The slayings of four Army wives at fort Bragg in the past six weeks, all allegedly by their husbands, has prompted the Army to re-evaluate the base's family counseling program.

``We're going to evaluate everything we do,'' Col. Jerome Haberek, chaplain for the Special Operations units at Fort Bragg, said Friday.

Three of the men were special operations soldiers who had just returned from Afghanistan; the fourth was from an airborne unit and had not been sent into action. The slayings included two apparent murder-suicides.

``It's mind-boggling,'' said Henry Berry, manager of family advocacy programs at Fort Bragg. ``To be absolutely honest, I was completely caught off guard. We're going to look at these cases to prevent them from happening in the future.''
more: [the guardian]