56,000 Divorces the Army during Bush’s wars? I bet the marriage rate is down as well. What will the American Family Association have to say about this astounding statistic? I bet it’s something like, “While war can cause a considerable strain on military families, at least ‘the gays’ haven’t been able to destroy the sanctity of marriage.”
Army Teaches Troops How to Pick a Spouse
Defense Department records show more than 56,000 in the Army — active, National Guard and Reserve — have divorced since the campaign in
Afghanistan started in 2001.Officials partly blame long and repeated deployments which started after the invasion of
Iraq in 2003 and stretched the service thin.