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Troops Must Also Fight for Custody

Ex-spouses use deployment as an argument against military parents

By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff

Posted Dec 30, 2008 3:44 PM CST

(Newser) – They already risk their lives daily in Afghanistan and Iraq, but members of the US military increasingly face a different kind of fight on the home front: custody battles. As military divorce rates rise, so too do the number of ex-spouses of troops using deployment...   Read full story »

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