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• March 27: U.S. Army Sgt. Jacqueline McCloud, 29, left, and her husband, Sgt. Jason McCloud, 24, right, kiss in the doorway of the small cargo container they share at Forward Operating Base Marez in Mosul, 360 kilometers (225 miles) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq. The two, who have two small children, are deployed together with the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment. The Army is allowing scores of husband-and-wife soldiers to live and sleep together in the war zone -- a move aimed at preserving marriages, boosting morale and perhaps bolstering re-enlistment rates at a time when the military is struggling to fill its ranks five years into the fighting.
• March 27:U.S. Army Spc. Chelsea Adams, 26, left, her husband, Sgt. Cameron Adams, 29, right, are seen at Forward Operating Base Marez in Mosul, 360 kilometers (225 miles) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq. The two, who married Sept. 11, 2004, are deployed together with the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment. The Army is allowing scores of husband-and-wife soldiers to live and sleep together in the war zone -- a move aimed at preserving marriages, boosting morale and perhaps bolstering re-enlistment rates at a time when the military is struggling to fill its ranks five years into the fighting.
• March 27: U.S. Army Sgt. Cameron Adams, 29, left, and his wife, Spc. Chelsea Adams, 26, right, are seen at Forward Operating Base Marez in Mosul, 360 kilometers (225 miles) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq. The two, who married Sept. 11, 2004, are deployed together with the Third Armored Cavalry Regiment. The Army is allowing scores of husband-and-wife soldiers to live and sleep together in the war zone -- a move aimed at preserving marriages, boosting morale and perhaps bolstering re-enlistment rates at a time when the military is struggling to fill its ranks five years into the fighting.
• March 21: Staff Sgt. Keisha Frazier and her husband Staff Sgt. Marvin Frazier sit outside at Camp Striker in western Baghdad, Iraq. The pair live together under the Army's new regulations allowing married soldiers to cohabitate in a war zone. The Fraziers are among about 40 married Army couples living together on "Couples Row" at Camp Striker, which is on the outskirts of Baghdad and is one of more than 150 U.S. military camps in Iraq.
• March 27: U.S. Army Sgt. Jacqueline McCloud, 29, right, and her husband, Sgt. Jason McCloud, 24, left, hold their wedding portrait at Forward Operating Base Marez in Mosul, 360 kilometers (225 miles) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq. The two, who have two small children, are deployed together with the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment. The Army is allowing scores of husband-and-wife soldiers to live and sleep together in the war zone -- a move aimed at preserving marriages, boosting morale and perhaps bolstering re-enlistment rates at a time when the military is struggling to fill its ranks five years into the fighting.
• February 21: Sgt. Matthew Christopher, 22, of Wilmington, N.C., and wife, Sgt. Amanda Christopher, 25, of Mahomet, Ill., left, stand outside their living quarters inside the Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraq, Feb. 21, 2008. The newlyweds said the change in cohabitation rules have been a blessing on their 11-month-old marriage, four months of which has been spent in Iraq. The Army is allowing scores of husband-and-wife soldiers to live and sleep together in the war zone -- a move aimed at preserving marriages, boosting morale and perhaps bolstering re-enlistment rates at a time when the military is struggling to fill its ranks five years into the fighting. Because of the prohibition on public displays of affection, the Christophers declined even to put their arms around each other for a photo.
• March 21: Capt. Jessica Hegenbart, and her husband, Chief Warrant Officer Brian Hegenbart, foreground, both pilots, sit at the controls of a Black Hawk helicopter at Camp Striker in western Baghdad. The Army is allowing scores of husband-and-wife soldiers to live and sleep together in the war zone -- a move aimed at preserving marriages, boosting morale and perhaps bolstering re-enlistment rates at a time when the military is struggling to fill its ranks five years into the fighting.