56,000 in the Army _ active, National Guard and Reserve _ have divorced since the campaign in Afghanistan started in 2001.
Some 740,000 people _ or a little more than half of all troops in the active-duty armed forces _ are married.
Of those, some 96,000 had spouses also in uniform in the 2004 budget year, according to Pentagon figures.
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What a frivolous, outcome-based article, LOL The above are the only facts I can see in it.
But, if about half of the 740k are ARMy, 56k divorces ain't bad--a ratio of about 1 divorce per 13 marriages endind in divorce over a 5 year period. Civilian stats are worse than that, I think. (In this quick math, I have assumed that about half of all active duty troops are Army)
whoops, shound have typed 1 divorce in 6.5 marriages......