Families Ask Why

摘要

The women―wives of officers with the Third Infantry Division on duty in Baghdad―listened impatiently to the speeches at a "redeployment meeting" at the base. They all had the same question―when is my husband com- ing home?―but the Army had other messages. Here's some of the advice they received: 1. Don't have too much beer in the fridge; he's in no shape to get drunk. 2. Put away the sexy negligee; he probably won't be in the mood. 3. Don't have a list of chores waiting; he will be physically and emotionally spent. "I found it a little galling," says Jennifer Veale, married to a Black Hawk helicopter pilot. "They micromanage our husbands' lives; why do they have to micromanage ours as well?"