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NEWS ABOUT: military families

military families stories: 12 news summaries

 Long Wars Fray  
 Military Marriages 

Brief homecomings make healing difficult

Aug 4, 09 4:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - With the Iraq and Afghanistan wars dragging on, long, multiple deployments are taking a toll on military families, USA Today reports. Troops develop instincts on the battlefield that don’t translate at home, while spouses learn to live independently—and when troops return home, there’s often too little time... More »

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divorce • military spouses • military families • Iraq war • returning troops • troops' families • Afghanistan war • separation

Michelle Says Nation Owes Military Families More

First Lady to pay special attention to hurting relatives of soldiers

Mar 13, 09 9:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Michelle Obama usually keeps it pretty cool. But in her first TV interview since moving into the White House, she showed particular emotion talking about the precarious state of military families. “It hurts, it hurts,” she told Robin Roberts of ABC. “These are people who are willing... More »

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military • Michelle Obama • military families • Fort Bragg

ANALYSIS

Pentagon Wants 'Virtual Parents' for Military Kids

Program would sub artificial intelligence for moms, dads overseas

Jan 8, 09 11:25 AM CST
(Newser) - The US Department of Defense hopes to ward off trauma for children with deployed parents by replacing mommy or daddy with a computerized replica, Melissa Lafsky writes for Discover. The proposal, pitched on DoD’s “Small Business Innovation Web” site, describes a “highly interactive PC- or Web-based application... More »

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artificial intelligence • children • Department of Defense • military families

Michelle Obama Keeps Focus on Military Families

Would-be first lady reaches traditional GOP constituency

Oct 20, 08 10:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Michelle Obama has quietly carved out a niche that helps offset concerns about her husband's lack of military background: reaching out to spouses of service members. Rather than just delivering a speech, she's been hosting roundtable discussions, Politico reports. “I am here to listen and to do... More »

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Barack Obama • Michelle Obama • military spouses • military families • Election 2008

No Clear Favorite for Military Families in Election

Veteran McCain has support, but wars' toll pushes many toward Obama

Oct 6, 08 1:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Members of the US military and their families are looking to the November election to address the hardships of military life, but opinions vary as to which candidate will serve them best, the Boston Globe reports. John McCain’s vows to honor service—and promise of higher pay—have clear... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • divorce • US military • military families • Election 2008 • deployments • Iraq war • Afghanistan war

Soldier Missing After Blaze in
NC Apartment

24-year-old divorcing man she accused of domestic violence

Jul 11, 08 5:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - North Carolina police are searching for a female soldier who disappeared yesterday, her apartment blackened by a fire police are calling an arson, the Fayetteville Observer reports. Holley Lynn Wimunc, 24, was in divorce proceedings with her husband, against whom she'd recently gained a restraining order after a domestic-violence incident.... More »

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missing soldiers • North Carolina • domestic violence • US Army • soldier • military families • restraining order

 Long Journey Home From Iraq 

A soldier's remains touches many

Jun 8, 08 5:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - One soldier's death reveals more of America's pain more starkly than Iraqi war statistics ever could. So one reporter discovered as he followed the remains of Indiana native son Sgt. Robert Joe Montgomery from a pass near the Tigris to a funeral in Scottsburg, meeting all who suffered along the... More »

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Iraq • Iraq death toll • America • cost • military families • casualties • Iraq war

In Wartime, Soldiers' Kids Graduate Alone

Parents' duty sets
apart students at military-base school

May 23, 08 4:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Fort Campbell High’s graduation had the usual pomp and circumstance—along with a familiar pall. Many of the seniors crossing the stage did so without a mom or dad watching from the audience. Fort Campbell is the biggest military base high school in the US, and nearly every student... More »

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military bases • military families • Iraq war

Army Allowing Spouses
to Live Together in Iraq

Long-standing policy gives way in name of boosting morale, re-enlistment

Mar 31, 08 4:48 PM CDT
(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... More »

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Iraq • deployment • marriage • US military • US Army • soldier • military families • cohabitation

Military Death Payments Trouble Families

$500,000 windfalls for next of kin can cause confusion, discord

Mar 22, 08 8:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - The military pays $500,000 to the next of kin of every soldier killed in Iraq or Afghanistan, but the sudden injection of cash during a time of grief often throws survivors off balance. Young military spouses can struggle with money management and long-lost friends and relatives sometimes appear asking... More »

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War on Terror • US military • military spouses • compensation • benefits • military families • Iraq war • life insurance • Afghanistan war

Overseas Tours Cost Soldiers Child Custody

Deployment often means troops have rough time in court

Feb 15, 08 3:35 PM CST
(Newser) - In what the Pentagon and parent-advocacy groups agree is a growing trend, troops serving overseas are unable to maintain custody of their children upon their return, NPR reports. One National Guardswoman raised her son until her unit deployed to Iraq, when his father took temporary custody. AFter she returned home,... More »

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parenting • National Guard • US military • military families • Iraq veterans • Afghanistan veterans • Tanya Towne • soldiers' families • custody battle

Bush Losing Military Families

60% no longer support Bush or Iraq war

Dec 7, 07 6:15 AM CST
(Newser) - Military families, traditionally staunch supporters of presidents in time of war, are abandoning President Bush and wavering in their endorsement of the conflict in Iraq, according to a new Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg  poll. Nearly 60% of military families disapprove of the president's job performance and say the war is not... More »

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Afghanistan • poll • military families • Iraq war • George W. Bush

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