Military divorces increasing from war stress

2010-04-16T08:51:02Z

Years of wartime has military divorces edging higher as couples cope with separation, stress

The divorce rate in the armed forces continues to edge higher, despite efforts by the military to help struggling couples.

There were an estimated 27,312 divorces among roughly 765,000 married members of the active-duty Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps in the 12 months that ended Sept. 30,

Acceptance of Chronic Illness Helps People Move On

2010-10-24T09:52:56Z

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The beginning

2010-10-22T08:52:47Z

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NJ soldier regains daily access to daughter

2010-10-22T09:28:25Z

NJ soldier regains daily access to daughter she entrusted to ex-boyfriend during Iraq tour

Spc. Leydi Mendoza stood alone among the hugging families in Fort Dix when she and 300 other members of the New Jersey National Guard returned home from Iraq three months ago.

When she went to her ex-b...

Bringing Foreign Voices Home

2010-10-26T20:57:02Z

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Deployed troops battle for child custody

2010-09-09T19:37:15Z

Fighting on 2 Fronts: Deployed Troops Battle for Lost Custody of Children

She had raised her daughter for six years following the divorce, handled the shuttling to soccer practice and cheerleading, made sure schoolwork was done. Hardly a day went by when the two weren't together. Then Lt. Eva Crouch was mobilized with the Kentucky National ...

Iraq Violence

2010-12-31T10:31:21Z

Iraqi Christians pray for slain Christians, Fawzi Rahim, 76, and Janet Mekha, 78, during their funeral Mass at St. George Chaldean Church in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Dec. 31, 2010. Militants in Iraq have attacked at least four Christian homes with a combination of grenades and bombs, killing and wounding a ...

Iraq Christians

2010-12-31T10:31:19Z

Pictures of slain Iraqi Christians displayed at Our Lady of Salvation church in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Dec. 31, 2010. Militants in Iraq have attacked at least four Christian homes with a combination of grenades and bombs, killing and wounding a few people and sending fear into the country's already terrified tiny Christian community, police said. (AP Photo/Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Dec. 31, 2010. Militants in Iraq have attacked at least four Christian homes with a combination of grenades and bombs, killing and wounding a few people and sending fear into the country's already terrified tiny Christian community, police said. (AP Photo/Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2010. Security officials are investigating the possibility of removing some of the hundreds of checkpoints across the city, in a sign of the improving security situation. The checkpoints are designed to catch insurgents, but they also slow down traffic in the alrea...

Iraq Oil

2010-12-28T07:00:36Z

FILE - In this May 31, 2009 file photo, an employee works at Tawke oil fields in the semiautonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq. Iraq's Kurds pushed the central government on Tuesday to recognize oil contracts they signed with international companies by insisting the self-ruled region will not resume exports until Baghdad recognizes the deals. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)

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