What is happening at Fort Bragg?

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Snippets of news suggests that soldiers returning from Afghanistan are suffering from deep emotional stress and are releasing their aggression by killing their wives and in the following case a wife allegedly murdered her soldier husband. . FAYETTEVILLE, North Carolina (AP) -- The wife of an Army Special Operations officer has been charged in his shooting death, and police sought to arrest a teen-ager, in the latest of several domestic violence cases that have shaken Fort Bragg. Joan Shannon, 35, was charged Tuesday with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder in the July 23 fatal shooting of Maj. David Shannon, 40 David Shannon's slaying is the fifth domestic-related slaying linked to the base since June 11. Four Fort Bragg wives have been killed, allegedly by their husbands, and Fort Bragg officials say they are looking at the cases to determine if the stress of military life was a contributing factor. In the Shannon slaying, three of his four children and a teen-age friend were at home when the soldier was shot in the chest and head as he slept, police said. http://www.cnn.com/2002/LAW/07/31/fort.bragg.slaying.ap/index.html Aug 04 02, 4:26 AM