January 2, 2012 at 4:06am
FROM AIR FORCE TIMES...
The divorce rate among airmen today is almost 64 percent higher than in 2001, and is the highest in the military, according to a recent Defense Department report.
A decade ago, when the U.S. invaded Afghanistan, the rate stood at 2.5 divorces per 100 marriages. In 2011, the number jumped to 3.9. The rate has climbed steadily in the past decade except in 2005 and in 2008, when it dropped ever so slightly, according to Air Force statistics obtained by Air Force Times.
The Defense Department report, released Dec. 13, shows that the divorce rate military-wide is the highest it's been since 1999; 30,000 marriages ended in divorce by the end of fiscal 2011.
Of those, 7,534 were in the Air Force. Most of them - 6,743 - were enlisted airmen, for a divorce rate of 4.6 percent.
Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James Roy said that multiple deployments and the stress of two wars have contributed to the rise in Air Force divorces.
"Deployments do take a toll on families. What we do is not easy, and separation can be difficult. It can also be a challenge when our Airmen transition home after their deployments," Roy said in a statement to Air Force Times.
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