1.10.2005
Army Works To Save Marriages
Associated Press
December 30, 2004
Hopkinsville, KY - When Sgt. Jose Bermudez returned from Iraq early this year, he came home to a new baby and a troubled marriage.
"We were on the brink of divorce," Mandy Bermudez acknowledged as the couple ate lunch recently with their three children, all under age 3.
The Bermudezes were among 300 couples with the Fort Campbell-based 101st Airborne Division who have attended "marriage enrichment" seminars put on by the Army in hopes of saving war-ravaged relationships.
With studies showing divorce rates as high as about 20 percent over two years among couples where one spouse has been sent off to war, the Army is spending $2 million on a variety of marriage programs, including vouchers for romantic getaways to places like the Opryland Hotel in Nashville, Tenn. {continued}Also, see Family Ties That Bind
December 30, 2004
Hopkinsville, KY - When Sgt. Jose Bermudez returned from Iraq early this year, he came home to a new baby and a troubled marriage.
"We were on the brink of divorce," Mandy Bermudez acknowledged as the couple ate lunch recently with their three children, all under age 3.
The Bermudezes were among 300 couples with the Fort Campbell-based 101st Airborne Division who have attended "marriage enrichment" seminars put on by the Army in hopes of saving war-ravaged relationships.
With studies showing divorce rates as high as about 20 percent over two years among couples where one spouse has been sent off to war, the Army is spending $2 million on a variety of marriage programs, including vouchers for romantic getaways to places like the Opryland Hotel in Nashville, Tenn. {continued}Also, see Family Ties That Bind
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