• Home
  • News
    • Politics / Govt
    • Legislature
    • Crime / Courts
    • Health / Medicine
    • Archives
  • Sports
    • Badgers
    • Packers
      • Titletown Report
    • Brewers
  • Contact Us
    • Reporters
  • Affiliates
    • Affiliate Support

Wisconsin Radio Network

Wisconsin News and Sports

You are here: Home / Military / The challenge of returning to civilian life

The challenge of returning to civilian life

January 14, 2010 By WRN Contributor

All this month, Wisconsin National Guard members will be returning home from Iraq, and it can present a challenge to young families where the father or mother has been gone to war for 10 months.

Laura Pettersen is with the UW Extension’s “Operation Military Kids,” which helps families make that transition. She says they need a great deal of support during that time of reunification, which they hope to provide while helping them become a full family again.

Roughly 3,200 Wisconsin National Guard members have been in Iraq since last spring and are now returning home. It was the largest deployment of troops from the Badger State since World War II.

AUDIO: John Colbert reports (:38)

returnjr011310

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Filed Under: Military



Featured Stories

Big Ten suspends Wisconsin’s Ahcan

Bucks lose tight battle with Nets

Packers get rematch with Tampa Bay in NFC Championship

12th ranked Wisconsin sweeps Arizona State

Packers one win away from Super Bowl

TwitterFacebook

Listen Now | More from Titletown ยป

Sports Headlines

Big Ten suspends Wisconsin’s Ahcan

Bucks lose tight battle with Nets

Packers get rematch with Tampa Bay in NFC Championship

12th ranked Wisconsin sweeps Arizona State

Packers one win away from Super Bowl

More Sports

Tweets by @WRN

Get our news delivered to your inbox:

Enter your email address:

Delivered by FeedBurner

Copyright © 2021 · Learfield News & Ag, LLC