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Army Allowing Spouses to Live Together in Iraq

Posted Mar 31, 08 4:48 PM CDT in US 

(Newser) – Desperate to combat sagging morale from repeated deployments to Iraq, the US Army has quietly eased rules against married soldiers living together at war, the AP reports. Wedded soldiers in certain camps can now cohabitate in private trailers. "It makes a lot of things easier," said soldier and husband Marvin Frazier.

"Now you can sit face-to-face," Frazier added, "try to work out things and comfort each other." That the Army even considered the policy shows how many couples have been sent to Iraq, but how great the strain of war has been, analysts say. "It's better for the soldiers, which means overall it's better for the Army," said one commander.

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