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War News Updates (Free subscription) | yesterday
From The L.A. Times: The divorce rate in the armed forces increased slightly again in the last year as military marriages continued to bear the stress of the nation’s ninth year at war. In the 2009 fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, there were an estimated 27,312 divorces among the nearly 765,000 married members of the active-duty Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps, according to figures provided...
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L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
War is taking a toll at home, with figures showing a slow upward trend as American forces have fought in Iraq and Afghanistan. But some say the damage is much worse than the Pentagon data suggest. The toll for a nation long at war is evident in military homes: The divorce rate in the armed forces edged up again in the past year despite programs to help struggling couples, and the rate now is a full...
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西儒 ─ The Western Confucian (Free subscription) | yesterday
Bill Kauffman 's observation that "the first casualty of the militarized U.S. state is the family", made in his 2003 article, George Bush, the Anti-Family President , comes to mind with this news today — Divorce rate rises in military homes . Subscribe in a reader
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Top Stories from Newser (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
The divorce rate in the armed forces increased slightly again in the past year as military marriages continued to bear the stress of the nation's ninth year at war. In the 2009 fiscal year, which ended Sept. 30, there were an estimated 27,312 divorces among the nearly 765,000...
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Liberal Common Sense (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
I don't normally cross post, but I thought this post that I wrote on Glass City Jungle this morning might interest some of the readership here as well...I saw this headline on WTOL then did some further searching to see if additional information was reported. The basics:WASHINGTON (AP) - The divorce rate in the armed forces increased slightly again in the past year as military marriages
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Perspective Journal: News and Polit (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
AP – The divorce rate in the armed forces increased slightly again in the past year as military marriages continued to bear the stress of the nation’s ninth year at war. No tags for this post.
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Politics Index (Free subscription) | yesterday
AP - The divorce rate in the armed forces continues to edge higher, despite efforts by the military to help struggling couples.
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Politics Index (Free subscription) | yesterday
AP - The toll for a nation long at war is evident in military homes: The divorce rate in the armed forces edged up again in the past year despite many programs to help struggling couples, and the rate now is a full percentage point higher than around the time of the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
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Denver Post (Free subscription) | yesterday
The toll for a nation long at war is evident in military homes: The divorce rate in the armed forces edged up again in the past year despite many programs to help couples, and the rate now is a full percentage point higher than around the time of the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
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Perspective Journal: News and Polit (Free subscription) | yesterday
AP – The divorce rate in the armed forces continues to edge higher, despite efforts by the military to help struggling couples. No tags for this post.
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ABC 7 News - Latest Headlines (Free subscription) | yesterday
The divorce rate in the armed forces continues to edge higher... despite efforts by the military to help struggling couples from ABC 7 News
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One Old Vet (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
Military divorces edge up as war takes its toll By Gregg Zoroya, USA TODAY Divorce rates among Army enlisted soldiers continued a gradual and steady increase for the seventh straight year with nearly 10,000 married G.I.s ending marriages during fiscal 2009, according Pentagon figures released Friday. Four percent of marriages among enlisted soldiers failed. The trend mirrors findings [...]
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American Conservative Daily (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
The divorce rate in the U.S. armed forces increased slightly again in the past year as military marriages continued to bear the stress of the country's ninth year at war.
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New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Australasian gannets are not monogamous as previously thought, but have a significant "divorce" rate, Auckland University researchers say.The divorce rate from one breeding season to the next was about 40 per cent, research leader...
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Sigmund, Carl and Alfred (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
The National Post: A just-released study from the Vanier Institute of the Family (read it here on PDF) by York University professor Anne-Marie Ambert, Divorce: Facts, Causes and Consequences, vindicates assumptions many conservatives hold instinctively, and may provoke some discomfort in “progressives.” To begin with some good news: Divorce rates are not as high as we thought. [...]
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englishrusian | 08/11/2009
With the divorce rate on the increase in the USA and western and women becoming increasingly independent often placing their careers before family and husband, It is no surprise to know that many men have joined the Russian brides bandwagon. The media has often painted a black picture of Russian dating , sometimes with good reason, due to fake dating sites, Russian brides scammers, and guys losing...
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