i've heard it often alluded to in articles like this, but never gone into in any detail, and never any quoted studies or statistics.

"Female service members have much higher rates of divorce and are more likely to be a single parent. When they do seek help at VA medical centers, they are screening positive at a higher rate for military sexual trauma, meaning they indicated experiencing sexual harassment, assault or rape. Some studies have shown that female veterans are at greater risk for homelessness."

higher rate? what does that mean? higher than what, higher than the general population, higher than military women not in a combat zone?

i hate to sound like i'm pointing fingers here, we're talking about a very high-stress environment where bad things are bound to happen and where there are many pressures to keep such things quiet.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_female_veterans_finding_a_place