When American soldiers get off duty in Iraq, the men usually return to their quarters, the women to theirs. But Staff Sgt. Marvin Frazier gets to go back to a small trailer with two pushed-together single beds that he shares with his wife. In a historic but little-noticed change in policy, the Army is allowing scores of husband-and-wife soldiers to live and sleep together in the war zone — a move aimed at preserving marriages, boosting morale and perhaps bolstering re-enlistment rates at a time when the military is struggling to fill its ranks five years into the fighting.
Brilliant. It has been a mystery why till now married troops were not allowed to live together since we have lifted the ban on women in the war zone. Applause to the higher ups who probably consulted many sergeants on this one. Do you think allowing married troops to live together in a war zone is a good policy?
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i think that anyone who is married should be allowed to stay in a war zone together is a great policy as long as they focas on the army and not just there married life and on each other right now i am engaged so it is kinda hard because i barley get to see my soon to be husband but i really think that they should let me go with him as long as i dont get in the way which i would not do that cuz im about to go into the army myself
This is tough. This policy sounds like a good thing. I would not support allowing the wives and husbands that are civilians to go in to the war zone. It would be a huge distraction and dangerous in other ways. Civilians are not trained for war; reporters (and residents) aside, they should not be allowed in to a war zone. Two military personnel who are married should not be kept apart if they are deployed together, however, because they are trained and as prepared for the worst as they can be before the worst actually happens.
i honestly think that this is good in a way...but then its not a good idea....it would be a big distracton to the soiders on my opinion.. but then again i dont know......i would love to be with my husband every second of his and my life but i wuld do what ever it takes to do what he has to do as a soilder in the military......
I think its a great idea. My husband is currently deployed for 12 months and I am also in the Military. We are in different units. My husband is due home, one month before I deploy for 18 months. During my 18 month deployment, my husband is scheduled to deploy again, causing us to be apart for more than 3 years. We both understand what our jobs are and I don't think that it would be very distracting for other soldiers. When I honestly think about it, yes, we would be in the same room together at night, but during the day we work our separate ways, possibly go to chow together and that's it. Just being able to see him everyday would be more than I could ever ask for.
