I recently read several articles about the recent "Families Under Stress", as researched by Rand Corp. The research has been on military families, divorce rates, deployments, and family stress.
WASHINGTON - Divorce in the nation's military was no higher after four
years of war than it was in peacetime a decade earlier, despite the
stress of long and repeated tours of duty.
A yearlong study by Rand Corp. says divorces rose from 2.5 percent
of military marriages in 2001 to 3 percent in 2005. But that is still
short of a previous Pentagon theory that marriage breakups had been
soaring due to the strain of fighting the campaigns in Iraq and
Afghanistan, lead researcher Benjamin Karney said Thursday
You can read and download the entire report HERE.
I am interested in seeing a study done on "how" military couples are surviving, what tactics are they using. That might be particularly helpful to Chaplains, councilors, and young couples.
I have heard the following from a lot of military spouses.
"Being physically separated, creates an environment, in which we have to become MORE open emotionally."
I think the report offers some good news, and I would like to hear how you are all keeping your military marriage and family intact.
