Now, if this was common knowledge, there might be quite a few more people willing to serve in Iraq. Married soldiers serving in Iraq get to live and sleep together. Here's an excerpt from an Associated Press report:
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.
"It makes a lot of things easier," said Frazier, 33, a helicopter maintenance supervisor in the 3rd Infantry Division. "It really adds a lot of stress, being separated. Now you can sit face-to-face and try to work out things and comfort each other."
Well, yes. Makes sense to me.
It makes sense as far as keeping the marriage strong but not wise to put them both in danger. It is bad enough for the soldiers who are married and both over there at the same time. Even the Clovis brothers that were serving at the same time was bad because one of them saw his brothers plane go down.
*Shrug no one is drafting anyone to be there at this point. If there was a draft then I could see where you would need to be careful about having more than 1-2 family members able to serve.
In my personal opinon let gay partners have the same benefits.
I misunderstood that it was for a civilian spouse and soldier which I would not agree with but if married soldiers are both there I see no reason why they shouldn't be together. A happy heart makes for a more alert person going into combat with a cllear head.
good grief, Jackie, don't you get it? There are no "happy hearts" in Iraq...it's a tragedy, not a comedy.
I do get that a soldier who is with their family is happy versus the ones who aren't. Yes it is a tragedy but they are there doing a job that can be done more effectively with support from home. We shouldn't be spending trillions of dollars to force democracy down the throats of others especially since it doesn't even work for us. My motto is to support them and be thankful while praying for their safe return.
...amen to that.