[Lysandru]

The military is worried about the divorce rate so it blames the spouses instead of the year long deployments???

Hey, the long deployments are a fact of life. And back in WW II-- it wasn't year long-- you stayed until the war was won.

So if the nature of military life demands long stretches away from home (and long hours even in garrison), our service members are well advised to pick their spouses carefully. It takes a deep commitment from a soldier's spouse to support that soldier "for better or worse." And yes, not everyone is up to it.

[TruthNtegrity]

Thanks for reminding everyone of the WW II length of deployments. I have a close friend who's Dad was gone for 6 years, and they didn't have email or even prepaid telephone cards. If they didn't get a letter, or a knock at the door, they were just left waiting.

And wait is just what they did.

What has happened to our family members that they don't unerstand the nature of war?