Military Divorce Rate Up
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Military Divorce Rate Up
The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are taking at toll on military marriages.
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(December 3, 2008)--Figures obtained by The Associated Press show that the divorce rate among active duty soldiers in Fiscal 2008 was 3.5 percent, up from 3.3 percent the year before.

Among Marines, 3.7 percent of all marriages failed, up from 3.3 percent.

That amounts to almost 13,300 military divorces.

An Army spokesman says frequent deployments and relocations test intimate relationships.

Some veteran and family groups question whether Pentagon figures are too low.

They say the figures don't take into account many who divorce after leaving the service.

A member of the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America says the figures also don't reflect the marriages that are strained, but still holding together.
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