Despite cramped quarters, few spats between spouses

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Capts. Jose and Tracy Leon, who married last May, are one of a pair of newlywed couples living next door to each other at Forward Operating Base Delta, Iraq.


Despite cramped quarters, few spats between spouses
By Ashley Rowland, Stars and Stripes
Mideast edition, Saturday, February 14, 2009

KUT, Iraq — Available: One cozy honeymoon suite with desert view, free rent, and meals included.

Some customers have complained that the occasional rocket attack ruins a romantic night, but, hey, it’s a war zone – what do you expect?

At little Forward Operating Base Delta in southern Iraq, at least two couples are newlyweds, spending their first year of marriage in tiny trailers with walls thin enough to hear a conversation next door.

And they don’t mind.

"Sometimes I’ll start complaining about something or he’ll start complaining about something, then we’ll look at each other. I’ll stop and say, ‘We get to see each other every single day,’ " said 1st Lt. Stephanie Christopher.


Rest of article at: http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=60709

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1. Actually, my cousin n law was tooooo cramped.

They lived in a dorm space. The anxiety of her husband going out on mission, saddled with stress, saddled with a son back home being taken care of by grandparents.. Well, she cheated on her husband while they were at camp... he doesn't know, but if he did, he'd kill her. The other man was married and he was stupid enough to think she'd leave her family for him.. he started making threats that he'd tell on her.. and she e-mailed his wife back in the states and told first. what a freaking circus. I've heard all kinds of stories coming out of there. Crazy stuff you don't really want to think of our troops doing.