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According to USA Today, Internet dating site eHarmony is reporting that the number of military members joining its site grew by more than 50-percent between 2006 and 2008. It may not be Casablanca in the '40s, but the Web is turning into quite the place for deployed soldiers to fall in love.
These days, soldiers don't have to rely on letters anymore -- satellite phones, wireless networks, and war zone Internet cafés have allowed men and women on the front line to stay nearly as connected as they are at home. Aside from keeping up their Myspace and Facebook pages, many soldiers are giving online dating a try.
Jonathan Stoddard met his wife Lisa Wagner while he was stationed in Iraq's Anbar province, and told USA Today's Gregg Zoroya, "It always amazes me when I think about how I had to go to Iraq to meet the person I would be with back in the United States." While that route may be a bit too perilous for us, it's nice to think that many previously single soldiers are getting the chance to come home to a wartime love.
What's next? Twitter updates from the front line? [From: USA Today]
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Subscribe to commentsTrevorMay 19th 2009 10:48AM
Actually, there were a few of us tweeting from the front lines this last tour ('07-09'). With the rise of cell phone networks in Iraq, it's easy to get a prepaid phone and tweet away.
ralph naderMay 19th 2009 5:28PM
This is nothing new,just the way it's done today. My father met my mother during WW2 through letters from home written to the soldiers. Only difference then is that it wasn't called a dating site.