Military Divorce Rate At Highest Level Since 1999 -- USA TodayThe military divorce rate reached its highest level since 1999, as nearly 30,000 marriages ended in fiscal 2011, raising the prospect that troop withdrawals may lead to more divorce, according to interviews and Pentagon data released Tuesday.
"As the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan draw down, we're going to put more families together who haven't been used to being together," says Chaplain Carleton Birch, a spokesman for the Army Office of the Chief of Chaplains.
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Update: Military Divorce Rates Continue Steady Climb -- Military.com
My Comment: With the wars winding down .... and service personnel returning home .... I expect this total to climb significantly in the next year or two.
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