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Terri Tarricone - the wife of Michael Tarricone, an Army National Guard captain who recently returned from Iraq - with sons John (left) and Miles at their home in Manahawkin, N.J.
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The Hidden Home Front
The loved ones of U.S. service members have always learned to adapt, but deployments in Afghanistan and Iraq are testing their resiliency.
"We should be doing the same thing at home to find out how the home front is doing," he says. "The whole country should be pulling for these kids. We should be doing everything we possibly can."
Resources for Military Families
The Defense Department's Military OneSource, www. militaryonesource.com.
The Military Family Research Institute at Purdue University, www.mfri.purdue.edu.
The Sesame Workshop's Talk, Listen, Connect initiative, www. sesameworkshop.org/tlc.
Operation: Military Kids, www. operationmilitarykids.org/public/home.aspx.
National Military Family Association, www.nmfa.org.
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Staff writer Edward Colimore contributed to this story.
