Topic: Iraq

Years of wartime has military divorces edging higher as couples cope with separation, stressThe 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 ...
11/10/2009 Print E-mail For chronically ill patients, giving up the hope that they will get better may actually lead to more happiness, U.S. researchers suggest.. Sometimes, if hope makes people put off getting on with their life, it can get in the ...

The beginning

So I have been doing a lot of thinking, since Ive been in Iraq and I know the one thing I want is to loose weight. Im a little nervous only because I hate failing at things! A little about myself I ...
NJ soldier regains daily access to daughter she entrusted to ex-boyfriend during Iraq tourSpc. 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 ...

Bringing Foreign Voices Home

Then, I was invited to go on a literary jaunt to Germany. Germany, like many other European countries, has a portion of its cultural ministry devoted to getting German books translated abroad-supporting German culture in that way and disseminating it. They had ...
Fighting on 2 Fronts: Deployed Troops Battle for Lost Custody of ChildrenShe 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 ...