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NEWS ABOUT: troops' families

troops' families stories: 3 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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Troops Must Also Fight
for Custody

Ex-spouses use deployment as an argument against military parents

Dec 30, 08 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 as a legal argument in... More »

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Iraq • military • US troops • custody • child custody • custody battle • troops' families

Nonprofit Builds Free
Houses for Wounded Vets

Mass. group provides 'great ending to bad beginning'

Mar 20, 08 3:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - A nonprofit group is putting up customized homes for badly injured vets returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, the Christian Science Monitor reports. Massachusetts-based Homes for Our Troops is building in 20 states, fueled by donated supplies, land, and labor. “When a vet is in need, people come out of... More »

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