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    Moms helping soldiers

      Flea collars and a prayer are tucked inside a brown shipping box bound for a remote region of Afghanistan. Karla Smiley, 44, stuffs another box with chocolate chip granola bars, a pair of white socks, eye drops and ChapStick -- essentials for a soldier trying to survive the elements of a foreign terrain. Two boxes down, more than 1,200 left to go. ``Every soldier deserves a mom,'' says Smiley, of Fort...read more...
    Posted on: Nov 18 2009 - 06:00:00 AM
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    War ripping apart military families

    By DAVID CRARY, AP National Writer FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. — Far from the combat zones, the strains and separations of no-end-in-sight wars are taking an ever-growing toll on military families despite the armed services' earnest efforts to help. Divorce lawyers see it in the breakup of youthful marriages as long, multiple deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan fuel alienation and mistrust. Domestic violence experts see it in...read more...
    Posted on: Jul 28 2008 - 08:40:00 AM
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