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Hello and

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welcome to around the Air Force . A

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recent study raised concerns that

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lengthy separations were leading to

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rising divorce rates among military

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families , seniors and Jared Watson

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takes a look at the study's findings .

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A study released by the rand

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corporation on marriage and divorce in

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the military tries to answer some tough

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questions on military marriage and

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divorce statistics . What rand did was

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they looked at a 10 year snapshot five

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years before 2001 , 5 years after and

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took a look at , is there a

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relationship between deployments

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and this one is stress and divorce .

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Some services have reported a rise in

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divorce rates . The army , for example ,

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is up from 3.3% in 2007 to

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3.5 and 2008 and the Marine Corps

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showed an increase of .4% over the same

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period . This may have some asked the

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question , is there a connection

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between military divorce and

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deployments ? Experts say there is no

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doubt deployments at enormous stress to

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military families , but they also say

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strains prior to deployment . Maybe the

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real issue , there's so many different

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variables . When did this couple get

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married ? What was the relationship

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before the deployment ? Um , and then

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when you factor in personalities ,

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it's really tough to say , um ,

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are oversimplified and say it's uh

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because of the deployment . While the

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rand study does not reflect a direct

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relationship between deployments and

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divorce , it does suggest studies like

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this require a continued effort to

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better understand the causes of failed

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marriage and the military by the way .

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The study also shows the number of

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married active duty service members

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Rose steadily . From 2000 to 2 , Senior

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airman Jared Watson , Aviano Air Base

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Italy . For more on today's top stories

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