Ironically, it wasn't TV, cell phones or E-mail that caused problems for my unit. When we suffered our first casualty, it was a numbnuts officer on the general staff back home who was officially in the loop that told a few wives about it at a reception - before the official notification process was complete. Shortly thereafter the rumor mill and panic had set in. Loose lips damn near sank our ship in that particular instance...
Well, all I can say is that all the technology has made it much easier in my mind to have my kids all over the place. It's a whole lot easier with email than waiting six week for snail mail. And, yes, one was in Iraq and will be going back shortly. I treasure the emails and phone calls. I enjoyed that phone call from Colombia last night too!