Data from over 800 enlisted soldiers were analyzed to assess differences in marital satisfaction as related to participation in Operation Desert Storm. Among those soldiers who had remained married between August 1990 and mid-1992, our results indicated no significant over-all change with respect to marital satisfaction.
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