Pensacola Florida National Guard Sgt. Sean Blackwell, of Pace, Fla., right, stands next to his Iraqi bride, who did not want to be identified, on their wedding day, Aug. 17, 2003 in Baghdad, Iraq. Family members say Blackwell, 27, and another Florida guardsman, Cpl. Brett Dagen, 37, of Walnut Hill, are being investigated for allegedly violating an order against marrying Iraqi women. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Family)
These Iraq relationships shouldn't come as a shocker. Has there ever been a long-term deployment or war in which GIs didn't bring home war-brides? (There's a reason why every Army base in this country is ringed by various Korean churches and enterprises).