LAT: Soldiers often face 2nd fight at home

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Soldiers often face 2nd fight at home
By FAYE FIORE
LOS ANGELES TIMES
July 17, 2005

KILLEEN, Texas - Most of the men in 4th Squad, Charlie Battery, fought two wars while they were in Iraq. There was the war against the insurgents that had them patrolling for roadside bombs and raiding houses at all hours.

Then there was the war back home, which had them struggling, over phone lines from 7,000 miles away, to keep their marriages and bank accounts intact.

They say they eventually got used to the bombs. The crazy possibility of dying any minute didn't haunt them so much. But that other war, that was the one that tore them up in the downtime spent in Sgt. Cox's trailer at Camp Victory. It would get quiet, and then one or another of them would ask: ''So, how are things going at home?'' And they would begin to brood.

They all knew about ''Jody,'' the opportunist of Army lore who moves in on a soldier's girl while the soldier's off fighting a war. They had sung hundreds of cadences in basic training deriding the name. But it had always seemed like a joke, something that happened to others.

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[Hugin]

1. Bush and Cheney are "Jodys"... By the way.

Excellent Article!

Thanks for posting.

Here's hoping they are all home soon.

[alarimer]

2. Nobody should get married so young

At 19, 20?? I bet that's that major cause of this.

[Skittles]

3. I have sent "miss you" cards for soldiers to send home

they are incredibly popular