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Private Battles NORTH TEXAS’ EARLY EDITION BEST TV LISTINGS $303 IN COUPONS AND SAVINGS SUNDAY Not available in some outlying areas CLASSIFIED: NEW HOMES, CARS, JOBS AND MORE The Dallas Morning News Texas’ Leading Newspaper $3.00 Dallas, Texas, Sunday, June 6, 2010 THE WAR AT HOME BUSINESS Military families Airlines loaded PRIVATE face struggles down with debt as loved ones Carriers survived the BATTLES head off to fight economic downturn, but they have billions to pay back. 1D GUIDESUNDAY Denton singer’s CD draws cheers Denton-based songwriter Sarah Jaffe has received widespread acclaim for her debut CD. SONYA N. HEBERT/Staff Photographer Sgt. 1st Class Mario Sierra embraced his wife, Amparo Bracero-Sierra, and sister, Annakaren Bejarano, at a homecoming 1E ceremony for the 1st Air Cavalry Brigade at Fort Hood in April. Sierra may have to deploy again as soon as next May. Story by DAVID TARRANT Staff Writer Fort Hood’s METRO Photography by SONYA N. HEBERT Resiliency Staff Photographer Campus offers he story of war is not just about combat on the battlefield. It’s also about the programs to Seniors offer help troops families that remain behind to fight their own private battles. and their T It’s the story of Aimee Ybarra, a mother of two grade-school children, families handle the famous last words whose husband came home after his fifth combat tour and told her he wanted to stress. 11A leave their 15-year marriage because he had gotten used to being gone. Guard and In their Reserve graduation It’s the story of Lisa Bernreuther, who’s steeling ing News will examine how: members herself for her husband’s sixth deployment; he’s on- l Repeated combat tours to Iraq and Afghani- often have speeches, area ly been home from his last tour since April. She stan have split up marriages and forced kids to grow difficult valedictorians keeps his Army boots by the door, she says, “because up without one or both parents for chunks of their transition back to look to the sometimes I forget I even have a husband.” childhood. civilian life. And it’s the story of Gwendolyn Roberts, a l Troops return home from combat tours with 12A future with truth bright, outgoing sixth-grader and “Daddy’s girl.” severe injuries and psychological disorders, thrust- and optimism. When her father left for war for the third time in five ing spouses and other family members into new Military kids years, the spark went out of her and she tumbled in- roles as long-term caregivers. suffer during We share to severe depression. l Suicides in the military have risen to record parents’ excerpts from After nearly nine years of war, military families levels, and the divorce rate has climbed steadily repeated deployments. some of the best. like these at Fort Hood in Central Texas find them- since the U.S. went to war in 2001. 12A selves in a relentless cycle of crisis and stress. 1B Over the next several months, The Dallas Morn- See BURDENS Page 10A Isolated showers INSIDE POINTS SPORTSDAY Stories of how a city TheThe Dallas Lottery 2A Deep trouble 125 andand its newspaper Nation 2-9,13,16A MorningMorning News helped shape North Texas. 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None sold to dealers, restaurants or other resale establishments. Copyright 2010. KROGER TEXAS L.P. www.kroger.com 1 _ ........ y1 _ 06-06-2010 Set: 20:13:01 B0606BA001PC0606BA001PM0606BA001PY0606BA001PK0606BA001PQ Sent by: ajharrisjr News CMYBELLOWYANLACKAGENTA 10A Sunday, June 6, 2010 _ THE WAR AT HOME dallasnews.com The Dallas Morning News Carissa Picard moved five times during her marriage to Army helicopter pilot Caynan Picard. In the midst of a divorce in March, she had to move again, off Fort Hood. Burdens fall heavily on families Continued from Page 1A the groups offer a network of commu- terms of milestones, particularly in a nication and support. While many of child’s life, you’ve just missed anoth- These burdens of war have fallen these groups have been effective, oth- er.” heavily on the troops — who represent ers have split into cliques or deterio- The majority of military personnel less than 1 percent of the U.S. popula- rated into gossip-mongering, accord- are married — more than 50 percent tion — and their families. ing to military spouses interviewed by in the enlisted ranks and more than 70 “Injuries that result in long-term The News. percent of officers. Of those married, changes in behavior or abilities can se- That lack of social bonds can fur- more than two-thirds have children. riously challenge marriages, thrusting ther isolate military families already Few studies have looked at chil- the spouse into a caregiving role, in- suffering from stress or depression. dren of parents who have deployed to creasing the risk of depression and One of the first studies to look at Iraq or Afghanistan. The Rand Corp., other psychological problems and in- the psychological impact of deploy- a Washington, D.C., research center, creasing the likelihood of divorce,” ments found that spouses of troops published a report in March that said a March report published by the sent to Iraq or Afghanistan were found that children from military Institute of Medicine. “more likely” to have depression, anxi- families with a deployed parent re- Yet “there are not enough mental ety, sleep disorder and other mental ported higher rates of anxiety, depres- health providers to meet the demand, illnesses compared with spouses of sion and behavioral difficulties than case managers and providers are over- those not deployed. children in the general population. whelmed, wait times are too long for Researchers from the University of The study, commissioned by the appointments and between appoint- North Carolina at Chapel Hill looked A mover took boxes from the Picard home under the watchful eyes of National Military Family Association, ments for those in need of mental at recent medical records of more than Caleb, 9, (left) and Connor, 6. The boys and their mother moved to San also showed that the longer the parent health and other services,” the report 250,000 female spouses of soldiers Antonio while she looked for work. was deployed, the greater the number stated. The institute’s two-year study who had five or more years of military of difficulties the children reported. was mandated by Congress to help service. (Men married to female sol- The effects of deployment Martha Roberts’ experience re- veterans readjust to ci- diers made up only 5 Mental health diagnoses in U.S. Army wives according to the deployment flects the report’s findings. The 40- vilian life. percent of the sample, status of their spouses (2003-2006)* year-old Army wife from Killeen has The extended mili- AT A GLANCE a size too small from made it through each of her husband’s tary operations and which to draw conclu- Depressive disorder 23.7% three deployments with help from her multiple combat tours About this series sions.) 19.1% church, Unity Baptist. But when her Anxiety 13.6% are not just a short- The report, pub- 10.8% daughter Gwendolyn became de- In the midst of the longest term problem for mili- lished in January, also Stress disorder** 11.5% pressed, Roberts sought the help of U.S. combat operations tary families. They will found that the longer 8.4% counselors at Military Homefront since the Vietnam War, Sleep disorder 8.5% have a lasting impact military families are the deployment, the 6.6% Services. on the well-being of more likely the spouse Physical distress 4.0% Gwendolyn, 12, went to therapy for struggling through a 3.3% the next generation — relentless cycle of crisis and was to be diagnosed a year and feels better— especially Bipolar disorder 2.4% the nearly 2 million stress. Many suffer their own with a mental disor- 2.0% now that her father has returned Wife with spouse deployed children who are wounds of war: Depression. der, said Alyssa Mans- Psychotic disorder 1.3% home. Sgt. Glenn Roberts, with 22 1.1% growing up in military Anxiety. Divorce. Suicide. field, the study’s lead Wife with spouse not deployed years of military service, has decided Personality disorder 1.2% households.
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