Read more soldiers' families stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/23051/soldiers-families.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 6:28:44 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/50884/should-we-allow-coffin-pics.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama is reviewing a media ban at Dover Air Force Base, where dead soldiers arrive in flag-draped coffins, but "in truth, it's not an easy issue," John Barry writes in Newsweek . There is widespread support for raising the ban "as a way of reminding the public of the cost...http://www.newser.com/story/50884/should-we-allow-coffin-pics.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 15 Feb 2009 16:26:03 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/47315/army-sends-john-doe-letter-to-slain-soldiers-kin.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Army had good intentions in mind when it sent a letter to families of soldiers killed in Iraq to inform them of available services. Problem is, the letters to ease the most personal of sacrifices all began the same way: "Dear John Doe." Now Army chief of staff Gen....http://www.newser.com/story/47315/army-sends-john-doe-letter-to-slain-soldiers-kin.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 07 Jan 2009 19:05:02 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/27408/bush-sacrificed-golf-to-honor-war-dead.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Bush gave up playing golf five years ago because he felt it was inappropriate to play while families mourned loved ones killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, he revealed in an interview with Politico. Bush was lampooned for playing golf while discussing terrorism in Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 911.http://www.newser.com/story/27408/bush-sacrificed-golf-to-honor-war-dead.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 14 May 2008 6:52:08 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/23517/army-battles-high-divorce-rates.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA jump in divorce rates since the start of the Iraq war has the Army concerned. Marriages are falling apart as soldiers return home from tours of combat duty emotionally distant and unwilling to discuss their experiences. The military has now launched 'marriage education' retreats to try and repair the...http://www.newser.com/story/23517/army-battles-high-divorce-rates.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 05 Apr 2008 5:56:03 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/21062/a-colonels-toughest-duty-the-condolence-letter.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAmerican warfare has changed over hundreds of years, but one tradition that remains is a commander’s condolence letter to the family of a fallen soldier. The Wall Street Journal spends time with a lieutenant colonel in Iraq who writes his letters by hand whenever one of his men dies. "I...http://www.newser.com/story/21062/a-colonels-toughest-duty-the-condolence-letter.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 08 Mar 2008 16:43:51 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/19076/overseas-tours-cost-soldiers-child-custody.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn what the Pentagon and parent-advocacy groups agree is a growing trend, troops serving overseas are unable to maintain custody of their children upon their return, NPR reports. One National Guardswoman raised her son until her unit deployed to Iraq, when his father took temporary custody. AFter she returned home,...http://www.newser.com/story/19076/overseas-tours-cost-soldiers-child-custody.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 15 Feb 2008 15:35:00 CST