{"id":2843,"date":"2012-05-07T10:00:34","date_gmt":"2012-05-07T10:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/americainuniform\/?p=2843"},"modified":"2012-05-03T18:28:42","modified_gmt":"2012-05-03T18:28:42","slug":"benefits-of-being-a-service-husband","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/americainuniform\/2012\/05\/benefits-of-being-a-service-husband.html","title":{"rendered":"Benefits of Being a Service Husband"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/americainuniform\/files\/2012\/05\/female-soldier.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2861\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/293\/2012\/05\/female-soldier-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>My friend&#8217;s wife returned from a tour of duty in the Middle East. To celebrate, he decided to take her out for a night on the town. 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