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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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posted at 15:57:21 on 04/02/08 - Category: Army
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i will like to be there too
for one it would be a good thing to see your wife or husband everyday even in the worse of times.
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
i believe its an awesom thing that they will let married couples live together at war because it may just be the last time they will be to gether.
and it just makes it alot easier for me to convince my husband to join since im already in!
dont you think that is a little dangeris and distracting to the soldiers because what if they get in to trouble like they are about to get killed and the husband or wife is in the middle of a mission i would think that would be distrackting to the soldiers
i think this is a good idea because i think if you are married to a soldier you should be able to be with them everyday like a normal basis if they weren't in the ARMY.
I'm a professor writing a book about military kids who are left behind. Is it common for BOTH parents to be deployed at the same time? What happens to the children?
i was in the occupation of germanyand my wife was with me in most of that time. i found it was even better for us and the children. do believe it is better for the couple to be together and protect each other
thats awsome dude!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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.
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