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Army at attention over long tours' ripple effect

May 10, 2008 - On an Army post at Fort Riley, Kan., where more than 7,000 soldiers have been deployed to Iraq on extended tours of duty, virtually everyone has a story about how the long absences have affected those back home. The young wives who decide the lifestyle is too hard and pen "Dear John" letters before packing up and bailing out.

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