The American Conservative
by Stephen Baskerville

While our country focuses on the war abroad, many of our soldiers fight personal battles here at home -- or more accurately, can't fight. They are losing their families and getting little help from an administration that claims to 'support the troops' while doing nothing to protect the parental rights of the fathers it sent into combat. All the services are facing a severe drop in recruitment, and additional recruiters, stepped-up advertising, and bigger bonuses have not reversed the trend. The media points to the war itself, but the shortfall also coincides with a dramatic rise in military divorces, which the Army reports have nearly doubled since 2001... (for publication 10/24/05)

http://www.amconmag.com/2005/2005_10_24/article2.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp