly) watching the local tv news:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=3810383

[Modem Butterfly]

5. Great minds think alike

Strange ones, too!

:evilgrin:

[jojo54]

2. So, I'm imagining CCB fuming in the W.H.

counting the extra government dollars that will have to be paid to the single mothers or fathers for the extended child tax credit. This whole debacle is blowing up in his face! :nuke:

[liberal N proud]

3. USA Today has same story

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-06-07-soldier-divorces_x.htm

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6. I think this is a reprint of the USA Today story, actually

[underpants]

4. Go to the border, come home sign divorce papers, go to the border....

That is how they used to say Scouts lives were in Germany.

[Crankie Avalon]

7. So, not only are Bush and his war...

...making us safer from terrorism, but helping out with marriage and "family values," too! :patriot: :puke:

[gratuitous]

8. Oh, who really cares?

The important thing is that gay people aren't getting married! I think we all know how offensive that is to the sanctity of marriage.