[SandRat]

Married Army Reserve Lt. Cols. Bernd and Virginia Zoller both serve as public affairs officers at Balad, Iraq, located about 50 miles north of Baghdad. Photo by Gerry J. Gilmore

[SandRat]

The Zollers will celebrate their first year of marriage Aug. 29. In a combat zone.

[Calpernia]

Bernd and Virginia Zoller are two full-time Army Reserve officers with a lot in common, pulling military duty in an uncommon place.

First off, the Zollers share the same rank -- lieutenant colonel -- and both are public affairs officers.

"We were promoted together here on Dec. 24 in this room," Lt. Col. Virginia Zoller said during a July 27 interview with American Forces Press Service here.