Married Troops In Iraq

Married troops in Iraq are now getting to live together as husband and wife while serving their country! This is great for morale, great for marriage relationships, and great for the number of soldiers who re-enlist.

So far, the only places where this is currently being allowed is on Camp Striker in Baghdad, and on Camp Victory, also in Baghdad. Camp Striker has housing for about 40 couples who are married and live together, while Camp Victory has less than 10 housing units for married couples. Many couples are waiting for housing on these and other bases so they can resume being a married couple while in combat.

Last summer, the powers that be decided to allow this to see if it would help troops to re-enlist. It did. Tours have now been extended to 15 months instead of the usual 12 months. 15 months is a very long time for a married couple to be apart.

The troops who are married and stationed together at Camp Striker live in a section of the base called "Married Row." Married Row is a line of one-room trailers for married couples only. The trailers, unfortunately, do not include a bathroom, but bathrooms are only a short walk away.

If both husband and wife are in the military and they can arrange to be deployed at the same time, it is possible for them to be together. The troops on married row love that they can live with their spouses.

For some troops in Iraq, being allowed to live together while they are deployed is the reason they are both staying in Iraq. So re-enlistment is going up.

Since this has been a success, hopefully more bases in Iraq and in Afghanistan will provide married housing in the near future so more couples can be together as they fight this long war.

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